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Wednesday, Sep 16 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
Kat Edmonson: Have Your Merry Christmas With Me
Mon, 30 Nov, 7:30 PM CST
Doors open
6:30 PM CST
SPACE
1245 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
ON SALE SOON
Wednesday, Sep 16 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
Description
This holiday season, acclaimed vocalist Kat Edmonson returns with a dazzling new chapter in her celebrated career: the November 6, 2026 release of her latest album, Have Your Merry Christmas With Me, followed by a nationwide tour beginning Thanksgiving and continuing through the end of December.
Have Your Merry Christmas With Me by Kat Edmonson plays like the soundtrack to a classic romantic comedy—lush, witty, soulful, and filled with longing, flirtation, and holiday warmth. Romantic bossa novas mingle with a tropical, 1960s-cocktail-party take on “Jingle Bells,” the swinging jazz-gospel exuberance of “Hark! The Herald Angels Swing,” and an achingly soulful transformation of Allen Toussaint’s “It’s Raining” into “It’s Snowing.” Two beautifully crafted originals, “Have Your Merry Christmas With Me” and “Hush! There’s a Falling Snow,” feel instantly at home among the standards, with the timelessness of future holiday classics.
Bringing the music to the stage, Kat Edmonson’s 2026 Have Your Merry Christmas With Me Holiday Tour promises an unforgettable evening of festive charm, featuring sparkling new selections alongside beloved songs from her acclaimed catalog. After enchanting audiences year after year, she returns with the warmth, wit, and effortless elegance that have made her one of today’s most distinctive jazz vocalists.
Kat is a Songwriters Hall of Fame award-winning singer and songwriter whom The New York Times has described as having “an equal foothold in jazz, cabaret and vintage cosmopolitanism pop.” She has appeared on Austin City Limits, NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Tonight Show, and has performed at venues and festivals including Carnegie Hall, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the Blue Note in Japan. Her original songs have appeared in film, television, and advertising. Edmonson also appeared as a 1930s jazz singer in Woody Allen’s Café Society and made her theatrical debut in the Drama Desk Award-nominated off-Broadway production The Hang by Taylor Mac and Matt Ray. As NPR observed, “Hearing Edmonson makes it virtually impossible to do anything but stop and listen.”
Blending nostalgia, celebration, and holiday spirit, this concert feels both classic and new, with all the makings of a cherished seasonal tradition.
Event Information
Age Limit
All Ages
Jazz
Kat Edmonson
Kat Edmonson
Jazz
Kat Edmonson is a Songwriters Hall of Fame award-winning songwriter and singer. She has been featured on Austin City Limits, Tiny Desk Concerts, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Tonight Show and has released six studio albums to date. Raised on the music and film of the early-to- mid-twentieth century, Kat performs original songs and familiar classics in her live show interweaving humorous anecdotes and philosophical musings with disarming candor and vulnerability. “Hearing Edmonson makes it virtually impossible to do anything but stop and listen.” (NPR)
“Intuitive about melody and handy with a turn of phrase” (The New York Times), the songsmith has been writing ever since she was a little girl. JAZZIZ magazine says, “...her lasting contribution might very well be her songs.” NPR says, “she's a savvy student of '60s film soundtracks, jazz- pop stylists and Brill Building songcraft, nodding to her influences at every turn. But her take on those stylized musical languages is so fresh and fluent that the referencing never feels cumbersome." Her original songs have been featured in major motion pictures, television shows and commercials including her song “Lucky” which was featured in the Coca-Cola “Footprints” ad from the Winter Olympics.
From Carnegie Hall to the Montreux Jazz Festival to the Blue Note in Japan, Kat has played major stages across the United States, Europe, and Asia. In addition to her own headline tours, she has performed in support of Lyle Lovett, Gary Clark, Jr., Smokey Robinson, and Willie Nelson to name a few. Kat appeared in Woody Allen’s Cafe Society as a 1930s jazz singer and was highlighted on the official soundtrack performing her version of “Mountain Greenery.” In the winter of 2022, the singer made her theatrical debut in the four-time, Drama-Desk-Award- nominated off-Broadway show, "The Hang” by Taylor Mac and Matt Ray.