Welcome to the special Holiday Ticket Gift Guide issue of Tix That Rock from the MyCityRocks Ticket Exchange. We wish all our readers in the United States a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
From the Radio City Rockettes to How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Lady Gaga to Jeff Dunham, football to championship boxing, everything is covered in this edition of our Holiday Guide.
Tickets make a fantastic holiday gift, and with the holiday season upon us there are tons of holiday performances, concert tours, festivals, theatre, and sporting events to choose from below. If you are trying to find the very best seats to a concert, theatre or sporting event, or looking for tickets to an event that is already sold out at the box office, the MyCityRocks Ticket Exchange nearly always has tickets available, so that you and the people you care about never suffer the disappointment of not getting great seats to an event that you want to see.
Top Holiday Shows:
- Radio City Rockettes (New York, Boston, Nashville, Durham)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) (national tour)
- Mannheim Steamroller (national tour)
- Cirque Dreams Holidaze (national tour)
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Saint Louis, San Diego, San Francisco)
- Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (national tour)
- The Nutcracker (cities everywhere)
- A Christmas Carol (cities everywhere)
- A Christmas Story (Detroit, Louisville, Phoenix, Raleigh, Tampa, Nashville, Chicago)
- Holiday Pops (cities everywhere)
- A Tuna Christmas (Austin, College Station, Galveston)
Top Concert Tours:
- Roger Waters
- Neil Diamond
- George Strait & Martina McBride
- Big Time Rush
- Lady Antebellum
- Brad Paisley, The Band Perry, Scotty McCreery
- Il Divo
- Bob Seger
- Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw
- Jay-Z & Kanye West
- Jeff Dunham
- Prince
- Radiohead
- Rammstein
Top Holiday Concerts:
- KIIS Jingle Ball: Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Big Time Rush(Los Angeles, 12/3)
- Q102 Jingle Ball: Kelly Clarkson, LMFAO, Avril Lavigne(Philadelphia, 12/7)
- Alice@97.3 Alice In Winterland: Kid Rock, Christina Perri(San Francisco, 12/8)
- Z100’s Jingle Ball: Lady Gaga, David Guetta & Foster the People (New York City, 12/9)
- Y100’s Jingle Ball: Pitbull, Lmfao, Kelly Clarkson (Sunrise, 12/10)
- KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas (Universal City, 12/10-12/11)
- Power 106’s Cali Christmas: Drake, J.Cole & Big Sean(Universal City, 12/16)
- Wild Jam 2011: Drake, LMFAO, J. Cole (San Jose, 12/18)
Top Festivals:
- Coachella (Indio, 4/13-4/22)
- Stage Coach Festival (Indio, 4/27-4/29)
- CMA Music Festival (Nashville, 6/7-6/10)
- Bonnaroo (Manchester, 6/7-6/10)
- Ultra Music Festival (Miami, 3/23-3/25)
- Essence Music Festival (New Orleans, 7/6-7/8)
- Bayou Country Superfest (Baton Rouge, 5/26-5/27)
- Austin City Limits Festival (Austin, 10/12-10/14)
- Lollapalooza (Chicago, 8/3-8/5)
- South Beach Wine and Food Festival (Miami Beach 2/23-2/26)
Top Theatre:
- Wicked
- The Lion King
- Jersey Boys
- Hugh Jackman Back On Broadway
- The Book Of Mormon
- Disney On Ice
- Les Miserables
- Cirque du Soleil
- War Horse
Football:
- Super Bowl XLVI (Indianapolis, 2/5)
- BCS National Championship Bowl (New Orleans, 1/9)
- CFL Grey Cup (Vancouver, 11/27)
- SEC Football Championship (Atlanta, 12/3)
- Rose Bowl (Pasadena, 1/2)
Boxing/MMA:
- UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale (Las Vegas, 12/3)
- UFC 140: Jon Jones Vs. Lyoto Machida (Toronto, 12/10)
- UFC 141: Alistair Overeem Vs. Brock Lesnar (Las Vegas, 12/30)
- UFC 143: Nick Diaz Vs. Georges St-Pierre (Las Vegas, 2/4)
- Wrestlemania XXVIII (Miami Gardens, 4/1)
- Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito (New York, 12/3)
Basketball:
- NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament: Final Four (New Orleans, 3/31-4/2)
- NCAA Womens Final Four (Denver, 4/1-4/3)
Hockey:
- Winter Classic: Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Rangers(Philadelphia, 1/2)
- NHL All Star Game (Ottawa Kanata, 1/29)
- IIHF World Junior Championship (12/23-1/5)
Soccer:
Golf:
- Masters Golf Tournament (Augusta, 4/2-4/8)
- Ryder Cup (Medinah, 9/25-9/30
Tennis:
- Australian Open (Melbourne, 1/16-1/29)
- US Open (Flushing Meadows New York, 8/27-9/9)
- Sony Ericsson Open (Key Biscayne Miami, 3/19-4/1)
- BNP Paribas Showdown: Roger Federer Vs. Andy Roddick & Maria Sharapova vs. Caroline Wozniacki (New York City, 3/5)
Horse Racing:
- Kentucky Derby (Louisville, 5/5)
Auto Racing:
- Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis, 5/27)
- Daytona 500 (Daytona Beach, 2/26)
Baseball:
- 2012 MLB All Star Game (Kansas City, 7/10)
- 2012 MLB Home Run Derby (Kansas City, 7/9)