Hear the Chirstmas Music All Around Atlanta, GA This Month

I love Christmas music. I can never wait until it's after Thanksgiving to start hearing all that joyful noise. And if you're like me, Atlanta and it's surrounding cities are full of opportunities for you to open your ears and fill your soul this Christmas.

Kicking things off November 30 through December 2nd, Spelman-Morehouse College is offering its annual Christmas Concert. This free concert is held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel on the Morehouse College Campus,except for Saturday, December 1st, when the concert will take place at Spelman. The festivities begin at 8 PM each night. The combined choirs equal over 200 singers, and the music includes both traditional and contemporary music, from Handel's Messiah to African folk tunes. Over 6,000 people come out to enjoy these concerts. Why shouldn't you be one of them?

Also beginning on Friday, November 30th, and running weekends through December 16, Decatur, Georgia's OnStage Atlanta hosts the r 'n b rendition of Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration. Tickets are $20 for adults; $17 for seniors and students, and I hear the "Hallejuh! will leave you gasping.

In Marietta on December 1st, there's the Cobb Symphony Orchestra with the new Cobb Symphony Choir and the Bells of Johnson Ferry performing holiday music at Johnson's Ferry Baptist Church. The Orchestra will also be performing at the Dozier Center for the Performing Arts the same day.

For those who like their Christmas music a whole lot more contemporary, Atlanta's alternative music station 99X is once again hosting the Mistle Toe Jam on December 16th, with groups including Modest Mouse, Silverchair, the Shins, and Silversun Pickups The show will be at the Gwinnet Arena, tickets are very reasonable and going fast, so hurry and get yours!

Star 94, the adult contemporary station, is also having their traditional Jingle Jam on December 10th, with April Lavigne and teen idols The Jonas Brothers, but the concert is sold out. I imagine the radio station will be giving tickets away, though, and maybe you can listen and get lucky.

This is just a taste of the musical possibilities all around metro Atlanta this year. Keep your eyes on the web for many, many more concerts and musical opportunities!