Join us for WOW's Up Close and Musical's DecemberFest Offerings!

Our Up Close and Musical began its Fall Season on Friday, September 27 at 105 Elm Street (Rinnova building) and continues with a full schedule of amazing FREE performances through December. Please see the full schedule of events HERE.

WOW and Westfield State University once gain team up for the 2024 DecemberFest edition of their popular concerts series that celebrates the talented student musicians, alumni and faculty of the university, as well as regional and notional artists of note. This year’s program spotlights jazz, Broadway, classical, pop, the saxophone and a classic operetta.

CONCERTS AT THE UNIVERSITY
Thursday, December 5; Sunday December 8, and Tuesday, December 10

Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall, Westfield State University, 577 Western Avenue

This year's calendar of free holiday concerts produced with the Music Department of Westfield State as part of WOW’s Up Close and Musical series will take place at the beautiful Dever Stage of Parenzo Hall throughout the month. They include a Student Musicians Recital (Tuesday, December 3 at 4 pm); "An Evening of Jazz" featuring:

• Jazz Ensembles (Thursday, December 5 at 7:30pm)
• ‍WSU Chorus in concert (Sunday, December 8 at 3pm)
• ‍Small Ensemble Evenings (Tuesday, December 10 at 7pm).

Die Fledermaus: The Bat’s Revenge
Friday, December 13 •  in concert  7 pm

WOW’s Creative Arts Center, 105 Elm Street, Westfield

Critics have said that there has never been a funnier English version of Johann Strauss, Jr.’s comic operetta, Die Fledermaus than this one, reimagined by lyricist Josh Shaw as the madcap story of love gone wrong and right in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Recently performed by a talented cast at Westfield State, it has been adapted for WOW’s Creative Art Center and is the University’s holiday gift to downtown audiences, as part of WOW’s free Up Close and Musical program. Seating is on a first come – first served basis.

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The “Up Close” series is made possible with a grant from the Westfield Cultural Council, a local program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, in-kind assistance from Westfield State University and donations from the general public and audience members.

WOW’s Creative Arts Center is a program of Westfield on Weekends, a 501 (c)(3) volunteer non-profit which seeks to enhance community life through accessible and affordable programming that celebrates the diversity of life in Westfield. 

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