Handel and Haydn Society: Handel's Messiah 2026

Symphony Hall, Massachusetts Avenue · Photo: Priyantha Gallella via Google

• When: Fri, Nov 27, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.; Sat, Nov 28 and Sun, Nov 29 at 3 p.m.
• Where: Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115
• Cost: Prices vary by seat; see Handel and Haydn Society
• Organizer: Handel and Haydn Society

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The Handel and Haydn Society performs Handel's Messiah at Symphony Hall over Thanksgiving weekend 2026: Friday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, November 28 and Sunday, November 29 at 3 p.m. It is the 173rd consecutive year the society has performed the oratorio. Each concert runs 2 hours and 50 minutes including intermission.

Who is performing

• Harry Christophers, the society's conductor laureate, conducts
• Hilary Cronin, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Robert Murray, tenor; Roderick Williams, bass-baritone
• The H+H Orchestra and Chorus, on period instruments

Tickets

Tickets are sold through the Handel and Haydn box office online, by phone at 617-262-1815, or in person. Prices depend on seat location. The society runs a pre-concert lecture series, Musically Speaking; check the concert page for its times.

Getting to Symphony Hall

Symphony station on the Green Line E branch is closed for renovation from June 2026 until spring 2029. The BSO suggests the E branch to Prudential or Northeastern (about a five-minute walk), the Orange Line to Massachusetts Avenue station and a walk north on Massachusetts Avenue, or any Green Line train to Hynes Convention Center and a ten-minute walk or the No. 1 bus.

Plan the weekend

The same weekend brings the opening of Boston Ballet's Nutcracker (from November 27) and the Boston Early Music Festival's Pyramus & Thisbe at Jordan Hall, a short walk along Huntington Avenue. Boston Pops' Holiday Pops follows in the same hall from December 3.

Details checked against the Handel and Haydn Society concert page on September 28, 2026. Dates and times can change; confirm with the organizer before you go.