Holiday events for toddlers - especially carols?
I'd love to find a few good winter or Christmas events in the Berkeley / Oakland / Albany area to take my almost-two-year-old to this year. Everything I'm finding online seems pretty out of date or for older kids. What do you recommend? In particular, I have this vision of people hanging around in a park holding mugs of cider and singing. Are there carol sing-a-longs that we could attend? Thanks for any tips!
Nov 24, 2017
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Albany does an evening caroling party on Solano. I went last year, it's nice. http://www.albanyca.org/recreation/special-events/songs-on-solano
My daughters' girl scout troop is caroling at the carousel in Tilden Park on 5pm on December 9! They have cider for sale, too. Here's a link or two; I don't know when there are carolers other than us, exactly, but I know there's more groups than just ours.
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/06/tildens-merry-go-round-at-heart-…
http://www.ebparks.org/features/Christmas_at_the_Carousel_2017
The city of Albany usually organizes a low key Christmas caroling and hot chocolate evening. Last year it was on a street corner on Solano Ave. Very sweet, though it's on a sidewalk, near a street corner, so not the most toddler friendly unless your little one is good about not running into the street.
Hi - my chamber chorus, the Berkeley Community Chamber Singers, an arm of the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra, will be singing Christmas carols on Thursday Dec 21 from 4:30-5:30 at the NE corner of Shattuck and Center, in front of the Bank of America. The public is welcome and encouraged to sing along. The merchants are also "sponsoring" Christmas caroling Thursday Dec 14 from noon to 1 pm. I don't know who will be singing then but I know they want the public to come and sing along. enjoy!