Travel guide · Updated September 24, 2026
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular runs November 4, 2026 through January 4, 2027, with 230 performances, the most the show has scheduled. Box office tickets start at $50 and online tickets start at $55. Book the car to the guest entrance on your ticket, and choose a return corner before the performance starts.

What kind of Spectacular trip this is
The ticket date decides the car. The format decides whether it waits.
| Choice | Fits when | Settle before booking |
|---|---|---|
| Curtain only | You need to be at the guest door for one performance. | One-way transfer. Work backward from the time on the ticket. |
| Dinner and the show | The same car should cover both. | Hourly charter. Three-hour minimum. Name the first door and where the night ends. |
| Airport, then the hall | You land the same day. | Flight details plus the ticketed entrance. Do not send the car to the hall to meet an arriving flight. |
| A full house leaving together | The return is the hard part. | Pick the sidewalk corner before you sit down. Count coats and people on the way out. |
Which performance you are actually attending
November 4, 2026 through January 4, 2027 is the run, and 230 performances means the date on your ticket is the only date that belongs on the reservation. A request that says "Radio City in December" is not a pickup time. Use the performance date and the curtain time printed for that show, then work backward for the walk, the bag check and finding the seats.
Show tickets start at $50 at the box office and $55 online. Those figures are ticket prices. They are not car rates. This page does not publish a flat fare for the Spectacular. The car is quoted from the pickup door, the hall, the vehicle class and the date.
The guest door, not a guessed curb
Radio City Music Hall faces Sixth Avenue in Midtown. The hall has more than one way in, and the useful one is the guest entrance named on the ticket or by the house, not the first curb a map offers. Put that entrance on the reservation in the words the ticket uses. Add a passenger mobile number.
If you are dressing for the show, say whether coats or garment bags ride with you. A sedan that is comfortable for two people can be tight once winter coats and a program bag are in the cabin. Children who need a seat restraint should be listed in advance, and the restraint type has to be confirmed. It is not safe to assume one is in every car.
Travelers landing the same day should keep the airport meeting separate from the theater door. A JFK pickup follows the terminal plan and the time the party is ready with bags. The hall is the next stop, not a substitute for the flight details.
How early to leave the hotel or the office
Start from the curtain time on the ticket. Subtract the walk from the car, the entry line and the time to reach the seat. Then subtract the ride from the real pickup door. A Midtown hotel two avenues away is not the same departure as a downtown apartment or an airport arrival.
Matinees and evening shows change the streets you meet, even when the hall is the same. A midday performance sits in ordinary Midtown traffic. An evening performance sits in dinner traffic and in the crowd leaving the house later. Tell the reservation which one you hold. If the ticket time changes, send the new time before the car is dispatched. The original curtain does not update itself.
Leaving after the performance
Sixth Avenue after a full house is a slow exit. The door where you were dropped is often blocked by the same crowd you are joining. Choose the return meeting point before you take your seats, and save it where you can read it without the ticket email. Name one person who texts when the party is together on the sidewalk.
Do not ask the car to circle the hall while you are still in the auditorium. A point-to-point arrival ends at the drop-off. The ride home is another reservation unless you kept the vehicle on hourly service. If some guests go to dinner and others go to a hotel, those are different destinations. Count the people and the coats on the leg you are booking.
Sedan, SUV, S-Class or Sprinter
A sedan is the usual request for a couple or a parent and one child with light bags. An SUV is the class to consider for a larger family. Confirm luggage, because winter coats take space the seat count does not show. An S-Class is a sedan cabin from $230 an hour, with a three-hour minimum of $690. A Sprinter is for a group that should arrive and leave together, from $240 an hour, three hours from $720. Confirm the Sprinter's assigned seats before you assign relatives to it.
Hourly starting rates are sedan $120, SUV $150, S-Class $230 and Sprinter $240. The three-hour minimums are $360, $450, $690 and $720. Local point-to-point service starts at $130 for a sedan and $160 for an SUV, and that minimum is not a Radio City fare. The quote lists tolls and parking separately.
Hourly service or a transfer to the curtain
Choose hourly charter when the plan is a hotel, a dinner and the show, or the show and a supper afterward, and you want one car for the sequence. The three-hour minimum still applies. Choose a one-way transfer when you only need to be delivered to the ticketed door, and arrange the return once you know which corner the party can actually reach.
Luxury car service is the same set of classes, reserved around that itinerary rather than around a flat holiday price. Send the performance date, the curtain, the guest entrance, the passenger count and the bags. Use the booking page for the request. Confirmation is the written class, door and price. A hold on tickets is not a hold on a car.
A few useful details
Questions before booking
When does the Radio City Christmas Spectacular run in 2026?
November 4, 2026 through January 4, 2027, with 230 performances. Book the car for the date and curtain on your ticket, not for the run as a whole.
What do the $50 and $55 figures refer to?
Show tickets: from $50 at the box office and from $55 online. Car service is quoted separately. Hourly starts are sedan $120, SUV $150, S-Class $230 and Sprinter $240, with a three-hour minimum.
Can the chauffeur use any door on Sixth Avenue?
No. Use the guest entrance on the ticket. After the show, use the return corner you chose before curtain, because the arrival curb may be crowded.
We are coming from JFK before the show. What has to be on the request?
The flight, the terminal, the bag count, the time you will be ready, and the Music Hall entrance. Airport pickup rules and the theater door are both required. One does not replace the other.
Should we keep the car during the performance?
Only if you want it for stops before or after and you book hourly service. A transfer to the door ends there. Hourly service has a three-hour minimum even though you are inside the hall for part of it.