{"id":88908,"date":"2025-12-15T19:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/88908\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:23:10","slug":"free-christmas-concert-abe-mac-lights-up-speaking-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/88908\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Christmas Concert! Abe Mac Lights Up Speaking Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas season has always been one of my favorite times of the year because I am a sucker for a classic Christmas song. I\u2019m that girl that starts listening to Christmas music on November 1st! <\/p>\n<p>You can find me singing along to Christmas music all season long (Fun fact: Music and singing was always my first love) and this weekend I\u2019ll be able to sing out loud on stage as I join Native El Pasoan and country artist Abe Mac for his annual Honkytonk Christmas Concert at Speaking Rock!<\/p>\n<p>Abe Mac is a Socorro ISD alum, UTEP graduate, and former UTEP Miners football player that now calls San Antonio home. Even though he lives miles away from his hometown, he loves returning to the Sun City to give back to the community that did so much for him when\u00a0 he was younger.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/winterfest-el-paso-2025\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Paso\u2019s WinterFest Returns: Ice Skating, Santa Pics &amp; More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abe Mac Spread the Holiday Cheer in El Paso<\/p>\n<p>Before Abe Mac and his band take center stage at Speaking rock for their Honkytonk Christmas concert, Abe will be spreading the Christmas cheer at local schools with the fourth annual Spread the Holiday Cheer concert series which is a festive, feel-good tradition designed to spark joy, music, and a whole lot of Christmas spirit across the community.<\/p>\n<p>From December 15th to the 17th Abe will have special performances for Socorro ISD and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo students. Each stop features a 30-minute holiday experience complete with live festive music and a reading of Mac\u2019s children\u2019s book, Christmas Snow, creating a magical moment for young audiences just in time for winter break.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday fun continues beyond the classroom. On December 17, Mac will perform at the Casa Auto Group Make-A-Wish Foundation event, spreading cheer to families during an especially meaningful time of year. Then, on December 21, the series wraps up with a free, family-friendly Christmas celebration at Speaking Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Speaking Rock\/Abe Mac<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Speaking Rock\/Abe Mac<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/lights-on-the-lake-2025\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t Miss El Paso\u2019s Can\u2019t-Miss Holiday Lights and Santa Events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abe Mac: A Honkytonk Christmas<\/p>\n<p>The Speaking Rock Christmas Festival begins at 3 p.m. with activities for all ages, including visits with Santa Claus, holiday characters, and festive entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At 5 p.m., Abe Mac takes the stage for A Honkytonk Christmas, a heartwarming holiday performance filled with seasonal favorites. The evening will also feature special performances by Mariachi Los Gavilanes and yours truly, me!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I get to dip back into my first love, singing, and performing two Christmas songs with Abe! I\u2019ll be singing \u201cSilent Night\u201d and \u201cFrosty The Snowman.\u201d Here\u2019s a fun little throwback of me singing Silent Night with my fofrmer KVIA co-workers Estela Casas and John Ross.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/irislopeztv\/p\/B6b51cuh3o2\/<\/p>\n<p>Join This FREE Family Friendly El Paso Event<\/p>\n<p>This is a family friendly event and it\u2019s a way to get everyone in the holiday spirit right before Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>No tickets are needed for this event, all that is needed is your holiday spirit! Abe\u2019s holiday homecoming is a reminder that Christmas hits differently when it\u2019s shared with your hometown.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Speaking Rock\/Abe Mac<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Speaking Rock\/Abe Mac<\/p>\n<p>Hilarious &#8216;Elf on the Shelf&#8217; Setups<\/p>\n<p>Party Bus 915: Holiday Bus Tour<\/p>\n<p>\u200bParty Bus 915, an El Paso family owned business, is bringing back their Christmas Lights tour for families to enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas in El Paso without having to worry about the stress of parking and traffic!<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Party Bus 915<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Christmas season has always been one of my favorite times of the year because I am a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,141,142,143,833],"class_list":["post-88908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-featured-carousel","tag-include-in-newsletter","tag-local-el-paso","tag-local-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}