Drag royalty is headed back to Center City. Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are returning to Philadelphia with The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, bringing their blend of camp, chaos, and Christmas cheer to Miller Theater for the ninth year running.
Exactly which nights Philly audiences will get to see it, though, depends on where you look. As reported by 6abc Philadelphia, the show is set to perform at Miller Theater on November 20 and 21, 2026. But the venue's own listing tells a different story: Ensemble Arts Philly has the performances scheduled for November 21 and 22, 2026, at 7 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively. BroadwayWorld's tour listing matches the venue, also placing the Philadelphia stops on November 21 and 22. Fans hoping to catch the show should double-check before locking in plans, since the sources don't agree.
Whichever nights end up correct, the show itself is billed as an internationally acclaimed holiday production, and it's bringing plenty with it: over-the-top stories, laughs, gags, new songs, dance numbers, and the kind of iconic costumes the duo is known for. The venue page for the Ensemble Arts Philly event describes brand new songs, heartfelt storytelling, thrilling dance numbers, and iconic costumes as part of the package, with performances held at Miller Theater's address at 250 S. Broad St.
A Ninth Year of Reinvented Holiday Material
BenDeLaCreme has said the show is now in its ninth year, and that its holiday material gets reinvented annually rather than repeated. Jinkx Monsoon has described Philadelphia crowds as a particularly rowdy bunch who show up eager for the show, and has talked about the performers being on their own kind of annual route, bringing holiday cheer city to city. Monsoon has also said the show jokes about apocalyptic things, but does so alongside people she'd actually want next to her in a crisis.
BenDeLaCreme has encouraged families, including chosen family, to come out and dress up for the occasion. That framing fits the show's reputation elsewhere: when the very first Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show launched, according to the Los Angeles Times, it sold out Seattle's historic Neptune Theatre. The idea for that original show traces back to 2018, when Gus Lanza encouraged BenDeLaCreme to invite Jinkx Monsoon to co-create a new holiday revue together, per the same account. What started as a single-city revue has since morphed into what Jinkx describes as a two-act variety show, musicale, theatrical spectacular.
Part of a Sprawling 30-City Tour
Philadelphia is just one stop on a much bigger run this year. BroadwayWorld reports the 2026 tour will hit 30 cities across the United States and Canada between November 6 and December 30, with the production advertised as another year of over-the-top camp spectacle featuring brand new songs, dance numbers, and costumes.
The Philadelphia stop was first detailed in a report authored by Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc's Things to Do in Philadelphia section. Ticket pricing, availability, and any age guidance for the Philadelphia performances were not addressed in available materials, so local fans eager to grab seats should keep an eye on the venue's own listings as the conflicting dates get sorted out.
