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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

Mail:
Luther College Ticket Office
Center for Faith & Life
700 College Dr
Decorah, Iowa 52101

tickets@luther.edu

Phone: 563-387-1357

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 2025: Fling Wide the Door! are:

Thursday, December 4, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, December 5, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 7, 2:30 p.m. (livestream also available)

Program & Tickets

Experience the Tradition

2025 Broadcast Information

More information about radio and television broadcasts will be added as they become available. 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.
KCCK 88.3 Cedar Rapids/Iowa City: December 17, 6 p.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.
KAIT Jonesboro, Arkansas: December 25, 6–7 a.m.
KTIV Sioux City, Iowa: December 25, 3 p.m.
WOWT Omaha, Nebraska: December 28, 11 a.m.
Twin Cities PBS: The 2024 Christmas at Luther performance 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.

Past Performances

Watch past performances on the Luther College Music Department YouTube channel.

2024 Playlist

2023 Playlist

2022 Playlist

Listen to past performances on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music.

An Award-Winning Production

An Emmy award statue along with CDs and programs from Christmas at Luther

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.