PENTATONIX ANNOUNCES MASSIVE 2026 CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY TOUR
THE QUINTET’S WILDLY POPULAR CHRISTMAS SHOW RETURNS TO THE KFC YUM! CENTER THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
Louisville, KY (August 6, 2026) — Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning and Daytime EMMY® Award-nominated vocal quintet Pentatonix have announced a new leg of their massively successful Christmas In The City Tour will be heading to the KFC Yum! Center on November 16, 2026. Following last year’s successful holiday tour, Pentatonix will once again bring their signature harmonies, festive spirit and unforgettable performances to 28 arenas across North America this November and December. General onsale begins next Friday, August 14, at 10AM local time. Buy tickets HERE.
This year’s tour celebrates not only the holidays, but also the release of the deluxe edition of Pentatonix’s 2025 album Christmas In The City. Inspired by the magic of Christmastime in New York, Christmas In The City was the group’s eighth Christmas album and subtly expanded their sound with a jazzy, warm holiday spirit coursing through both Yuletide standards and new originals. The deluxe edition features the original 16-track album with 10 new songs, 2 covers, 7 live recordings and a new single “Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again.”
Sharing her excitement about the new single, Kirstin Maldonado says, “Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again” was a fun one to create! We love this iconic mashup, and it fits perfectly into our homage to the classic Christmas tunes of Hollywood's Golden Age and the timeless jazz era on this album. We hope everyone enjoys this beautiful arrangement!"
On this year’s tour, Pentatonix will partner with the music education non-profit Save The Music. As a cause near and dear to the group’s heart due to its connection with preserving music education in schools, fans will have the opportunity to make a charitable donation to the organization during the ticket purchase process on select shows. Learn more at savethemusic.org.
The new tour and Christmas In The City Deluxe cap off a dynamic year for Pentatonix, marking a bold new era introduced by their first non-holiday single in five years, “Heaven On Earth.” Together with July single “Sacrifice,”“Heaven On Earth” continued an ongoing collaboration with GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Poo Bear, pairing Pentatonix’s iconic harmonies with cinematic pop production. The quintet also embarked on a successful European arena tour, and will be performing at Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka and Tokyo in August, and continue to build on a remarkable legacy that spans three GRAMMY® Awards, billions of global streams, and sold-out tours around the world.
IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION
Show Name: Pentatonix: Christmas in the City Tour
Show Date & Time: Monday, November 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Location: KFC Yum! Center | 1 Arena Plaza | Louisville, KY 40202
How to Purchase Tickets: Tickets go on sale Friday, August 16 at 10 AM at the KFC Yum! Center box office and on Ticketmaster.
About Pentatonix
As one of the most innovative, inventive, and inimitable vocal groups of all time, Pentatonix reimagine, reinvigorate, and redefine a cappella. Since emerging in 2011, the three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning and Daytime EMMY® Award-nominated vocal quintet—Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee—have reached unprecedented heights, toppling charts, selling 10 million albums worldwide, generating billions of streams, and performing everywhere from The White House, The Empire State Building, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to The Hollywood Bowl. Their catalog boasts back-to-back #1 albums on the Billboard 200—namely the gold-certified Pentatonix [2015] and platinum-certified A Pentatonix Christmas [2016]—and has amassed 30 million monthly listeners on Spotify. Internationally, their releases performed equally as well with five albums being certified gold, platinum, or double platinum in Canada and ranking in the Top 40 albums six times in New Zealand. Their single, “Hallelujah” also achieved international success as a platinum-certified single in Canada and gold-certified in Germany and Switzerland. They notably made history as “the first a cappella act to win ‘Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella’ at the GRAMMY® Awards” in 2015 and 2016. A year later, they earned another GRAMMY® Award in the category “Best Country Duo/Group Performance” for their duet with Dolly Parton on her song “Jolene.”
Along the way, the collective also graced the stage of The Kennedy Center Honors for Tom Hanks, covering “That Thing You Do” as President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama watched from the crowd. They have collaborated with Kelly Clarkson, Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, and Lindsey Stirling, to name a few. Beyond standout awards show and late-night television appearances, Pentatonix leapt onto the big screen with a cameo in the blockbuster Pitch Perfect 2. They have supported organizations such as Make-A-Wish, Do it for the Love Foundation, and more. The quintet reached milestone after milestone with 2021’s Evergreen and 2022’s Holidays Around The World, with each album and accompanying tour setting new records for Pentatonix. In 2023, the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame before closing out the year with a North American Christmas Tour in support of their holiday greatest hits album, The Greatest Christmas Hits. In 2024, Pentatonix starred in the #1 Netflix holiday romcom, Meet Me Next Christmas. Their new album Christmas in the City is out now via Republic Records, debuting at #6 on Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart to become their 11th consecutive Top 10 album, maintaining a perfect track record of Top 10 debuts. The album features their reimagined “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” with Frank Sinatra, which became the group’s first #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, spending two weeks at #1 and marking Sinatra’s first #1 on the chart since 1967, as well as the first posthumous artist to top the chart in the 21st century.
About Save The Music
Save The Music Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps students, schools, and communities reach their full potential through the power of making music. Since 1997, Save The Music (STM) has addressed the systemic inequities in music education by investing in culturally rich communities across the United States. Over the past 29 years, Save The Music has donated $78M worth of instruments and technology to over 2,900 schools – impacting millions of students' lives in hundreds of communities nationwide. And we’re just getting started! Learn more at savethemusic.org.
About KFC Yum! Center
The KFC Yum! Center is a multi-purpose arena that overlooks the Ohio River in downtown Louisville and attracts approximately 1 million fans to ticketed events annually. It boasts a total of 721,762 square feet while offering an arena bowl exceeding 22,000 seats and nine bars and lounges all within walking distance of more than 6,000 hotel rooms in downtown Louisville. It is home to the University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball programs and attracts several top grossing concerts and events annually. The KFC Yum! Center is a state-of-the-art facility with advance technology capabilities that is owned by the Louisville Arena Authority and managed by Legends Global. For more information, visit www.kfcyumcenter.com.
