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People in the News

Friday, August 15, 2025

People in the News

Friday, August 15, 2025

Free concert, lighting and fireworks show

lightuotheholidayReliant lights up the holidays at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, so bring your entire family for an evening of holiday magic. We’ll be illuminating the Center’s campus with dazzling LED lights to celebrate the holiday season. This FREE festival includes a Holiday Concert and Fireworks Show featuring live performances by The Polyphonic Spree, Bubba Hernandez y los Super Vatos, and cast members of the national tour of Jersey Boys.

The event which is held on the AT&T Performing Arts Center campus, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will feature:

  • Illumination of hundreds of thousands of dazzling LED lights placed on the Center’s iconic venues and trees.
  • Live performances by Dallas-based choral symphonic rock band The Polyphonic Spree, Grammy Award nominee Bubba Hernandez y Los Super Vatos, and cast members of the Jersey Boys national tour. Each will perform a selection of their own hits and holiday classics.
  • Free photos with Santa Claus.
  • A fireworks display in Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park.

Event Schedule

  • 5:30 Festival Opens
  • 6:00 Bubba Hernandez performs
  • 6:30 Winners of Reliant’s Charity Gingerbread Media Contest announced (see the entries at the Information Center)
  • 6:35 Cast members from Jersey Boys perform
  • 6:55 Fireworks Show & Campus Lighting Ceremony
  • 7:05 The Polyphonic Spree performs

Click RSVP  to reserve your tickets and you will automatically be entered to win a family four-pack of tickets to the New Year’s Day performance in the Winspear Opera House of Lightwire Theater’s A Very Electric Christmas!