As it just wouldn’t be Christmas without the carols, you will be singing our praises for compiling this guide to all the unmissable concerts in your area.

Dec 11

Choral Christmas Charity Concert with The King William Singers directed by Hilary Campbell and featuring the Blossom Street Singers. In aid of The Albany Charity Fund. All Saints Church, All Saints Drive, Blackheath. 7pm. £5/£3.

The Trinity Laban Student Union Brass Band performs funcarols and Christmas music directed by Stephen Maw. Mulled wine and mince pies. St Alfege Church, Greenwch. 1pm. Free.

Dec 12

Beckenham Ladies Choir. A lunchtime concert of carols and Christmas songs. St George’s Church, High Street. 12.30pm. Free/retiring collection for The Alzheimer’s Society.

Honor Oak Christmas Celebrations. Carols, Christmas lights and craft fair. Opposite Honor Oak Park train station, Honor Oak. 5pm.

That'll Be The Day Christmas Show. Rock 'n' roll variety show. Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon. 8pm. £19.50/£21.50. 020 8688 9291.

Dec 13

School choir perform at Ladywell Christmas market. The Christmas lights will be switched on too. Ladywell Station, Lewisham. 11am.

Bromley Concert Band Christmas Spectacular. Carols accompanied by clarinets, trumpets, maracas and, of course, mince pies. Programme includes The Twelve Days of Christmas, some new arrangements and the classic favourites. St Mark's Church, Westmoreland Road, Bromley. 7.30pm. £7/free for under 12s. Includes refreshments.

Brockley Christmas Celebrations. Carol singing at the festive Craft market and lantern parade. Coulgate Street, Brockley. 2pm.

Carols for New Eltham. Evening of favourite carols and Christmas poems with the church choir. All Saints Church, Bercta Road, New Eltham. 7pm. Free. 020 8859 0599.

Lewisham Choral Society presents A Christmas Concert. Featuring Vivaldi’s much-loved and uplifting Gloria, a premiere of Robert Purcey’s Happiness (inspired by the children of Kilmorie School, where the choir rehearse) and many carols for choir and audience. St Laurence Church, 37 Bromley Road, Catford.7.30pm. £12/£10/£2 for children. Visit lewishamchoralsociety.org.uk for further details.

Sidcup Symphony Orchestra Prom Concert present a Hungarian Christmas-themed concert. Programme includes Montis Czardas, Bartoks Hungarian Pictures, Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody alongside a selection of traditional carols and lots of audience participation. Conducted by James Ross. St John’s Church, Church Road, Sidcup. 7.30pm. £12/£10/£8. 020 8300 3268/020 8300 1978/01322 557458.

Eltham Choral Society Christmas Concert. Includes Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas and carols for choir and audience. Holy Trinity Church, Southend Crescent. Eltham. 7.30pm. £10/£8. 020 8850 3532.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs it Christmas Cracker concert. Choral and orchestra favourites and sing-alongs for the audience. Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon. 7.30pm. £10/£29.50. 020 8688 9291.

Dec 14

The English Baroque Choir and the Crystal Palace Band perform carols while the audience enjoys hot-roasted chestnuts, toy stalls, hot and cold refreshments and a free Santa’s grotto in the Horniman’s award-winning gardens. Bandstand, The Horniman Museum, Forest Hill. 3pm.

Female vocalists accompanied by a harp perform Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols - the masterpiece composed on board ship as Britten returned to England from the USA. Tickets include a glass of wine and a mince pie. Danson House, Danson Park, Danson Road, Bexleyheath. 3pm. £15. 01322 621238.

Christmas carol concert performed by Erith Operatic Society in aid of the Rotary Club of Bexley. Father Christmas and his musical sleigh will be in the gardens of the house from 2.30pm. Traditional concert, suitable for families, with mulled wine (or juice) and a mice pie included in the ticket price. Hall Place & Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley. 3pm. £8. 01322 621238.

Organ Recital by Michael Bonaventure. Contemporary organ works played by Michael Bonaventure. Includes the first UK performance of Crosscurrents by Dutch composer Roderik de Man, and the premiere of 1992 by Laurence Crane. Also features music by Paul Patterson, Timothy Salter and Geoffrey King. All Saints Church, All Saints Drive, The Heath, Blackheath. 5.30pm. Free/retiring collection/ 0787 2953578.

Ceremony of Carols. Evensong and Britten’s Ceremony of Carols performed by the sopranos of the acclaimed St George’s Parish Choir, accompanied by Keziah Thomas on the harp, under the direction of Nigel Groome. St George’s Church, High Street, Beckenham. 5.30pm. Free. 020 8663 6996.

MusicMasters Youth band and Singers present Christmas Cracker – a show of Christmas music in jazz, rock and pop styles. Also features stage and screen favourites. The Mick Jagger Centre, Shepherds Lane, Dartford. 7pm. £10/£6. 020 8300 8803.

National Children’s Orchestra Of Great Britain. Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon. 7pm. £14/£19.50. 020 8688 9291 The Newstead Singers. Concert of carols for choir and audience. All Saint's Parish Church, Bark Hart Road/Church Hill, Orpington. 8pm.

Dec 15

Bellingham Carol Service. Festive carol singing and turning on of the Christmas lights. Bellingham Green, Bellingham. 4pm.

Dec 17

Evelyn Triangle Christmas celebrations. Carol singing, mulled wine and switching on of the Christmas lights. Evelyn Triangle, Evelyn Street, Lewisham. 5.30pm.

Dec 18

Lunchtime Concert with Adrian Boynton and Friends - A Christmas Cracker. Bromley Central Library, High Street, Bromley BR1 1EX Bromley. 12pm. £4/ £3 in advance.

Dec 19

Christmas With The Rat Pack. . Festive-themed tribute show. Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon. 8pm. £25.50/£27.50. 020 8688 9291.

Blackheath Halls Christmas. Annual Christmas concert with excerpts from Handel's Messiah by Blackheath Halls Orchestra and Choir plus performances from Second Chance Choir, Use your Voice, Brooklands School Choir, John Ball School Choir and Blackheath High School Choir. Plus carols for all to join in. Blackheath Halls, Lee Road, Blackheath. 7.30 pm. Children under 12 free.

The Trinity Laban Student Union Brass Band perform fun carols directed by Stephen Maw. With mulled wine and mince pies. Charlton House, Charlton. 1pm Free

Dec 20

Hayes Philharmonic Choir present Christmas Carols with audience participation. In aid of Bromley Cassette – Bromley’s weekly journal for the blind and partially sighted. Conducted by Rodney Williams. Accompanist Kenneth Baker. Hayes Parish Church, Hayes Street, Hayes. 7.45pm. £. 07989 192928. Visit hayeschoir.com for further details.

Dec 21

Carols at Christmas by candlelight. Choir and congregation join in familiar carols in the candlelit church. Plus readings of the nativity story. St Mary’s Church, College Road, Bromley. 6.30pm. Free/retiring collection. 020 8464 1239.