Austin: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Moody Center
Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” 30th Anniversary Winter Tour to Moody Center in Austin on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2026, at 7:00 PM, with tickets starting at $100. Austin is the first of TSO’s four Texas stops this winter.
Producer and composer Paul O’Neill created Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 1996 to combine rock band, orchestra and theater in one show. Its debut album, “Christmas Eve and Other Stories,” came out on Oct. 15, 1996, and its track “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” became a holiday radio standard. Over three decades, TSO’s winter tours have grown into one of the most popular holiday traditions in North America.
This 30th anniversary tour revives “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve,” the rock opera story of a runaway who finds shelter in an abandoned theater on Christmas Eve, with reimagined staging. A second set of holiday songs and TSO favorites follows. The production is famous for its lasers, pyrotechnics and moving lighting rigs, and the group splits into Eastern and Western touring companies so it can play arenas across the country at once.
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After Austin, the tour plays Houston on Dec. 11, San Antonio on Dec. 12 and Dallas on Dec. 13; see our listings for TSO in Houston, TSO in San Antonio and TSO in Dallas. Moody Center opened on the University of Texas campus in 2022 and is Austin’s main arena, with the ceiling height and rigging for TSO’s full production. Unlike the other Texas cities, Austin gets a single evening show. See more shows on the Moody Center venue page on Texas Music Map.
Doors typically open about an hour before showtime. Moody Center is at 2001 Robert Dedman Drive on the UT campus. Parking nearby is limited, so rideshare or walking from downtown is often easiest. Holiday traffic builds in December, so arrive early.