This holiday season let CapRadio be your musical companion. We have a wide variety of uplifting and entertaining specials planned between now and New Year’s Day. Plus you’ll hear seasonal favorites sprinkled in throughout our regular programming, music that will enhance any occasion.
Whatever you do and wherever you go this holiday season, keep CapRadio handy and we’ll provide just the right musical soundtrack.
Thursday, November 27, 2025
1 p.m. Every Good Thing
2 p.m. Songs of Thanks with Cantus
3 p.m. Shadowglow: Thanksgiving with the American Sound
6 p.m. Feasting with the Great American Songbook: An Afterglow Thanksgiving Special
Saturday, December 6, 2025
4 p.m. Connections: The Nutcracker Connection
Sunday, December 7, 2025
2 p.m. Connections: The Nutcracker Connection
Monday, December 8, 2025
6 p.m. Welcome Christmas
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
6 p.m. Gaudete! Early Music for the Christmas Season
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
6 p.m. A Chanticleer Christmas Generously Supported by Dr. Dean Keith Simonton
Thursday, December 11, 2025
6 p.m. Las Posadas: Christmas Music from Renaissance and Baroque MexicoGenerously Supported by Dr. Will Green and Martin Palomar
Friday, December 12, 2025
5 p.m. St. Olaf Christmas Festival
Saturday, December 13, 2025
4 p.m. Connections: The Shepherd Connection
Sunday, December 14, 2025
2 p.m. Connections: The Shepherd Connection
Monday, December 15, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore
6 p.m. Candles Burning Brightly
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
6 p.m. The Sound of Cinnamon
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Taylor Scott Davis's Magnificat
6 p.m. Chanukah in Story and Song
Thursday, December 18, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Franz Liszt's Christmas Tree
6 p.m. Carols Customs and Candleligth: A Celtic Christmas Celebration
Friday, December 19, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Handel's Messiah, Part I
6 p.m. Eternal Echoes for HanukkahGenerously Supported by Sue and Carl Miller
Saturday, December 20, 2025
4 p.m. Connections: The Christmas Connection
6 p.m. The More the Merrier with Avery JeffryGenerously Supported by Bob and Vicci Schlegel
Sunday, December 21, 2025
7 a.m. Sunday Baroque's Christmas Program
2 p.m. Connections: The Christmas Connection
Monday, December 22, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
6 p.m. In Winter’s Glow
7 p.m. NPR’s A Jazz Piano Christmas
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Parts I-III
6 p.m. December Around the World with Jennifer ReasonGenerously Supported by John and Lois Crowe
7 p.m. A Swinging Holiday Jazz Party with Wynton Marsalis
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
8 a.m. Festival of Nine Lessons and CarolsGenerously Supported by Drs. Gary and Edith Vermeij
10 a.m. Las Posadas: Christmas Music from Renaissance and Baroque MexicoGenerously Supported by Dr. Will Green and Martin Palomar
11 a.m. December Around the World with Jennifer ReasonGenerously Supported by John and Lois Crowe
12 p.m. St. Olaf Christmas Festival
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Christopher Rouse's Karolju
3 p.m. A Chanticleer ChristmasGenerously Supported by Dr. Dean Keith Simonton
4 p.m. Carols Customs and Candlelight: A Celtic Christmas Celebration
5 p.m. The Sound of Cinnamon
6 p.m. The More the Merrier with Avery JeffryGenerously Supported by Bob and Vicci Schlegel
7 p.m. Jingle Bell Jazz with Gary Vercelli & Avery Jeffry
Thursday, December 25, 2025
6 a.m. Welcome Christmas
7 a.m. Avery Jeffry’s Holiday Favorites
9 a.m. Festival of Nine Lessons and CarolsGenerously Supported by Drs. Gary and Edith Vermeij
11 a.m. Jennifer Reason’s Holiday FavoritesGenerously Supported by Bruce Hester and Elfrena Foord
1 p.m. Connections: The Christmas Connection
2 p.m. Midday Masterpiece: Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols
3 p.m. Victor Forman’s Holiday Favorites
5 p.m. Gaudete! Early Music for the Christmas Season
6 p.m. Vince Guaraldi’s Christmas Gift to Jazz with Jana Lee Ross
Friday, December 26, 2025
6 p.m. The Sounds of Kwanzaa
Saturday, December 27, 2025
10 a.m. Handel At The Met
4 p.m. Connections: The Winter Connection
6 p.m. An Afro Blue Christmas
7 p.m. The More the Merrier with Avery JeffryGenerously Supported by Bob and Vicci Schlegel
Sunday, December 28, 2025
2 p.m. Connections: The Winter Connection
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
6 p.m. Excellence in Jazz New Year’s Eve Kickoff
7 p.m. NPR’s Toast of the Nation
Thursday, January 1, 2025
8 a.m. New Year’s Day From Vienna
