Straight No Chaser at Mohegan Sun Arena

A cappella vocal group Straight No Chaser have had a path to stardom that none of them could have imagined! They began in 1996 when students at Indiana University as a 10-piece vocal collective and after the original members graduated, they passed the baton to a new group of students who became their replacements. The collegiate group continued over the years, but in 2006, a recording of the original group’s 1998 performance of "The 12 Days of Christmas" went viral on YouTube and was discovered by the CEO of Atlantic Records, who offered them a five-album record deal. They accepted and went on to huge critical and commercial success, becoming a regular name in the Top 100 of Pollstar’s American Touring Acts. They have also become a popular act to collaborate with, teaming up with Barry Manilow, Sara Bareilles, Phil Collins, Elton John, Jason Mraz, Dolly Parton, Seal, Rob Thomas, Stevie Wonder, and Kristen Bell, among others. To date, the group has released four studio albums and four Christmas albums, the most recent being 2020’s Social Christmasing.