Wizards of Winter Tickets

Saw them at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. Found it to be very entertaining. Great performers, talented musicians. The heavy metal singer was sharp as a tack. Spot on. Great vocals overall. I really liked the saxophone, could have been a little more of that! The violinist was great as well as the flutist. Loved the bass player but the guitars were too low volume wise in the mix. Hadn't seen them before but I am going to see them again this evening!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!

Excellent show! Worth every penny. Highly recommend!

So excited to see The Wizards of Winter at another venue. How awesome the Count Basie Theater is. Not a bad seat in the house, but go for the seats with extra leg room, they don't skimp on the length of the show. Great stage effects compliment the awesome talent in this group. Crazygood guitars, magnificent drums, wicked flute and singing violin are fully supported by magical keyboards that draw you right into the energy. Voices that tenderly touch your heart and then wail like nobody's business. These singers could easily do Broadway. Original music has come alongside TSO faves. I hear they are coming back on Thanksgiving weekend 2018. Where is my calendar?

Wizards of Winter put on a wonderful show. My husband and I enjoyed it so much that we are looking forward to when they come back around to see them again. Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!

One word awesome concert gets you Christmas spirit

The songs were comprised of repetitive guitar performances and the stage performance was sad. The flutist was amazing but that was not enough to recommend someone endure the rest.

Was so excited to go to this event and hearing some of the group were former TSO members I had high hopes! Perhaps my expectations were too high, but it was a lack luster performance, my friend actually feel asleep after the first song and my other friend was texting on her phone. We left at intermission. Tickets were way too much for this show, spent too much. Never again!

I expected to hear a mind blowing show, what I got was a family show with no fidelity in the sound production.......basically like listening to TSO or any heavy metal band on AM radio. This may be an inherent issue with Northern Lights Theater since the Wizards of Winter's sound man had an in-house DB policeman (NLT) watching his every move and keeping customers quarantined away from the soundboard and sound man.

Never seen this group before but was very impressed. Would defintely go to see them again.

The show was great. The Wizards were full of energy and so much talent on one stage. We really enjoyed the theater and the whole experience. If they come back next year we will go again.

The wizards of winter put on a fun,energetic show on a very cold snowy night in Waukegan. The music was very well performed and the show was great!

I was not expecting TSO when I got tickets, but this was very close! Great sound and arrangements. I had read other reviews that the sound was bad in smaller venues, but that was not a problem at this theater. If you go into it not expecting a TSO-like experience, you will be pleased. They do play a couple of TSO numbers, and those are pretty well done.

I expected to see and hear a less than exciting performance than the four TSO shows that we've been to in the past but sadly we didn't make it past the 5th song before we had to walk out. My wife and I were very disappointred in everything from their unkept attire, musicanship, choice of "Christmas songs" and lack of good sound quality. Just when I thought a brief view of previous TSO past was coming the guitarist would throw in a horrible, earbleeding, seemingly neverending riff that he thought appropriate. I've seen good TSO cover groups like Trans Infinity Orchestra that we were more impressed with at 30% of the cost than these imposters

Saw the Wizards of Winter (WOW!) in Waukegan at the Genesee Theater and came in with expectations of celebrating the season! I left fully fulfilled! These are some very talented musicians and singers filled with passion for their craft! From the snow falling from the ceiling to the beach balls flying thru the air and from the singers walking thru the audience and giving out candy canes to the kids. AWESOME! I loved being able celbrating the "Reason for the Season! Thank you Wizards of Winter! Well done! Please come back next year! We'll tell everyone to join us!

If it wasn't for the patriarch's speech just before intermission, I probably would not recommend this event. But these old rockers seem to have a lot of heart, and you can't help but root for this family affair. Beyond some snow machines used a couple times from on high, you will not see much in the way of production. There is one awesome backdrop, no lasers, and the only prop is Rafiki's staff. The bass player is awesome, and the guitar players are solid. I hate to say anything negative about someone with the courage to sing on stage, but the 2 lead female vocalists could be much better. The 2 male vocalists on the other hand were excellent. The long-haired guy is honestly a bit odd to watch, but his voice was a pure treat. He could've fronted just about any 80's hard rock/heavy metal band. Anyway, this show really needs some stage production help if it wants to be a bigger success. The show is very disjointed, and the overall choreography is pretty brutal. The story line is a decent attempt, but it really doesn't work. The narrator is really good, but when he would hit the stage I would think "oh yeah, they're trying to tie these songs together into a story - no idea what's going on". I should mention that the violinist from Indiana was awesome - super talented, great stage presence, always smiling, pretty, etc. The daughter also raised a lot of eyebrows when she first hit the stage. Very attractive woman.

Thought would be nice holiday treat. Turned out to be a dud. Their original. songs are awful. Only the few traditional songs were decent. Save your money and go to a high school production.

The show started promptly at 8 pm with beautiful vocals and impressive instrumentals. The band is very supportive of veterans and overall seemed quite personable.

Amazing musicians! I was not expecting such a rock concert so it took me awhile to adjust as that is not my preferred style of music. I loved watching the violin player and the bass player - they both looked like they were enjoying the show immensely. I think introductions earlier in the show would have gone a long way to hooking me into the show. The biggest problem was that my tickets on my app said show time was 7:00 and it was in fact 8:00 pm. We arrived at the theater at 6:45 and had to wait all that time for the show to start - very annoying!

Thank you for coming to Kalamazoo, Wizards! Such inspiring music, musicians and singers! Fun lighting and set! Great choice to play at the State theater! It is magical!

The acoustics were HORRIBLE - the base was soooo loud you could not hear the singers & the performers were less than enthusiastic. The theater was half empty & during the intermission a large number of us left the show. People were walking out complaining to anyone who would listen....... Lucky we only paid for 1 ticket on a BOGO sale. And now we know why..............do not waste your time or money. Wait & go see the actual Trans-Siberian Orchestra. This tiny group is simply not worth the $$$$