The winter solstice is here, bringing the longest night of the year, and OZ Arts Nashville & Portara Ensemble celebrate the occasion with Jason Shelton’s The Longest Night, a multidisciplinary, multi-community celebration blending original music and spoken word with traditional songs and carols, storytelling, and dance. Nashville Symphony marks the season with Handel’s Messiah, and of course, the Nashville Ballet continues to marvel audiences with Nashville’s Nutcracker, an unparalleled annual tradition. The arts community is sure to get you in the spirit of the season with the remarkable lineup of events happening this weekend in Nashville!
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OZ Arts Nashville & Portara Ensemble
The Longest Night
December 20-21
OZ Arts Nashville
Nashville Symphony
Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony & Chorus
December 19–22
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Neif-Norf
Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night in Nashville
December 20
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
The Nashville Ballet
Nashville’s Nutcracker
Ongoing through December 23
Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Germantown Art Crawl
Germantown Art Crawl
December 21
100 Taylor Avenue
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Free Art Workshop with Ms. Jean!
December 20
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Frist Art Museum
Music at the Frist: Classical Guitarist Grant Ferris
December 20
Frist Art Museum
Architecture Tour
December 21
Frist Art Museum
Sumner County Schools Art Show
Ongoing through January 2
Frist Art Museum
Murals of North Nashville Now
Ongoing through January 5
Frist Art Museum
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists
Ongoing through January 12
Frist Art Museum
OSGEMEOS: In Between
Ongoing through January 12
Frist Art Museum
Eric Carle’s Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Ongoing through February 23
Frist Art Museum
21c Museum Hotel
Yoga with Art
December 21
21c Museum Hotel
“Fragile Figures: Beings and Time” Opening Reception and Artist Talk
Ongoing through December 31
21c Museum Hotel
Franklin Theatre
Elf (PG)
Ongoing through December 29
Franklin Theatre
A Christmas Story (PG)
Ongoing through December 30
Franklin Theatre
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (PG)
Ongoing through December 30
Franklin Theatre
The Polar Express (G)
Ongoing through December 30
Franklin Theatre
TPAC & Lythgoe Family Give Kids Panto
Aladdin and His Winter Wish
Ongoing through December 22
James K. Polk Theater, Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Make Nashville
Open House at the Make Nashville Makerspace
Ongoing through December 28
Make Nashville Makerspace
Nashville Repertory Theatre
Patrick Barlow’s “A Christmas Carol”
Ongoing through December 22
TPAC’s Johnson Theater
Nashville Children’s Theatre
Auntie Claus
Ongoing through December 29
Nashville Children’s Theatre
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Gingerbread Decorating
Ongoing through December 21
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Ceramic Ornament Decorating
Ongoing through December 21
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Santa Visits
Ongoing through December 24
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Holiday LIGHTS
Ongoing through January 5
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Holiday LIGHTS Express: Antique Toy Trains
Ongoing through January 5
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Umwelts 2019 (As the Crow Flies)
Ongoing through January 5
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Selections from The Cheekwood Collection
Ongoing through January 5
Cheekwood Estates & Gardens
Modfellows Art & Design Gallery
1st Annual Holiday Art Show: “Art for the Naughty & Nice”
Ongoing through January 4
Modfellows Art & Design Gallery
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center
Go West Young Man: Western Frontier Couture of Manuel
Ongoing through January 5
Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center
Centennial Park Conservancy
Kidsville
Ongoing through December 21
West Gallery of the Parthenon
Both Sides Now
Ongoing through January 26
West Gallery of the Parthenon
Like Her Remembrance: Artworks of the J. Todd Greene Collection
Ongoing through January 5
The Parthenon
Tennessee State Museum
Let’s Eat! Origins and Evolutions of Tennessee Food
Ongoing through February 2
Tennessee State Museum
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