Mannheim Steamroller Credit: Photo via mannheimsteamroller/Facebook
Mahaffey Theater has got your back this week if Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s upcoming gigs in Tampa will be too much for you, or if you are, for some reason, already in the holiday spirit.

Mannheim Steamroller—which plays St. Pete’s Mahaffey Theater Duke Energy Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 15—seems to be more than happy living off of its success in Christmas music, and frankly, Tampa Bay is more than down to show the group some support on the yearly, during its stop in town.

Hopefully this year, the group will throw in “Christmas Lullaby” as a salute to Olivia Newton-John, who sang on the 2007 recording of the tune.

This article appears in Nov 7-14, 2019.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...