Apollo and Coca-Cola Invite Visitors Under the Marquee For A Free Winter Wonderland Experience
Apollo and Coca-Cola Invite Visitors Under the Marquee For A Free Winter Wonderland Experience
Amateur Night Holiday Special Features Talented Alumni to be hosted by MJ The Musical (young MJ) star Christian Vance
Saturday, December 10
WHAT: Celebrate the Holidays with the Apollo with two events on Saturday December 10.
From 2:00pm to 6:00 pm, the Apollo and Coca-Cola will present a free Winter Wonderland experience. Under the twinkling lights of the world-famous Apollo marquee, guests are welcome to enjoy family-friendly holiday-themed activities including picture taking with Santa and amazing performances. Books and toys will be collected for the Iris House Charity. This event is hosted by the Apollo Theater’s Tour Director and Ambassador, Billy Mitchell.
Following Winter Wonderland, the annual Amateur Night Holiday Special co-hosted by young actor Christian Vance, who plays young Michael in MJ the Musical, takes place at t 7:30PM EST. Tickets start at $28. The Amateur Night Holiday Special will gather Amateur Night alums Michelle Galvis, Christian Guardino, Kofi, Alexis Morrast, Austin Paul, Jr. and Matthew Whitaker and exciting new child stars Brianna Cameron, Emelise Munoz, and Pranysqa Mishra, for a special, non-competitive evening of holiday classics and other musical hits. Winter Wonderland and the Amateur Night Holiday Special are a part of “The Next Movement”, Apollo’s Fall 2022 season.
WHERE: The Apollo Theater (253 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027)
WHEN: Saturday, December 10, 2022
TICKETS: For more information about Winter Wonderland, the Amateur Night Holiday Special, and the full Holiday at the Apollo schedule visit, https://www.apollotheater.org/holidays-2022/
CALENDAR OF HOLIDAY AT THE APOLLO EVENTS
Apollo Music Café: Lawrence Flowers & Intercession
Friday, December 2 | 10:00pm EST
Tickets start at $26.50
Escape the fast lane and merge into a peaceful, inspirational evening of contemporary gospel with Lawrence Flowers & Intercession.
Double Dutch Holiday Classic
Sunday, December 4 | 1:00PM EST
Tickets start at $39.35
National Double Dutch League’s 31st Annual, David A. Walker Memorial, Double Dutch Holiday Classic produces speed and music fusion events for the best Double Dutch teams in the world.
Coca-Cola Winter Wonderland
Saturday, December 10 | 2:00PM EST
Free
Under the twinkling lights of our famous marquee, the Apollo invites audiences to bring the family for holiday-themed activities including picture taking with Santa, a book and toy drive and amazing performances.
Amateur Night Holiday Special
Saturday, December 10 | 7:30PM EST
Tickets start at $28
Celebrate the holidays with Apollo Amateur Night’s Holiday Special. This family-friendly evening showcases talented alumni of the show’s Apollo Stars of Tomorrow segment. Hosted by Christian Vance of Broadway’s MJ the Musical.
Apollo Music Café: David Michael Wyatt
Saturday, December 15 | 10:00PM EST
Tickets start at $26.50 (Plus $10 food and beverage)
Amateur Night at the Apollo alum David Michael Wyatt delivers a rare, acoustic evening at the Apollo Music Café. Celebrate the end of the year in this unplugged performance of songs that lift the spirit, elevate the mind and soothe the soul.
Kwanzaa: Regeneration Celebration featuring Abdel R. Salaam’s Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company and Friends; Special Guest Artist Pauline Jean
Friday, December 30| 7:30pm EST
Tickets start at $25
The Apollo Theater celebrates its annual Kwanzaa Celebration featuring the renowned New York-based dance company Abdel Salaam's Forces of Nature Dance Theatre and guest performances. Since 2006, the Apollo has established an annual show to celebrate this holiday tradition on one day of the Kwanzaa holiday. The Apollo's celebration is a joyful evening of dance and music honoring the principles of Kwanzaa – Family, community, and culture.
ABOUT THE APOLLO
The legendary Apollo—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, The Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world. In 2024, The Apollo opened The Apollo Stages at the Victoria Theater, marking the first ever expansion and renovation of The Apollo in its nearly 90-year history. The Apollo also has plans to renovate its Historic Theater. For more information about The Apollo, visit www.ApolloTheater.org.
With music at its core, The Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes the world premiere of the theatrical adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and the New York premiere of the opera We Shall Not Be Moved; special programs such as the blockbuster concert Bruno Mars Live at the Apollo; 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella; and the annual Africa Now! Festival.
The non-profit Apollo is a performing arts presenter, commissioner, and collaborator that also produces festivals, large-scale dance and musical works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend The Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens, including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival as well as other multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.
Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, The Apollo has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at The Apollo are Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, H.E.R. D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Jazmine Sullivan, Machine Gun Kelly, and Miri Ben Ari; and The Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy. For more information about The Apollo, visit www.ApolloTheater.org.
For more information, please contact: Fatima Jones/Sydney Edwards press@apollotheater.org
About The Apollo
The Apollo is an American cultural treasure. It is a vibrant non-profit organization rooted in the Harlem community that engages people from around New York, the nation, and the world. Since 1934, The Apollo has celebrated, created, and presented work that centers Black artists and voices from across the African Diaspora. It has also been a catalyst for social and civic advocacy. Today, The Apollo is the largest performing arts institution committed to Black culture and creativity.
The Apollo is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the African American narrative and its role in the development of American and global culture.
The Apollo envisions a new American canon centered on contributions to the performing arts by artists of the African diaspora, in America and beyond.
