Our Mission:
Portland Revels celebrates the seasons through song, dance, story and ritual of the past and present, creating community across generations and cultures.
What is the Christmas Revels?
Each December, Portland Revels presents a multifaceted stage production to welcome the winter season. Combining instrumental and choral music, children's songs and games, ritual and folk dance traditions, drama, poetry, and audience participation, this event springs from an age-old tradition of winter solstice celebration. Please see This Year's Show page for details of our 2010 Christmas Revels show!
In addition, we sponsor fun seasonal events year-round. We've had great fun with new events this year, and we hope you'll think of joining us in 2010 for year-round celebrations.
The Christmas Revels Show: A cast of 75 or so includes the Portland Brass Quintet, the Bridgetown Morris Men,instrumentalists, Portland actors, and volunteer adult/teen/children choruses drawn from throughout the city. It is professionally staged, costumed, and lighted. Portland's first Christmas Revels—set in the Middle Ages—was presented in 1995 at Portland State University's Lincoln Hall. In 1997, the Revels audience outgrew Lincoln Hall and the show moved to the Scottish Rite Theater, where it has since presented annual holiday shows with Medieval, Middle Eastern, Celtic, Victorian, and Scottish themes.
We hope you will join with us as we gather, to add joy and celebration in community to your life!
"For those that attend the Christmas Revels it is the best gift of the season." KC Cowan, ArtBeat OPB |
For information about our show, please click on that link in selections on left of page. Our tickets go on sale to the general public on October 25th.For ticket prices and the link to order tickets, please click on Buy Ticketslink on left of page. You can contact us year-round at info-at-portlandrevels.org or by phone at 503-274-4654.
To contact the Revels office year round, please email info@portlandrevels.org or call 503-274-4654.
Revels is a federally registered service mark of Revels Inc, Watertown MA.
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We are very grateful to all of our key sponsors, without whom we could not succeed in bringing our holiday show and other seasonal events to Portland audiences:
