Robert Earl Keen brings a disco Christmas to the Santa Fe Convention Center

The Texas songwriter's 'I Will Survive…Christmas' tour stops in Santa Fe on Sunday, Dec. 13, with Drayton Farley opening.

Robert Earl Keen's Christmas shows have been a holiday ritual in Texas for years. This December he's putting a disco ball over the whole thing and bringing it to Santa Fe.

The show: Robert Earl Keen plays the Santa Fe Convention Center on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. The date is part of his "I Will Survive…Christmas" tour, announced Oct. 22. Drayton Farley opens every night of the run.

The tour title tells you most of what you need to know. This year's holiday show has a disco theme, mixing seasonal favorites, disco songs and picks from Keen's own catalog. It's a short run of 10 December shows. It starts Dec. 8 at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa and ends Dec. 20 at The Aztec Theatre in San Antonio. Santa Fe is the fourth stop; Keen moves on to Lubbock on Dec. 15.

With only 10 dates, getting one here is a real get. The tour mostly stays near Keen's Texas home base, and Santa Fe is the one New Mexico stop. A Sunday night two weeks before Christmas is a good spot for it, too. It's late enough that the Plaza lights are up, and early enough that nobody is too worn out from the holidays yet.

Ten shows, one disco ball, and one of them is in Santa Fe.

Keen is no stranger to town. He has played the Lensic downtown, and in March 2025 he sat down with KSFR's *Cline's Corner* for a long conversation on the community station.

The Santa Fe Convention Center isn't a theater, so this will feel more like a one-off holiday party than a regular theater show. Keen usually headlines rooms of about 1,000 people, so expect a crowd about that size, in a hall built for conferences, now set up for a Texas songwriter singing disco covers at Christmas. Opener Drayton Farley is reason enough to show up on time.

On tickets: an artist presale started Oct. 21 with the code REKDISCO, and general sale opened Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. local time. Buy through Keen's official site or the venue, not a resale listing. Several third-party sites already show this date with prices and showtimes that don't match the official ones. The 7 p.m. start on a Sunday means you'll be home at a reasonable hour.

Keen has always been good at bringing a crowd together. This year that crowd will be under a disco ball.

Sources: Robert Earl Keen — official site (robertearlkeen.com); Robert Earl Keen Announces 'I Will Survive…Christmas' Tour (TicketNews) (ticketnews.com); Robert Earl Keen — The Lensic (robertearlkeen.com); KSFR Cline's Corner — 03-07-2025 with singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen (ksfr.org); JamBase show listing (jambase.com)