# Christmas and holiday events for kids in Nashville > 20 Christmas, Hanukkah and holiday events and programs for kids in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area through New Year’s Day, each linked to the organizer’s own page with the date we last checked it. 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/christmas Towns with listings: Nashville (11), Hermitage (5), Franklin (1), Goodlettsville (1), Madison (1), Murfreesboro (1). ## Quick answers ### What free Christmas events are there for kids in Nashville? 8 listings, the soonest 4: [Mixed Media Nutcracker Craft at Hermitage Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/mixed-media-nutcracker-craft-at-hermitage-library--listing-333ebca85915776effb73b04) (Sun, Nov 22, Free); [Holiday Happening! at Thompson Lane Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/holiday-happening-at-thompson-lane-library--listing-78bd344219972f5e5a127495) (Thu, Dec 3, Free); [Madison Library Holiday Tree Lighting Party](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/madison-library-holiday-tree-lighting-party--listing-d7af37d42890c40fe41678df) (Thu, Dec 3, Free); [Sixth Annual Hermitage Tree Lighting](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/sixth-annual-hermitage-tree-lighting--listing-eba1fc36a60fcc6d29fb7215) (Thu, Dec 3, Free). ## Dated events ### Nashville (11) - [Glow Wild Holiday Lights at Nashville Zoo](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/glow-wild-holiday-lights-at-nashville-zoo--listing-665f131e599001205e33a59e) — Nov 13 – Jan 3 · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Nashville Zoo at Grassmere · All ages · From $27 · checked Oct 24. Glow Wild is Nashville Zoo's new holiday light show, open nightly from November 13 through January 3. Families walk through illuminated wildlife figures and festive displays to… - [ice! featuring Home Alone at Gaylord Opryland's A Country Christmas](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/ice-featuring-home-alone-at-gaylord-opryland-s-a-country-christmas--listing-6a3af1cd56b40ba30f00ecb4) — Nov 6 – Jan 2 · Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center · Paid · checked Oct 24. Gaylord Opryland's 43rd annual A Country Christmas centers on ice! featuring "Home Alone," a 19,000-square-foot frozen attraction kept at 9 degrees and carved from about 2… - [Holiday LIGHTS at Cheekwood](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/holiday-lights-at-cheekwood--listing-3e2d89a8f8292d6f6de3b0ef) — Nov 20 – Jan 3 · 4:30 PM – 10:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · From $20 · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's holiday light walk sets the gardens glowing with more than a million lights along a one-mile walking path, from November 20 through January 3. Highlights include the… - [Ken Ludwig's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas at Nashville Children's Theatre](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/ken-ludwig-s-twas-the-night-before-christmas-at-nashville-children-s-t--listing-94cc5d5b9d843ad83a8598d2) — Nov 21 – Dec 27 · Nashville Children's Theatre · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. Nashville Children's Theatre's holiday show is Ken Ludwig's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a family comedy that starts from the famous poem — except that one mouse is… - [Nashville's Nutcracker](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/nashville-s-nutcracker--listing-c45083e3029e21302cdd5d91) — Fri, Nov 27 (+15 more dates) · 2:00 PM · Jackson Hall, Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. 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… - [Elf in Concert with the Nashville Symphony](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/elf-in-concert-with-the-nashville-symphony--listing-41238e1b30da3ab1fbd1a214) — Wed, Dec 2 · 7:30 PM · Schermerhorn Symphony Center · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Nashville Symphony performs John Debney's score for the holiday comedy Elf live while the film plays in high definition on the big screen at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The… - [Holiday Happening! at Thompson Lane Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/holiday-happening-at-thompson-lane-library--listing-78bd344219972f5e5a127495) — Thu, Dec 3 · 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Nashville Public Library — Thompson Lane Branch · Free · checked Oct 24. Thompson Lane Library's fifth annual winter party welcomes families celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule or any festival of lights. During the first hour kids make a… - [Holiday Concert with The Ukedelics at the Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/holiday-concert-with-the-ukedelics-at-the-main-library--listing-236fc48d09c703a61aa0ba03) — Sat, Dec 5 · 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Nashville Public Library — Main Library · Free · checked Oct 24. The Ukedelics, a Nashville band of ukulele players and multi-instrumentalists, play holiday favorites on the ukulele with a swing feel in the lobby of the Main Library downtown… - [Daytime Visits with Santa at Cheekwood](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/daytime-visits-with-santa-at-cheekwood--listing-1e32851874701ff3c6655876) — Sat, Dec 12 (+10 more dates) · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 24. Santa takes daytime visits in Cheekwood's Historic Stable and Tack Room inside the Frist Learning Center from December 12 to 24, now including weekdays. Families check in at the… - [Santa Comes to Inglewood Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/santa-comes-to-inglewood-library--listing-6dc6ef3cdfaded1aeb8e8de3) — Sat, Dec 12 · 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM · Nashville Public Library — Inglewood Branch · Free · checked Oct 24. Santa visits the Inglewood Branch library on Saturday, December 12, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Mrs. Claus reads a story, sings holiday songs and makes balloon shapes for the… - [Noon Year's Eve Party at Edmondson Pike Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/noon-year-s-eve-party-at-edmondson-pike-library--listing-39224c372bec7331104df8db) — Thu, Dec 31 · 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM · Nashville Public Library — Edmondson Pike Branch · Free · checked Oct 24. Edmondson Pike Library hosts an early New Year's party so the whole family can celebrate 2027 without staying up late. From 11 to 11:45 am on Thursday, December 31, there is… ### Hermitage (5) - [Christmas by Lamplight Tour at The Hermitage](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/christmas-by-lamplight-tour-at-the-hermitage--listing-dc3e2ea9ad13713588b80e26) — Fri, Nov 20 · 6:00 PM · Andrew Jackson's Hermitage · Paid · checked Oct 24. A special evening Christmas tour of Andrew Jackson's Hermitage by lantern light. Guests explore the mansion and surrounding grounds after dark while a guide shares early… - [Mixed Media Nutcracker Craft at Hermitage Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/mixed-media-nutcracker-craft-at-hermitage-library--listing-333ebca85915776effb73b04) — Sun, Nov 22 · 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM · Nashville Public Library — Hermitage Branch · Free · checked Oct 24. Kids and teens at the Hermitage Branch library build their own nutcracker-inspired buddy from reuse materials: popsicle sticks, paint pens, craft foam, rhinestones, faux fur and… - [Sixth Annual Hermitage Tree Lighting](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/sixth-annual-hermitage-tree-lighting--listing-eba1fc36a60fcc6d29fb7215) — Thu, Dec 3 · 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Nashville Public Library — Hermitage Branch · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. The Friends of Hermitage Branch Library, New Hope Hermitage, Metro Parks and the Donelson Hermitage Neighborhood Alliance host their sixth annual tree lighting at the Hermitage… - [Jacksonian Christmas Festival at Tulip Grove](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/jacksonian-christmas-festival-at-tulip-grove--listing-5b1788cb16d217f736731a01) — Sat, Dec 5 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Andrew Jackson's Hermitage · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Hermitage's second annual Jacksonian Christmas Festival fills Tulip Grove, the historic house on the Hermitage grounds, with a day of holiday fun for the whole family. Tulip… - [Homeschool Day: Christmas at The White House](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/homeschool-day-christmas-at-the-white-house--listing-84513554b211b39f6965f96c) — Thu, Dec 17 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Andrew Jackson's Hermitage · Ages 5–11 · From $11 · checked Oct 24. At this Hermitage homeschool day, children recreate Christmas 1836 at Andrew Jackson's White House, a season remembered for community service, grand banquets and an epic snowball… ### Other towns in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area (4) - [Madison Library Holiday Tree Lighting Party](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/madison-library-holiday-tree-lighting-party--listing-d7af37d42890c40fe41678df) — Thu, Dec 3 · 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM · Nashville Public Library — Madison Branch · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Madison Library's annual holiday tree lighting party on Thursday, December 3 has a simple schedule for families: from 4:30 to 6 pm children decorate a stocking with Turnip Green… - [Holiday Open House at the Discovery Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/holiday-open-house-at-the-discovery-center--listing-64b015c38ed035c9fbab78d3) — Sat, Dec 5 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · From $5 · checked Oct 24. Discovery Center's Cultural Heritage Day: Holiday Open House celebrates winter traditions from around the world. Children join a museum-wide hunt for the Yule Lads, the 13… - [Dickens of a Christmas in Downtown Franklin](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/dickens-of-a-christmas-in-downtown-franklin--listing-dcac70376bfaf7b81183fd2c) — Sat, Dec 12 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Main Street, Historic Downtown Franklin · All ages · checked Oct 24. For its 41st year, Dickens of a Christmas turns historic downtown Franklin's Main Street into a Victorian holiday street fair for a weekend. Costumed musicians, dancers and… - [Noon Year's Eve at Goodlettsville Library](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/noon-year-s-eve-at-goodlettsville-library--listing-6548f3fb3c57eb6f80ded8d3) — Thu, Dec 31 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Nashville Public Library — Goodlettsville Branch · Free · checked Oct 24. Goodlettsville Library rings in 2027 without anyone staying up past bedtime. The Noon Year's Eve party on Thursday, December 31, from 11 am to noon, features music and dancing, a… More for families in Nashville: https://grassyknees.com/nashville.md