Houston: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Toyota Center (7:30 PM Show)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” 30th Anniversary Winter Tour to Toyota Center in Houston on Friday, Dec. 11, 2026, at 7:30 PM, with tickets starting at $104. This is the evening show; an afternoon performance plays at 3 PM the same day.
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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Houston is the second of TSO’s four Texas stops this winter, after Austin on Dec. 9 and before San Antonio on Dec. 12 and Dallas on Dec. 13; see our listings for TSO in San Antonio and TSO in Dallas. Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets, has hosted TSO many times, and its arena setup suits the full production. See more shows on the Toyota Center venue page on Texas Music Map.
Doors typically open about an hour before showtime. Toyota Center is at 1510 Polk Street in downtown Houston, with paid parking in nearby garages. Friday night holiday traffic downtown can be heavy, so leave extra time, and arrive early if you want to browse the merchandise stands before the lights go down.