Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist Mindi Abair brings her holiday concert to the Musical Instrument Museum as part of the MIM Music Theater Fall 2026 Concert Series.
Mindi Abair brings her I Can't Wait for Christmas Tour to the Musical Instrument Museum on Sunday, December 20. She's a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, and this is her holiday concert, so it's a Christmas show in the middle of the season. It's part of the MIM Music Theater's Fall 2026 Concert Series, and the date falls just a few days before the holiday.
If you're not familiar with the venue, the MIM Music Theater is inside the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Grammy winner Shawn Colvin once called it "the best 300-seat venue in the country," and that gives you a good sense of the scale—it's an intimate room, not a big hall. Every performance there is tied to the museum's exhibits, which showcase instruments from around the world and the people who play them. It's a place where the music on stage usually has something to do with the collection around it.
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Abair's stop is one piece of a larger season. Artistic director Andrew Walesch described the full run as bringing back farewell tours, debut acts, and Grammy winners all in the same week, so this holiday set sits alongside a wide range of performers throughout the fall. Tickets for the whole series went on sale Thursday, August 20, at 10:00 AM, so if you're planning to go, you'll want to get yours sorted well before December. The show is on Sunday, December 20, at the MIM Music Theater in Phoenix.
