Join the San Francisco Pride Band for This Year’s Wickedly Good Dance-Along Nutcracker
Kick off the holiday season with the San Francisco Pride Band at Dance-Along Nutcracker® 2025: A Wicked Dance-Along Nutcracker, under the direction of guest conductor Michael J. Wong. This show is an only-in-San Francisco tradition: part comedy musical, part dance-it-yourself ballet, and part symphonic concert.
Established in 1985, Dance-Along Nutcracker blends Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet music with a unique annual theme to create an original musical production. In this year’s show, audience members will experience what happens when the beloved music and story from Wicked, The Wizard of Oz, and The Wiz come together with Tchaikovsky’s most famous work: The Nutcracker.
“This may be the 40th Anniversary of the first Dance-Along Nutcracker, but it’s only my fourth one,” said Sara Harris, Producer of the show. “I couldn’t be more excited to be bringing this production to four audiences of so many young people. Everyone in the Official Band of San Francisco shares my enthusiasm about this ‘Wickedly Good’ show.”
In A Wicked Dance-Along Nutcracker, Uncle Drosselmeyer tells Clara and Fritz a fantastical bedtime story about a school for holiday magic where the wicked Sugar Plum Fairy and her Great and Powerful Nutcracker control the student body with strict rules that stifle creativity and originality. With the help of a magical rat, the students rally to overcome the domineering rules they’ve been subjected to.
When they aren’t dancing along to the Nutcracker ballet music, the audience joins the student body to restore fun and joy to the holidays. A Wicked Dance-Along Nutcracker provides an interactive way for kids, families, and friends to experience the magic of live classical music.
This is not the first time Dance-Along Nutcracker has taken inspiration from The Wizard of Oz. Ten years ago, for the 30th anniversary of Dance-Along Nutcracker, the show also brought audiences down the yellow brick road for The Nutcracker of Oz. With Wicked more popular than ever, it felt fitting to return to Oz.
Find more information and purchase tickets at DanceAlongNutcracker.org.
Event Details
When:
Saturday, December 6, 2025 — 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 7, 2025 — 11:00 am and 3:00 pm
Where:
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum (701 Mission Street, San Francisco)
Walking distance from the Powell Street MUNI and BART stations.
Tickets:
General admission: $28 for children, students, and seniors; $48 for adults.
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About the San Francisco Pride Band
The San Francisco Pride Band was founded in 1978 by Jon Sims at the height of Anita Bryant’s anti-gay crusade. As the first openly gay music organization in the world, the Band has inspired the formation of LGBTQ+ bands, choruses, and performing troupes worldwide. In 2018, it was unanimously named the Official Band of the City and County of San Francisco. In 2024, the Band changed its name to better reflect its membership and evolving mission. Today, with over 150 members, the Band performs more than 25 events annually, including community concerts, Pride celebrations, parades across Northern California, and the iconic Dance-Along Nutcracker® holiday show.
Media Contact
Doug Litwin
doug.litwin@sfprideband.org
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Download the PDF version of the press release: Dance-Along Nutcracker 2025 Press Release (PDF)