The voices and lyrical tones of more than 35 choirs and musicians will ring out in a rousing festive finale to the closing weeks of Norfolk and Waveney’s own cancer charity Big C’s 35 anniversary year.

Hundreds of singers and musicians from schools, college, communities, churches and performing arts centres are all giving up their voices and time in the run up to Christmas to help sing out the year for Big C in concert halls and churches throughout the county.

Starting next weekend (Saturday November 19 2016) when Simply Sing community choir perform in Kings Lynn, there will be six weeks packed with Christmas concerts, musical entertainment events and open air performances across Norfolk and Suffolk.

Among those carolling away include Norwich High School for Girls Junior Choir, Ellingham and Great Dunham schools, Wymondham College, the children’s ILOVEUKE band, staff of the Institute of Food Research, D’Capo from Wymondham, the Keswick Hall Choir, Big Heart and Soul Choir of Castle Acre and the Fakenham Town Band. A bucket collection at the Norwich Philharmonic’s Christmas Concert in St Andrew’s Hall will be taken for Big C.

A full list of dates, times, locations, choirs and musicians and where to buy tickets can be found at www.big-c.co.uk/carols.

“Music is uplifting and good for the soul, a great therapy and stress buster and in the run up to Christmas we thought what nicer and more festive way to end our year than by joining in Big C’s Christmas Carols,” said Director of Income Generation and Communications Clive Evans. ”We have been amazed and so humbled by the generosity of our choirs and musicians who have offered to help us, either by giving proceeds of ticket sales, or a bucket collection to help us support cancer patients and their families in this area.”

Big C will be teaming with Mustard TV for its Christmas Cracker musical event in the Forum on December 3 and hosting its own one hour Give Thanks event on December 21, a chance to remember and give thanks for family or friends with cancer or support those who have lost loved ones during the year.

If you are in a choir or group giving a festive concert this year and would like to support Big C please contact  [email protected] or call 01603 619900.