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 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.
Other Holiday Season Performances by Maine Pops Small Ensembles
November 22 – Maine Pops Flute Choir, Scarborough Terrace Senior Community (private), Scarborough 2 p.m.
November 23 – Maine Pops Polished Brass (brass ensemble), St. Nicholas Episcopal Church Service, Scarborough, 9:30 p.m.
December 4 – Maine Pops Beach Street Big Band Holiday Concert, First Parish Congregational Church, Saco, 7 p.m. ($15 donation)
December 7 – Maine Pops Flute Choir, St. Nicholas Episcopal Church Service, Scarborough, 9:30 a.m.
December 10 – Maine Pops Harbor Brass (brass quintet), Rock Row Health Campus, Westbrook, 1 p.m.
December 13 – Maine Pops Flute Choir performance, Maine Mall (near large Christmas tree), South Portland, 2 p.m.
December 19 – Maine Pops Harbor Brass (brass quintet), Rock Row Health Campus, Westbrook, 3 p.m.
The Maine POPS Concert Band is a 501(c)3 education charity.