Long Beach Symphony Pops: Sugar & Booze with Ana Gasteyer

The Long Beach Symphony presents this concert as part of its Pops Series for the 2026-27 season. For more details and series subscription packages, visit the LBSO website.

Susie Benchasil Seiter, Conductor
Ana Gasteyer, Vocals

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.”