The annual Colors of Christmas tour, now in its seventh year, features vocalists Peabo Bryson [ tickets ], James Ingram, Dionne Warwick and Deneice Williams, performing solo and in various combinations with each other as in previous years. The 22-date, 14-city theater tour kicks off Nov. 26.

Once again, Windham Hill is sending out its new age Winter Solstice Tour. The line-up on this year's 23-date, 22-city outing features staples Liz Story [ tickets ] (piano) and David Arkenstone (keyboards), who are joined by Sean Harkness (guitar), Lisa Lynne (harp) and the female trio Angels of Venice (LiveDaily, Oct. 13). Unlike previous years, this year's tour will hit previously untapped markets and is booked into some of the country's most prestigious performing arts centers, ranging in capacities from 400 to 2,000-plus. For the first time, the Winter Solstice Tour will have a companion show, ''Winter Solstice on Ice,'' premiering Dec. 4 on the A&E cable network.

In conjunction with her third Christmas album, Amy Grant [ tickets ] launches her third annual Christmas arena tour on Nov. 24, with special guests Michael W. Smith and Point of Grace, who also has a Christmas album out, ''A Christmas Story.'' Playing 19 cities, only Nashville, her hometown, is getting two nights; the city was bypassed last year. After performing 12 sold-out shows in five years in Nashville, it was ''time to take a breath,'' Grant said in a statement. With her new holiday album, ''A Christmas To Remember,'' released on Oct. 19, Grant will have additonal material on this tour. And while Grant will be performing in Greensboro, N.C. on Dec. 4, TV viewers can tune in to her CBS-TV Christmas special that very night with special guests 98 Degrees and Tony Bennett, with others to be announced. Shooting begins Nov. 1 on location in Banff, Canada.