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Love holiday music? Watch free school caroling competition

The Merrick Festival Caroling Competition, featuring choirs from South Florida middle schools and high schools, will be back for 2025. And you can watch the performances free of charge, from December 3 through December 7, 2025, with an awards show on Tuesday, December 9, at 550 Biltmore Way in Coral Gables. The event is called “Rejoice in the Voice.”

The Caroling Competition has been a holiday tradition in Coral Gables since 1987.

This is the 2025 schedule:

Middle School
7 p.m. Somerset City Arts
7:30 p.m. St. Thomas the Apostle
8 p.m. St. Timothy’s Parish School
8:30 p.m. Good Shepherd School
9 p.m. St. Theresa Catholic School
9:30 p.m. South Miami Middle School

Thursday, December 4

Senior High
7 p.m. Academy for Innovative Education (AIE)
7:30 p.m. Barbara Goleman Senior High School
8 p.m. Miami Senior High School
8:30 p.m. John A. Ferguson Senior High School
9 p.m. Miami Norland Senior High School
9:30 p.m. New World School of the Arts

Friday, December 5

Middle School
7 p.m. Florida Christian School
7:30.p.m. Southwood Middle School
8 p.m. Academy for Innovative Education (AIE)
8:30 p.m. Everglades K-8 Center
9 p.m. True North Dadeland Academy
9:30 p.m. Gulliver Preparatory Middle School

Saturday, December 6

Senior High
7 p.m. Florida Christian School
7:30 p.m.  Coral Gables Senior High School
8 p.m. Franklin Academy Pines
8:30 p.m. Hialeah Gardens Senior High School
9 p.m. Mater Academy Cutler Bay
9:30 p.m. Coral Reef Senior High School

Sunday, December 7

Senior High
3 p.m. St. Brendan’s Senior High School
3:30 p.m. Doral Academy Prep
4 p.m. Calvary Christian Academy
4:30 p.m. True North Sunset Academy
5 p.m. Ronald Reagan Doral Senior High School
5:30 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes Academy

Tuesday, December

7 p.m. The Grand Prize Winners return and sing

For more information, visit the official website or the Facebook page.

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School choir caroling competition
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