Christmas Concert

Scarborough Area Music Centre are back with their annual Christmas Gala Concert on Saturday 5 December, held at Queen Street Methodist Church. It's a bit of a fixture in the local calendar, and this year follows the same pattern: the whole of the Music Centre's ensembles taking the stage together for one night.

What that actually means is you'll hear the full breadth of what they do in one go. Rather than a single choir or a lone band, the evening brings together all the different groups the Music Centre runs throughout the year. It's a gala in the truest sense, with the various ensembles sharing the bill rather than competing for it, so the programme moves from one group to the next across the course of the night. If you've got friends or family playing in one of the ensembles, this is the one where they'll all be out together.

The venue is Queen Street Methodist Church, right in the heart of Scarborough, which has hosted the gala for years. It's a familiar spot for the Music Centre's performances, and having all the ensembles under one roof makes it a fair bit easier to see the whole lot in one sitting than chasing them across different dates. It's the annual Christmas show, so the music will be right in line with that — the kind of festive programme you'd expect from a community music organisation.

Tickets are £7.50 on the door, so there's no need to book in advance. You just turn up on the night with a few pounds in your pocket. It's on Saturday 5 December at Queen Street Methodist Church, with all the Music Centre ensembles performing together.