Tickets on sale at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Ave.), charge-by-phone at (800) 982-2787 and online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org.

For more than a decade The New Standards and friends have been dazzling audiences with their soulful, funny, and spectacular holiday show. Chan Poling (The Suburbs), John Munson (Trip Shakespeare, Semisonic) and Steve Roehm act as ringleaders for a merry troupe of musicians, dancers and an all-star lineup of surprise special guests featuring local and not-so-local music pals. Expect the unexpected at what, for many fans, has become an indispensable holiday tradition.

In addition to two 8 p.m. shows, The New Standards will present a discounted early show — this year at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon — featuring special guests and the full band in a shorter (one-act) performance. Get the party started early! Great for families — and happy hour thrill-seekers.