A Swingin' Sleigh Ride: Squirrel Nut Zippers to Hit the Road for the Holidays

Published by New Jersey Stage
originally published: 11/22/2025

(NEWTON, NJ) -- Beloved genre-bending jazz ensemble Squirrel Nut Zippers are bringing their legendary Christmas Caravan Tour back for the 2025 holiday season! With a festive blend of holiday classics, original seasonal fare, and the band's signature fusion of early American jazz, swing, and vaudeville, this annual fan-favorite tour promises to, once again, spread yuletide joy across the country. The tour comes to The Newton Theatre on Saturday, December 6, 2025.

The tour will hit theaters, concert halls, and historic venues nationwide, transforming each stop into a rollicking holiday revue steeped in old-time flair and infectious energy. Tickets are available now at www.snzippers.com.

Launched in the late '90s, the Christmas Caravan album and tour became a hallmark of the band's eclectic career, with the record selling a quarter of a million copies and reaching #12 on the Billboard Holiday Albums chart. The 2025 routing will feature a mix of time-honored Zippers originals like "A Johnny Ace Christmas" and "I'm Coming Home for Christmas," reimagined carols, and lively holiday storytelling—all performed with the theatricality and musical craftsmanship that fans have come to expect.

Jimbo Mathus, bandleader and co-founder, said, "The Christmas Caravan isn't just a concert—it's a full-on holiday escape, a snowy street corner under the gaslights of a 1920s New Orleans night. We're thrilled to keep this tradition alive and evolving."

Fans can expect dazzling costumes, vintage visuals, and a multi-instrumental lineup of world-class musicians who bring the holiday spirit to life in a way only the Zippers can.

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The Platinum recording artists have sold over three million albums to-date with their watershed album, Hot (1996), making them a household name. Recorded in the heat of New Orleans, fueled by a smoldering mix of booze and a youthful hunger to unlock the secrets of old-world jazz, this pivotal release was just the beginning for the band. Since then, SNZ has unveiled such hits as Beasts Of Burgundy (2018), which debuted at #4 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart, and the Lost Songs of Doc Souchon, which debuted in late 2020. It featured 10 tracks – a combination of newly-penned Zippers songs, along with a few tunes from past times – and has received acclaim from fans and critics alike. 

Official tour dates for "An Evening with the Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan Tour," are as follows: 

*Dates subject to change. 

December 3                  Greenwich Odeum                                East Greenwich, RI 

December 4                  Nashua Center for the Arts                    Nashua, NH

December 5                  Cabot Theatre                                      Beverly, MA

December 6                  The Newton Theatre                             Newton, NJ

December 7                  Jefferson Center                                   Roanoke, VA

December 8                  Bijou Theatre                                        Knoxville, TN

December 10                Magic Bag                                            Detroit, MI

December 11                Park West                                             Chicago, IL 

December 12                Stoughton Opera House                        Stoughton, MA

December 13                Turner Ballroom                                    Milwaukee, WI

December 15                The Parkway Theater                            Minneapolis, MN

December 16                Knuckleheads                                      Kansas City, KS

December 18                Lincoln Center                                      Ft. Collins, CO

December 19                Lensic Performing Arts Center               Santa Fe, NM

December 21                Fox Tucson Theatre                              Tucson, AZ

 

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