Who is performing the halftime show in the Broncos vs Chiefs game on Christmas Day?
In their third straight Yuletide game, the Kansas City Chiefs host the division-title chasing Denver Broncos in Missouri.
The Chiefs’ final home game of the 2025 season, a Christmas Day matchup with the Broncos, will feature a halftime show by the Kansas City Symphony.
“Vital contributors to artistic life”
Led by musical director Matthias Pintscher, the orchestra is “one of the top 25” in the U.S., per a press release announcing the performance. Founded in 1982, the Kansas City Symphony is made up of 80 full-time musicians - performers described by the orchestra as “vital contributors to the artistic life of Kansas City”.
An outfit that performs “a huge breadth of music in both orchestral and chamber formats”, the Kansas City Symphony is also the accompanying orchestra for the Kansas City Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
Broncos vs Chiefs: times, how to watch
The Week 17 game in Kansas City, Missouri, takes place today, Thursday Dec. 25, 2025, at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. PT. In the U.S., the game at Arrowhead Stadium will air nationally on Amazon Prime Video.
Before the action begins, the national anthem will be sung by the actor and musician Brianna Yancey, and the former The Voice contestant Mikaela Ayira. Read more about Yancey and Ayira.
Can Chiefs curb losing run?
A team on a four-game losing streak, the Chiefs are 6-9 and, for the first time since 2014, cannot make the playoffs.
In today’s Yuletide game against the 12-3 Broncos, Kansas City faces a divisional rival that has won 11 of its last 12 games, has already secured a playoff spot, and can clinch both the AFC West and the No. 1 seed in Week 17.
No team other than the Chiefs has won the AFC West since Denver back in 2015.
How many Xmas games have Kansas City, Denver played?
This will be the Chiefs’ sixth all-time Christmas Day appearance, and their third in a row; the Broncos will be playing a Dec. 25 game for the fifth time.
Holidays shine brighter when we’re together 🎄 pic.twitter.com/mlpymUovDc
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) December 24, 2025
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