A Winter's Eve with David Arkenstone & Friends in Taos, New Mexico!
Schedule
Sun, 07 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Taos Center for the Arts | Taos, NM
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Join five-time GRAMMY® nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist David Arkenstone this holiday season as the band returns to Taos, New Mexico, for A Winter’s Eve with David Arkenstone & Friends, his ever-popular concert tour that fills audiences with joy and the holiday spirit.On stage, David and his talented ensemble ignite the season with beloved holiday classics reimagined, lively seasonal originals, and surprises that get audiences clapping and celebrating together.
This concert performance in Taos, New Mexico, is part of a 16-date tour/4 state tour that brings a vibrant musical blend of neo-classical crossover, new age, Celtic, orchestral, and world music to performing arts centers and intimate venues across Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
David Arkenstone’s performances feature a wide array of instruments—guitars, keyboards, flutes, violin, cello, mandolin, bass, viola, drums, and percussion—brought to life by his world-class international band of virtuoso musicians, who infuse every candlelit stage with spirited, festive energy.
With more than 2 billion streams worldwide, over 70 albums released, and epic music heard everywhere from World of Warcraft to NBC Sports, Arkenstone continues to provide the soundtrack to millions of listeners’ lives across the globe.
“Each winter I try to paint the season in sound,” says Arkenstone. “These concerts are joyful gatherings—familiar carols and festive new pieces that bring people together to share the excitement and wonder of the holidays.”
2025 Tour Dates
November 30 – Golden, CO · Buffalo Rose
December 2 – Fort Collins, CO · The Lincoln Center
December 3 – Salida, CO · SteamPlant Event Center
December 4 – Evergreen, CO · Center Stage
December 5 – Colorado Springs, CO · ENT Center for the Arts @UCCS
December 6 – Las Vegas, NM · The Historic Serf Theatre
December 7 – Taos, NM · Taos Community Auditorium
December 9 – Sedona, AZ · Sedona Performing Arts Center
December 10 – Green Valley, AZ · Community Performance and Art Center
December 12 – Flagstaff, AZ · Coconino Center for the Arts
December 14 – Yuma, AZ · Yuma Historic Theatre
December 15 – Palm Springs, CA · Revolution Stage Company
December 17 – Oceanside, CA · Sunshine Brooks Theater
December 18 – Scottsdale, AZ · ASU Kerr Cultural Center
December 19 – Tucson, AZ · Sea of Glass Center for the Arts
December 20 – Phoenix, AZ · Musical Instrument Museum
VIP tickets w/Meet & Greet: Select dates offer limited VIP experiences. Check tickets for availability.
About David Arkenstone:
Since his breakthrough album Valley in the Clouds (1987), David Arkenstone has become one of instrumental music’s most prolific and imaginative composers, earning five GRAMMY® nominations to date (2022, 2020, 2004, 2000, 1992). His expansive body of work includes chart-topping albums, film and television scores, sports themes (The Kentucky Derby, US Women's Figure Skating, Premiere League soccer), gaming scores for World of Warcraft, and holiday recordings that have become Yuletide favorites.
Recent Highlights (2024–2025): Composed music for World of Warcraft —The War Within: Undermine(d) and Ghosts of K’aresh; performed at the GRAMMY® Museum (Los Angeles); Clouzine International Music Awards winner for Best New Age Video (“Ancient Magic Awakens” from Quest for the Runestone), Best Fantasy Album (Fairy Fantasy) and Best Fantasy Song (“Gathering in the Glade”), and Best New Age Video ("Woodland Pixies" from Fairy Fantasy); World Entertainment Awards winner for Best Instrumental Album (Quest for the Runestone); New Age Notes Radio Music Awards winner for Best Cinematic Soundtrack Album (Quest for the Runestone) and Best Cinematic Soundtrack Song (“Path of the Mountain’s Bones”); InterContinental Music Awards Best of North America in Contemporary Instrumental for “Reann Reawakened” and “Ancient Magic Awakens”; two Hollywood Independent Music Awards nominations (Best New Age/Ambient, Best Instrumental); Arkenstone Swiss Tour 2025 presented by Helvepic (Swiss music production company that created the “World of Warcraft: 20 Years of Music” concert series in Switzerland); and currently nominated for two World Entertainment Awards (Best New Age Song “Fairy Kingdom,” Best New Age Album Fairy Fantasy) with awards ceremony to be held in February 2026)
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Where is it happening?
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos Community Auditorium, 145 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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