Let the rejoicing commence! The  Annual Boston Christmas Cavalcade for the Homeless will take place at the ONCE Ballroom at 156 Highland Ave., Somerville on Wednesday, December 19. All performer proceeds go to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.

This event, along with a version on Cape Cod, has, over the past decade and a half, become a great seasonal live music tradition, and kind of a homecoming for many of the area’s finest musicians.

“We love doing a show featuring great and unexpected Christmas music, and it sure warms my cockles to see how eager musicians are to give their time and talent to support the Somerville Homeless Coalition,” says organizer Chandler Travis, puffing on a corn-cob pipe.

Scheduled to perform this year: The Boogaloo Swamis, The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, Rick Berlin, Jen D’Angora, Siobhan Magnus, Erin Harpe’s Country Blues Trio, Boston Typewriter Orchestra, Ken Field, Carla Ryder, Shaun Wolf Wortis, Chris Trapper, Kami Lyle, the Ding Donnelly & Danny Devereaux Christmas Show, Chris Mascara, Niki Luparelli, the Philharmonic Trombone Shout Band, and the Athol Thingerth.

Suggested donation is $20 in advance, and $25 at the door.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and music begins shortly after.

https://www.oncesomerville.com/event/1794866-14th-or-15th-annual-boston-somerville/