Central College’s theatre and music departments will present holiday themed entertainment.

Central’s theater department presents “Merry Christmas, Strega Nona” in the Kruidenier Center with eight total shows from November 29th to December 9th. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under.

The Flying Pans Steel Drum Band presents Christmas favorites with a Caribbean sound at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Vermeer Banquet Room of Graham Conference Center. Admission is $5 or an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots at the door.

The Central College Symphonic Wind Ensemble teams up with the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Cox-Snow Music Center on the Central College Campus in Pella. Admission is free and the performance is open to the public.

The theme for this years’ Christmas Candlelight Concerts is “Oh Devine Night.” The Pella concert features the college’s A Cappella Choir and Chamber Singers, with performances at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 8, in Douwstra Auditorium. Concert tickets are $12 adults, $10 seniors 65+, $10 students under age 22, and free with a Central ID. Tickets are available at events.central.edu. A holiday dinner will be served immediately before those concerts in Pella in the Graham Conference Center. An open bar will begin at 6 p.m.; dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Dinner tickets are $15 for adults, $7.50 children under 10, free children under 4. Reservations for dinner are required by Friday, Nov. 30.