Club / Local Ice Shows, Special Events & Benefits - Winter 2025 into 2026 edition

[Sylvia]

Today (Sunday, December 14, 2025) is the 4th edition of the ISU's World Ice Skating Day (https://www.worldiceskatingday.com/) - here's Jason's video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSPpEIhkxI7/

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Article about a special event held in South Korea:

The World Ice Skating Day event, the world's ice skating festival, was held at the Hockey Center in .. - MK

The World Ice Skating Day event, the world's ice skating festival, was held at the Hockey Center in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, on the afternoon of the 14th.The event was jointly held by the Korea Skating ..

www.mk.co.kr

From the National Galleries of Scotland:

World Ice Skating Day – The NEN – North Edinburgh News

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Feel free to share more #WISD2025 photos/videos from around the world in this thread!

ETA Mark Hanretty's post/clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSPh5m2jDqy/

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In the USA...

This is very late notice but I just found out that Great Park Ice is celebrating WISD 2025 by hosting their 2026 U.S. Nationals Send Off show today in Irvine, California from 2:00-5:00 p.m. (ETA that Torgashev is not listed): https://www.therinks.com/figure-skating/2025-2026-nationals-send-off/

The Skating Club of Boston (https://scboston.org/) is hosting their Nationals Send-Off free public ice show on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 6:30 in Norwood, MA, and their annual ICE CHIPS show - guest starring Alysa Liu - will be held earlier in 2026 on Saturday, February 28-Sunday, March 1, 2026: https://icechips.org/

 

[Sylvia]

The Skating Club of Boston (https://scboston.org/) is hosting their Nationals Send-Off free public ice show on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 6:30 in Norwood, MA

SCoB's Instagram story yesterday:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001369029991371054

 

[Sylvia]

PBS THIRTEEN New York has uploaded an abridged 28-minute video of the Bryant Park NYC Tree Lighting (filmed on Dec. 2, 2025; uploaded on Dec. 23), hosted by David Burtka:

THIRTEEN Specials | Bryant Park NYC Tree Lighting 2025

Celebrate the magic of the season! Join host David Burtka for the Bryant Park Tree Lighting.

www.pbs.org

Skaters: Emmanuel Savary, Kaiya Ruiter, Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker, Mariah Bell, Ice Theatre of NY, FS in Harlem, The Skyliners (Synchro).
The original livestream (44 mins.) still can be replayed on the event website: https://bryantpark.org/calendar/event/tree-lighting

 

[Sylvia]

Nancy Kerrigan has been headlining Gateway Playhouse's annual "Holiday Spectacular on Ice" (Nov. 28, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026) in Bellport, New York (Long Island): https://thegateway.org/Online/defau...&menu_id=48D31739-8D2F-475A-8881-2093DF2A2773

Courtney Hicks is in the cast - clip of her spinning on the small ice surface on the theater stage: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR5C77fiYQ-/
There's also a free show tomorrow, Dec. 31, at the Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton, NY: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2vJ60DhMZ/

Clips from the audience of Nancy: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR078vHDE6V/ & Courtney: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR5OSo5EpyB/

For those in the Boston area, Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 3:00-4:00 & 5:30 pm-6:30 pm:
https://bostonfrogpond.com/events/frog-pond-skating-spectacular-at-first-night-boston-300pm-show/
Enjoy two free ice show performances on New Year’s Eve! The Frog Pond Skating Spectacular is a free, annual figure skating show produced by The Skating Club of Boston®. The show features national and international competitive figure skaters all in the middle of the historic and iconic Boston Common.