A recent San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus holiday concert (photo: Stefan Cohen)

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus will be celebrating the end of one era at the dawn of another with its annual holiday shows this December.

This year’s show will be the last with Chris Verdugo at the helm as CEO of the organization; a gay man who has led the nation’s first and oldest openly gay chorus for 10 years, Verdugo announced that he will be retiring at the end of the 2025-2026 season in June, as the Bay Area Reporter previously reported.

“The holidays have always been a time when our music carries more than melody; it carries light,” Verdugo stated to the B.A.R. “Each concert reminds me how music can spark joy, heal hearts, and unite an entire community in hope. Knowing this will be my last holiday s

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