Mads Tolling & The Mads Men: "Cool Yule"

In the spirit of Yule, two-time Grammy Award winner Mads Tolling and his quartet "The Mads Men" share the Christmas celebrations of Mads's youth in Copenhagen, blending the authentic customs and sounds of the Nordic countries with the joy and spirit of American jazz.

Cool Yule, a Nordic Holiday Celebration includes a special nod to Denmark’s most famous fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen with a medley of songs from Frozen and other fables, a salute to Julemanden (Santa Claus), Yuletide traditional classics and jazz renditions of your favorite American holiday songs including: Silent Night, Sleigh Ride, O Tannenbaum, I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve and more.

Old and New World traditions meld in Cool Yule starring renowned Danish jazz violinist Mads Tolling & The Mads Men. The wonderful Christmas traditions of the Nordic countries—Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland—are steeped in mysticism with many of these traditions at home here in America. We invite you to experience the warmth and specialness of hygge, the Danish word for cozy that sets the tone for ushering in the holiday season.

Individual paper tickets for this performance will be available approximately 2 weeks before the concert at Del Norte Office Supply in Crescent City, by cash and check only. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door; the box office opens at 5:45 pm; doors to the auditorium open at 6:00 p.m. On the night of the performance, credit cards will be accepted for tickets, raffle, and merchandise purchases. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and latecomers will be admitted between numbers.

THERE ARE NO REFUNDS. If you cannot make the performance after purchasing tickets, we recommend you donate them as "Courtesy Seats" through DNACA. These are seats for students and others who would normally be unable to see the concert due to financial limitations.

Health Precautions: All performances will have current (at the time of the concert) health and safety precautions in place, which may include: mask-wearing, limited capacity seating (to encourage safe distancing), temperature checks at entry, entrance/exit flow guidelines, etc. If you would like to know which precautions are in place at the time of the concert, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help you.

Children: We encourage attending live performances for audience members of all ages. Out of respect for the artists and other audience members, we ask that children attending our performances be seated next to their adult chaperones. Adult guidance is expected.

Accessibility: All of our venues are accessible for scooters and wheelchairs, and have accessible seating.

DNACA is funded, in part, by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at arts.ca.gov. We are also funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. We would be unable to bring such talent to our community without the generous help of our underwriters: Doctor D Autocare, Patty Brunsing, Lisé Hamilton, Bill and Kathy Maffett, Nick & Lisa Rail Music Fund, and Bob and Diane Weir. Our in-kind supporters are Bicoastal Media, Elk Valley Casino, and Del Norte Office Supply.

For more information about DNACA, please visit dnaca.net.