Start your Christmas celebrations on a musical note, as a pair of wonderful choral events prepare to ease you into a joyous festive season.
Up first is the wonderful LGBT Christmas Carol Service, which celebrates its 20th anniversary on December 8. Taking place in the atmospheric surrounds of the Unitarian Church on St Stephen’s Green, lucky listeners will enjoy an evening of readings alongside carols from the Dublin Gay Men’s Chorus. There will also be an address from a celebrated guest speaker, and with past speakers including David Norris, Ailbhe Smyth and Katherine Zappone, this year is bound to be just as invigorating. Mulled wine and mince pies will round off what is bound to be an evening of festive cheer.