Each Christmas holiday season, the Maine Pops Concert Band partners with local organizations to perform holiday benefit concerts for local charities.
This year, the Maine Pops returns to the Westbrook Performing Arts Center in Westbrook, ME to perform its 2025 holiday benefit concert on Sunday, December 14 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. This year, the beneficiaries is Project G.R.A.C.E. and the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland’s Pet Food Pantry.
It is the second consecutive year the band has conducted its holiday benefit at Westbrook. With the growth of the Maine Pops Concert Band to a membership of over 100 musicians, fitting the entire band into a small or mid-sized chapel/sanctuary, as was done in past years, is no longer possible.
The band is currently rehearsing 14 holiday selections for the performance. Included in the line-up are selections from Leroy Anderson, Irving Berlin, James Curnow, Percy Faith, George Frederic Handel, John Holcombe, John Rutter, Edward Pola and George Wyle.
A donation of $15 per person will get you into the concert. Students are admitted free of change.
The Maine POPS Concert Band is a 501(c)3 education charity.
