The Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings its holiday spectacular, The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve, to Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM Pacific. For a lot of families this show is the official start of the Christmas season, and the Las Vegas stop lands on the first Friday of December.
No other holiday production tours like this one: a full rock band, orchestra and choir, a narrator telling the story, and a stage show stacked with lasers, pyro and moving trusses — all wrapped around some of the most recognizable Christmas rock ever recorded.
Date, time and show details
What: Trans-Siberian Orchestra — The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve
When: Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM Pacific
Where: Michelob Ultra Arena, Mandalay Bay, 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89119
The date and 7:00 PM start time are per Ticketmaster’s official Las Vegas listing for the show, and the date also appears in MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas entertainment listings. Doors generally open about an hour before showtime; build in extra time for parking and security lines on a Friday night in December.
About the show
Founded by producer and composer Paul O’Neill, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra turned classical-meets-metal arrangements of holiday music into an arena institution. "The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve" is the group’s signature story — following a young runaway who breaks into an abandoned theater on Christmas Eve — first told in their 1999 television special and now the backbone of this tour. Expect the story set alongside fan fixtures like "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24," "Wizards in Winter" and their rock take on "O Come All Ye Faithful / O Holy Night," plus a second half that opens the show up into a full-scale rock spectacle.
The venue
Michelob Ultra Arena is the roughly 12,000-seat arena inside Mandalay Bay at 3950 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89119, at the south end of the Strip. It is a proven concert room — big enough for TSO’s full production, with steeply raked seating that keeps sightlines strong. For a show this visual, seats facing the stage head-on give you the full effect of the lighting and laser design.
Tickets
Tickets are sold through official channels including Ticketmaster’s event listing. TSO’s December dates are perennially among the fastest-selling holiday tickets in any city they visit, and Las Vegas is a one-night stop — if you want lower-bowl seats for a group, do not wait for December to buy. Stick to official sellers, and have mobile tickets downloaded before you arrive, as arena Wi-Fi gets busy on show nights.
Getting to Mandalay Bay
Mandalay Bay anchors the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard. Self-parking and valet are available in the resort’s garages, rideshare has signed pickup and drop-off areas, and the free Mandalay Bay Tram connects the resort with Luxor and Excalibur to the north. If you are coming from mid-Strip, the Deuce bus and rideshare both work, but Friday evening traffic on the Boulevard is slow — leaving by 5:30 PM keeps the night relaxed.
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Make a night of it
Make it a full holiday evening: dinner at Mandalay Bay or neighboring Luxor first, the show at 7:00, then a walk up the Strip to see the city’s Christmas displays lit up afterward. It is the most festive Friday night Las Vegas offers in December.