What a Night! A Christmas Album

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What a Night!
A Christmas Album
What a Night! A Christmas Album (Harry Connick, Jr.).jpg
Studio album by
Released Flag of the United States.svg November 4, 2008
RecordedAugust 21–30, 2008
Genre Jazz, Christmas
Label Sony/Columbia (U.S.)
Producer Tracey Freeman
Harry Connick Jr. chronology
Oh, My NOLA
(2007)
What a Night!
A Christmas Album

(2008)
Your Songs
(2009)
Harry Connick Jr.
Christmas albums chronology
Harry for the Holidays
(2003)
What a Night! A Christmas Album
(2008)

Personnel

Arrangement by Harry Connick Jr.

Tour

A Holiday Celebration Tour
Tour by Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr. concert chronology

A Holiday Celebration Tour 2008, is a concert tour with his big band to support the album. The tour was confirmed by the official Harry Connick Jr. website in September 2008.

One of their stops included the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America
November 18, 2008 Louisville, Kentucky United States Palace Theatre [16]
November 19, 2008 Cincinnati, Ohio United States Taft Theatre [16]
November 20, 2008 Columbus, Ohio United States Ohio Theatre [16]
November 21, 2008 Charleston, West Virginia United States Clay Center [16]
November 22, 2008 Cleveland, Ohio United States State Theatre [16]
November 28, 2008 New York, New York United States City Center Theatre [16]
November 29, 2008
December 4, 2008 Newark, New Jersey United States New Jersey Performing Arts Center [16]
December 5, 2008 Atlantic City, New Jersey United States Borgata Event Center [16]
December 7, 2008 St. Louis, Missouri United States Fox Theatre [16]
December 9, 2008 Minneapolis, Minnesota United States Orpheum Theatre [16]
December 10, 2008 Chicago, Illinois United States Chicago Theatre [16]
December 11, 2008
December 12, 2008 Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States Riverside Theater [16]
December 14, 2008 Nashville, Tennessee United States Ryman Auditorium [16]
December 16, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia United States Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre [16]
December 17, 2008 Durham, North Carolina United States Durham Performing Arts Center [16]
December 19, 2008 Boston, Massachusetts United States Colonial Theatre [16]
December 20, 2008
December 21, 2008

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