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WUGA's 2024 special holiday programming

Check out a full list of our special programming hand-picked to make your holidays merry and bright!

The Good Grief Trio live from High Cotton Music Hall, December 12, 2024
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The Good Grief Trio live from High Cotton Music Hall, December 12, 2024

Music from High Cotton featuring The Good Grief Trio Dec 24 & 26, 9pm

A beloved annual holiday tradition that originated in Athens 9 years ago, The Good Grief Trio covers Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas. Featuring Greg Hankins on Piano, Luca Lombardi on bass, and Seth Hendershot on drums, the performance was recorded live at High Cotton Music Hall on December 12th, 2024.

 A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Dec 24, 10-12p

Pipedreams host Michael Barone presents this live service of spoken-word and music (choral and organ) broadcast from the chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England. The 30-voice King's College Choir performs the legendary Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service of Biblical readings and music.

Dee Alexander
Dee Alexander
Dee Alexander

Dee Alexander’s Christmas Soul Celebration Dec 25 9pm

A brand new special to bring you holiday cheer for 2024! Whether you have loved America’s Soul Music tradition all your life, or are first experiencing its riches now, Chicago’s First Lady of Jazz Dee Alexander has a hand-picked selection of Christmas classics by great Soul artists just for you! This wonderful special is perfect for celebrating the season with friends and family. Great instrumentalists like pianist Eric Reed and saxophonist Gene Ammons, and the group Take 6 guarantee your Christmas will be soulful.

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Hanukkah Lights Dec 27 1pm

This NPR favorite returns with some of our favorite stories from the archives. We’ll hear “Gifts of the Last Night” by Rebecca Goldstein, “Hanukkah Gelt, Hanukkah Money” by Sholem Aleichem, “Gifts of the Jewish Magi” by Allegra Goodman, How to Spell the Name of God” by Ellen Orleans and “Geek Week by Rebecca O’Connell.

A Season’s Griot Dec 27, 9pm Dec 29 4pm

Hosted by the late beloved storyteller, Madafo Lloyd Wilson, A Season's Griot is an annual one-hour special that captures the tales and traditions of African American and African peoples. The show’s poet laureate, Beverly Fields Burnette, and other members of the Season’s Griot family return with familiar and favorite elements of Griot.

2024 Remembered from the Current Dec 31 9pm-11

Join The Current in honoring the life, music, and legacy of artists we lost this year with 2024 Remembered from The Current. This two-hour musical tribute is a celebration of all sounds - from indie to influential - and the perfect way for music lovers to unite in paying homage to the artists who have shaped music history.

Toast of the Nation Dec 31 11-5am

An NPR tradition every New Year's Eve since the 1970s, Toast of the Nation is the perfect audio complement for the occasion. It's festive jazz you can party to, all night long.

A native New Yorker, Lara is new to Athens, having just moved to this delightfully quirky town in 2021. She’s been working in broadcasting for the last 25 years in markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Atlanta. When she’s not at WUGA, you can find Lara covered in cats, playing D&D, or skating (as a rookie) with the Classic City Roller Girls.
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