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-6:00 PM Doors open for picnics and socializing. Bring your picnic basket, libations, and dancing shoes!
-7:30 PM Concert

Sugar & Booze with Ana Gasteyer | Long Beach Symphony Pops

Dec 19, 2026 7:30 PM

Susie Seiter, Conductor

Ana Gasteyer, Vocals

Sugar & Booze with Ana Gasteyer – Long Beach Symphony Holiday Pops | December 19, 2026 | Long Beach Arena

Ana Gasteyer, the acclaimed Saturday Night Live alum and Broadway star, brings her festive Sugar & Booze holiday jazz and swing concert to the Long Beach Symphony Pops Series. Come to the Long Beach Symphony Pops and bring your own Sugar and Booze for a uniquely festive and hilarious holiday evening.

For Ana Gasteyer, the best part about the holidays is “Sugar & Booze. The Saturday Night Live alum has brilliant comedic chops — and she can also bring down the house with her amazing singing voice. Outside of her years performing in SNL‘s Studio 8H, Gasteyer is no stranger to the stage. She’s defied gravity portraying Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway and recently wrapped another Broadway run playing Queen Aggravain in the revival of Once Upon a Mattress.

Gasteyer’s 2019 Christmas album, Sugar & Booze, is filled with seasonal standards and original tunes like the album’s lively title track. In the merry musical performance, Gasteyer is accompanied by a chic backup band as she brings the joyful jazz number to life, crooning about the sweet treats and adult beverages that keep her smiling through the stressful festive season.

“We set out to make a new holiday album with a throwback feel. This album is a nod to the swing sound of the ’50s and ’60s but with a modern twist,” Gasteyer said in a statement when the album was announced. “It is festive, with a full-bodied sound, that I hope makes people feel joyful, jolly and gay. I love records from the late ’50s and early ’60s that never scrimped on sound.”

“That’s hard to do in this day and age, but we sought arrangements that utilized a proper band, including horn and percussion and created as full and lush a sound,’ the American Auto actress continued. “The holidays are also the one time of year we can let it rip, so we wanted to make a record that was festive, fun, and celebratory.”

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Enjoy the unique vibe of Long Beach Symphony’s Pops! Bring your own food and libations, or pre-order from these pre-approved vendors for delivery to your table. Two dance floors surround the stage, and dancing is encouraged throughout the evening, so don’t forget those dancing shoes… Doors open at 6:00pm for indoor picnicking. Bring your baskets with food, sweets, libations, and even costumes and table decorations.

Susie Seiter, Conductor

Susie Benchasil Seiter is a prolific composer, conductor and orchestrator for film, television, video games, and live concerts. She recently completed co-composing the Netflix limited series drama Thai Cave Rescue due out this fall. Seiter is best known for orchestrating and conducting remarkably successful orchestral concert world tours Evanescence: Synthesis, Lindsey …