One night only of rockin' Holiday tunes
Christmas in Bigfork continues with gusto on Saturday as Brach Thomson and Friends present “A Touch of Christmas” after the Polar Express Holiday Parade.
A Touch of Christmas is a fundraising concert to benefit the Bigfork Playhouse Children’s Theatre.
Thomson will play Christmas favorites is a style similar to Manheim Steamroller Christmas and Transiberian Orchestra.
He will be joined by special guests Robin Gough, Vocal Vertigo, 5 and Holding and the Bigfork Children’s Theatre choir number 1.
“We definitely have a good time with it and keeping it lively,” Thomson said. “It’s a great family night. It’s fun, it’s light, it’s Christmassy.”
Thomson has been putting on the one-night-only holiday concert for over 10 years. He enjoys the opportunity get onstage and play music.
“It’s nice to be able to get back into my element a little bit,” he said.
The concert will start at 7:30 p.m., at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased online or at the door. The box office will open an hour before the performance. All proceeds will go to benefit the Children’s Playhouse. For more information, call 837-4886 or email bpct@bigforksummerplayhouse.com or visit the website at www.bigforksummerplayhouse.com.
The concert will follow the Polar Express Holiday Parade, which will head down Electric Avenue at 6 p.m.
All are invited to participate and watching. Lineup for the parade is at 5:30 p.m. at Bigfork High School. A Polar Express theme is encouraged.
More holiday festivities will take place earlier in the day. The Holiday Cookie and Dessert contest and tasting will take place at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts. Amateur bakers are invited to bring three-dozen of their best cookies or deserts to be judged and displayed. All entries must be submitted by 10:45 a.m. Judging will take place from 11 a.m. to noon. The public is welcome to come sample from noon to 3 p.m. at no charge by bringing a donation item for the Bigfork Food Pantry.
From 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday Santa will be at the Bigfork Station for visits and photos.