Holiday performers return to UK HealthCare to spread cheer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 4, 2025) — The holiday season is here and UK HealthCare is spreading joy by welcoming live musicians and singers back to its facilities.
Throughout the month of December, there will be performances supported by the UK Hospital Auxiliary for the Arts in HealthCare Program. The performances will be taking place in the Albert B. Chandler Hospital Pavilion A Atrium, Markey Cancer Center Whitney-Hendrickson lobby and Roach lobby, various floors in Good Samaritan Hospital and Eastern State Hospital.
All performances are free and open to the public. A full, up-to-date list of performances can be found here.
- Dec. 4, noon-1 p.m.
- Harold Sherman, jazz pianist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 4, 1-2 p.m.
- Warren Byrom, local singer/songwriter, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 4, 7-8 p.m.
- The Apollo Society Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 5, 11 a.m.-noon
- UK Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, 3rd Floor
- Dec. 5, noon-1 p.m.
- UK Opera Theatre Carolers, Good Samaritan Hospital, 4th Floor
- Dec. 5, noon-1 p.m.
- Elaine Cook, harpist, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Dec. 5, noon-1 p.m.
- Art Mize and Diane Timmons, folk duo, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 5, 1-2 p.m.
- Andrew Peng, cellist, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 5, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- Raleigh Dailey Trio, jazz trio, Eastern State Hospital
- Dec. 8, noon-1 p.m.
- UK Opera Theatre Carolers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 8, 1-2 p.m.
- UK Opera Theatre Carolers, Markey Cancer Center, Roach Lobby
- Dec. 9, noon-1 p.m.
- Jeremy Grizzle, local singer/songwriter, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
- Dec. 9, 2-3 p.m.
- UK Treble Choir and UK Men’s Choir, singers, Pavilion A Atrium Lobby
UK HealthCare is the hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky. But it is so much more. It is more than 10,000 dedicated health care professionals committed to providing advanced subspecialty care for the most critically injured and ill patients from the Commonwealth and beyond. It also is the home of the state’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that cares for the tiniest and sickest newborns and the region’s only Level 1 trauma center.
As an academic research institution, we are continuously pursuing the next generation of cures, treatments, protocols and policies. Our discoveries have the potential to change what’s medically possible within our lifetimes. Our educators and thought leaders are transforming the health care landscape as our six health professions colleges teach the next generation of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, spreading the highest standards of care. UK HealthCare is the power of advanced medicine committed to creating a healthier Kentucky, now and for generations to come.