Music & Comedy
Squirrel Nut Zippers Bring Seasonal Show to Park West
“An Evening with the Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Caravan Tour” will Present a Whimsical Wintertime Journey Through Jazz, Swing, and Holiday Cheer
Beloved genre-bending jazz ensemble Squirrel Nut Zippers are bringing their legendary Christmas Caravan Tour back for the 2025 holiday season and will be hitting Park West on December 11! With a festive blend of holiday classics, original seasonal fare, and the band’s signature fusion of early American jazz, swing, and vaudeville, this fan-favorite show promises to spread yuletide joy.
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.
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.
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