The Orillia Silver Band celebrates the holiday season with its traditional Sleighbells and Brass Christmas Concert.  The concert takes place on Sunday, November 29, 2026, 2:00 pm at the Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts in Parry Sound.  Concert tickets are available from the Stockey Centre Box Office.

This event continues a long and happy tradition of holiday music in Parry Sound provided by the Orillia Silver Band.  Neil Barlow, the band’s Music Director and Conductor has made sure that the program offers plenty of holiday music for all tastes.  The band will feature both traditional as well as new tunes of the season, along with ample opportunity to request and sing your favourite carols. 

The concert opens with the festive and sparkling Intrada on Regent Square by Kenneth Downie.  Among the items to be performed this year are Erik Leidzn’s rousing Christmas Joy; the ever-favourite Silent Night in an arrangement by Gordon Langford; and a scintillating new medley of holiday hits called A Christmas Fantasia by Andrew Wainwright. 

Modern holiday tunes such as Somewhere in My Memory by John Williams (from the movie “Home Alone”) and Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi (from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”) are not to be missed.  The concert also features soloists from the band in a number of seasonal selections from G. F. Handel’s Messiah.  

The music of Leroy Anderson is almost synonymous with holiday cheer.  Included in the program is his Christmas Festival, one of the most well-known selections for the holidays from the 20^th Century.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Silver Band Christmas concert without an audience-request sing-a-long.  So, come prepared to exercise your vocal skills with your favourite Christmas carols.

Please don’t miss this entertaining afternoon of holiday cheer!