The Utah Symphony performs Hans Zimmer's score to the movie The Holiday live in concert, with the film shown on screen.
The Utah Symphony is bringing The Holiday to Maurice Abravanel Hall on Saturday, December 12, 2026, at 7 PM. It's a live-to-picture concert, which means the film plays on the big screen while the symphony performs the score right there in the hall. The movie is the 2004 romantic comedy The Holiday, written and directed by Nancy Meyers, with music by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer. It's a Senbla presentation.
If you've seen the movie, you know the setup: two women on opposite sides of the world swap homes for Christmas and find romance in their homes-away-from-home. The cast is a big one, with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black. Zimmer's score runs underneath it all, and here you'll hear it played by a full orchestra rather than coming through the cinema speakers.
The evening doesn't end when the credits roll. There's a glass of wine in the lobby afterward and a movie-trivia quiz to round things off, so it stretches a bit beyond the film itself. It's a good one to bring friends or a date to, especially since it's a holiday movie in mid-December.
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On the practical side, audiences five and older are welcome, though there are no babes in arms. If you arrive late, you'll be seated at an appropriate break or intermission. The show is at Maurice Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, starting at 7 PM on Saturday, December 12.
