# Nashville's Nutcracker > Event for families in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area (TN). Times are Central Time. - When: Fri, Nov 27 (+15 more dates) · 2:00 PM - Where: Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243 - Ages: Audiences of all ages - Price: Tickets via TPAC; prices not printed on the show page - Organizer: Nashville Ballet - Official page: https://cart.tpac.org/overview/15247/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/nashville-s-nutcracker--listing-c45083e3029e21302cdd5d91 ## About Nashville Ballet's Nashville's Nutcracker is Paul Vasterling's Emmy Award-winning retelling of the holiday ballet, set on a uniquely Nashville adventure with swirling snowflakes, a Sugar Plum Fairy and a troupe of tiny baby mice, and danced to Tchaikovsky's score played live by the Nashville Symphony. Performances run from Thanksgiving weekend through December 27 in Jackson Hall at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center downtown, with 2 pm matinees and 7 pm evening shows. The ballet runs about two hours: Act 1 is 51 minutes, then a 20-minute intermission and a 51-minute Act 2, which makes it manageable for many school-age children and patient preschoolers. Nashville Ballet bills it for audiences of all ages and has an Attending the Ballet guide for first-timers. 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