Winter Solstice Celebration Tour 2026
November 28 @ 3:00 pm - December 27 @ 7:30 pm
The Winter Solstice Celebration Tour schedule is here!
About this event:
Seven-time Grammy-winning saxophonist Paul Winter, with the Paul Winter Consort and beloved vocalist Theresa Thomason, will present the timeless music of their legendary Winter Solstice Celebration.
For decades, Paul Winter Consort presented their Winter Solstice Celebration in the world’s largest cathedral, New York’s St. John the Divine, where it was renowned as New York’s holiday alternative to The Nutcracker and Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular. Since Covid, the event has not taken place in New York, and the Consort is now bringing it to the finest acoustic halls in New England in a ten-venue tour.
The Consort includes Paul Winter, soprano sax; Eugene Friesen, cello; Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann; Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov; percussionist Bertram Lehmann; and the voice of Theresa Thomason.
The Winter Solstice Celebration is a contemporary take on ancient solstice rituals, when people felt a calling to come together on the longest night of the year, to welcome the return of the Sun and birth of the new year.
“Central to all the traditions of solstice is the renewal of spirit,” Winter notes, “symbolized by the rebirth of the sun. Winter solstice is a time for healing and hope; it is a time to celebrate community and relatedness; and a time to honor the diversity and the unity of the great cornucopia of life on Earth. Remembering the solstice, we resonate once again with the rhythm of the cosmos and allow our hearts to embrace the optimism of our ancient knowledge that the light will overcome the darkness.”
Tour Schedule:
November 28th: Grace Church, Philadelphia, PA
December 4th: St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, VT
December 5th: St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, VT
December 11th: Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, NH
December 13th: Woolsey Hall, New Haven, CT
December 15th: St. Luke’s Cathedral, Portland, ME
December 17th: Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA
December 18th: St. James Episcopal Church, Hartford, CT
December 19th: St. James Place, Great Barrington, MA
December 20th: Bombyx Center, Northampton, MA
December 23rd: Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, MA
December 27th: Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY