Zilker Park

The Austin Civic Wind Ensemble kicks off the holiday season in Austin with the annual lighting of the Zilker Holiday Tree. For more information, see Zilker Holiday Tree.

The Zilker Tree stands 155 feet tall and is composed of 39 streamers, each holding 81 multicolored, 25-watt bulbs - totaling 3,309 lights. The Austin Civic Wind Ensemble provides festive entertainment. More concert details at acwe.org/holiday17

Come hear your favorite Christmas music and spin under the tree at the annual Zilker Tree Lighting, with special guest Sara Hickman. Selections for this concert were chosen from the following list:

• A Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson
• The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), Mel Torme and Robert Wells, arr. John Cacavas
• Cantique de Noel, Adolphe Adam, arr. Harold L. Walters
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, arr. Douglas E. Wagner, guest vocalist Sara Hickman
• Patapan, arr. Tom Wallace
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Albert Hague, arr. Larry Clark
• Fantasy on a Bell Carol, Edward J. Madden
• Jingle Bells Forever, J. Pierpont, John Philip Sousa, arr. Robert W. Smith
• Do You Hear What I Hear? Regney, Shayne, Towne, Kent and Jones, arr. John Cacavas
• Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson