Join us each year for a musical celebration of the Advent season, featuring hundreds of student musicians.
Performance dates and times for Christmas at Luther 2026: Let Us All Rejoice and Sing! are:
- Thursday, December 3, 5:45 p.m.
- Friday, December 4, 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, December 5, 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, December 6, 2:30 p.m. (livestream also available)
Tickets for Christmas at Luther 2026 will become available to specific groups on a staggered schedule beginning in September. Please watch your mail and email for details and specific codes you may need for your group’s early access.
- Alumni ticket sales will begin October 13.
- Remaining tickets will become available to the general public on October 27.
Tickets are sold through tickets.luther.edu, by visiting the Luther College Ticket Office in the lobby of the Center for Faith and Life, or by calling 563-387-1357.
Program & Tickets
Experience the Tradition
This is the broadcast schedule from 2025. As details are finalized for the current year broadcast schedule, updates will be posted here. Please note, many of the below broadcast times will air a shortened version of the performance. To experience the full performance, purchase an On Demand ticket at tickets.luther.edu.
Radio broadcasts:
- Minnesota Public Radio: The 2024 Christmas at Luther recording will air on MPR regionally and on yourclassical.org: December 2, 7 p.m.
- Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR Music and streaming on wpr.org): December 24, 8 a.m. and December 25, 3 p.m.
- KCCK 88.3 Cedar Rapids/Iowa City: December 17, 6 p.m.
- KCMR 97.9 Blue Earth, Minnesota: December 25, time tbd
- KZCQ 102.3 Cresco, Iowa: December 23, 4 p.m. and December 24, 1 p.m.
- WVRQ 1360 AM/107.3 FM Viroqua, Wisconsin: December 25, 9 a.m.
Television broadcasts:
- KGAN 2.2 / FOX28 Cedar Rapids, Iowa: December 27, 5 p.m.
- KIMT Rochester, Minnesota/Mason City, Iowa: December 25, 5 a.m.
- KTIV Sioux City, Iowa: December 25, 3 p.m.
- WOWT Omaha, Nebraska: December 28, 11 a.m.
- KAIT Jonesboro, Arkansas: December 25, 6–7 a.m.
- KFTA Bentonville/Fayetteville, Arkansas: December 25, 7:00 a.m.
- Mediacom 22: December 20, 7 p.m.; December 21, 4 p.m.; December 22, 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.; December 23, 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; December 24, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.; December 25, 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Twin Cities PBS: Christmas at Luther 2023: Love, the Rose, Is on the Way, will be broadcast on Twin Cities PBS on these dates:
- TPT LIFE: December 20, 8 p.m.
- TPT LIFE: December 21, 2 a.m.
- TPT 2: December 24, 10:30 p.m.
- TPT 2: December 25, 4:30 a.m.
- TPT 2: December 25, 1 p.m.
Watch past performances on the Luther College Music Department YouTube channel.
Stream audio of past performances on various platforms.
An Award-Winning Production
In 2009, Twin Cities Public Television and the Luther College Music Department won an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy for Best Coverage of a Special Event for the production of the 2008 Christmas at Luther, “Night of Glory, Dawn of Peace,” Craig Arnold, artistic director. In 2013, Twin Cities Public Television and the Luther College Music Department were nominated for an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy for the 2012 Christmas at Luther, “Tidings of Comfort and Joy,” Allen Hightower, artistic director.
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Luther College Ticket Office
Ticket Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Show Day Hours:
9 a.m. – performance
Saturdays 1 p.m. – performance
The ticketing office may be closed during scheduled academic breaks
Mail:
Luther College Ticket Office
Center for Faith & Life
700 College Dr
Decorah, Iowa 52101
Phone: 563-387-1357