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Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2025

Dave Koz, saxophone

Now in its 28th year, the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour has become the longest-running jazz-based holiday tour in the country — and a beloved seasonal tradition at Artis—Naples. This year, nine-time Grammy nominee and saxophonist Dave Koz returns to Hayes Hall with a stellar lineup of vocalists and musicians for an evening filled with festive cheer and smooth holiday sounds.

Blending jazz sensibilities with timeless holiday classics, the program features Christmas favorites, a spirited Hanukkah medley, and selections from Koz’s Christmas Ballads album. With fresh arrangements and heartfelt performances, this coast-to-coast celebration offers a joyful and uplifting way to welcome the season.

Dave Koz

Dave Koz

In a recording career that spans nearly three decades, saxophonist Dave Koz has racked up an astoundingly impressive array of honors and achievements: nine GRAMMY® nominations, 11 No. 1 albums on Billboard’s Current Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, numerous world tours, 13 sold-out Dave Koz & Friends At Sea cruises, performances for multiple U.S. presidents, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and appearances on a multitude of television shows, including Good Morning America, The View, The Tonight Show, Entertainment Tonight and more. A Platinum-selling artist, Koz is also known as a humanitarian, entrepreneur, radio host and instrumental music advocate.