CHRISTMAS WITH THE NELSONS STARRING MATTHEW & GUNNAR NELSON

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025 | 8PM

ARCADA THEATRE | 105 E. Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60175

Christmas with the Nelsons tells the story of three family Christmases in the lives of America’s First Family of Entertainment, the Nelsons! After securing two Top 10 Billboard Christmas singles (“This Christmas”), multi-platinum recording artists and identical twins, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, bring their award winning talent to the stage. This heart-warming multi-media live concert stars the third generation of No. 1 Nelson family hitmakers and is a genuine blend of Everly Brothers-style harmonies and Smothers Brothers-style comedy. Matthew and Gunnar have been thrilling sellout audiences worldwide for the past decade with their Ricky Nelson Remembered show…and they’ve got a new gift for you to open.

Not merely a rock concert with a few holiday songs thrown in, Christmas with the Nelsons delivers Christmas classics the Nelson family way. Interweaving quick humor, soaring sibling

vocals, and state-of-the-art big screen video, Matthew and Gunnar’s completely new show will take you on a sleigh ride through time.

From the “Holly Jolly” 50s when their father, Ricky, was a little boy intent on duct-taping antlers to the family cat…to the 70s’ when “Santa Claus Came to Town” delivering Schwinns for the twins in the era before bike helmets…to “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” today with the newest generation of Nelson family kids, who prove that yes, they did in fact turn out to be just like their parents after all. This is the Christmas show all ages of girls and boys have been waiting for. The entire Nelson family invites you to celebrate, Christmas with the Nelsons!

Tickets are available for purchase at the theatre box office, online at www.oshows.com or by phone at 630-962-7000.