Folsom Lake College’s Dance Department and MOSAIC Dance Company are staging a one-night-only holiday performance at Harris Center for the Arts on Thursday, December 3, 2026. The curtain goes up at 6:00 PM. Tickets are available through the Harris Center box office, and this one does not repeat.
What the Show Is
“A Night Before Christmas” is Harris Center’s description of a performance that blends traditional holiday spirit with contemporary movement and inventive staging. MOSAIC Dance Company is the student and faculty ensemble out of the Folsom Lake College Dance Department, and the December 3 show doubles as the department’s end-of-semester celebration — which means the dancers on stage have spent a full semester working toward this specific performance.
The combination of a holiday theme, contemporary choreography, and an end-of-year energy makes this a different kind of December show than the typical touring act. It is community-rooted and specific to the college’s own ensemble, presented on the main stage of a regional arts center that regularly hosts national touring productions. That combination—intimate program, full-scale venue—tends to produce a room that is genuinely invested in what is on stage.
Who MOSAIC Dance Company Is
MOSAIC Dance Company is the performing ensemble of Folsom Lake College’s Dance Department, drawing on students across the program’s contemporary, jazz, and movement-based disciplines. College dance departments in Northern California have a long tradition of end-of-year showcases that punch above their weight in terms of production quality — the students are performing in a purpose-built hall with professional lighting, sound, and staging infrastructure. What you get at a show like this is the same physical space as a touring Broadway stop, with a group of performers who have been rehearsing this specific program for months.
Harris Center describes the show as one night only, which means there is no second chance if December 3 slips by.
Why December 3 Is Worth Your Night
The timing works well for anyone building a December schedule of arts events in the Folsom corridor. The show starts at 6:00 PM, which is early enough to wrap up before 8:00 PM and still have the rest of a Thursday evening ahead. Parking at Harris Center is free on the Folsom Lake College campus, which removes the downtown Sacramento parking calculation from the equation. And the show lands the night before The Carpenters Songbook: At Christmas, which plays the same stage on Friday, December 4 — making the two evenings a natural pair for anyone who wants a full holiday weekend of live performance in Folsom.
December is dense with options in the Sacramento area, and a six o’clock curtain on a Thursday is a different kind of evening than a Saturday show. It fits cleanly into a weeknight and does not compete with the weekend holiday-event traffic that builds up by mid-December.
About Harris Center
Harris Center for the Arts sits on the Folsom Lake College campus at 10 College Parkway, Folsom, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Sacramento. The venue serves as both a college performing arts facility and a public-presenting stage, running a season that includes national touring productions, local companies, and college department showcases throughout the year. The campus parking is free, the main hall has clean sightlines from most sections, and the box office is reachable at (916) 608-6888.
The Details
- Venue: Harris Center for the Arts, 10 College Parkway, Folsom, CA 95630
- Date: Thursday, December 3, 2026
- Time: 6:00 PM (one night only)
- Tickets: Available at harriscenter.net or by calling (916) 608-6888; email TicketOffice@harriscenter.net for group inquiries
- Parking: Free on the Folsom Lake College campus; arrive 20–30 minutes early for the best spots close to the entrance
Bottom Line
A one-night-only holiday dance performance from Folsom Lake College’s own ensemble at Harris Center on December 3 is a specific, community-rooted option for anyone looking to fill a weeknight early in the holiday month. The 6:00 PM start and free parking make it lower-friction than most December night-out options in the region. Since it does not repeat, tickets are worth securing in advance.
If you are planning a Harris Center weekend, The Carpenters Songbook: At Christmas plays the following evening on December 4. Later in December, Andy Grammer’s Greater Than Pt. II Tour comes to Harris Center on December 11. For November options at the same venue, Tower of Power’s Holidays & Hits Tour closes out November on the 29th.
