# Things to do with kids at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens

> 4 upcoming family events and 1 ongoing programs and visits at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37205, in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area. Dates and times are Central Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Cheekwood Harvest](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-harvest--listing-62dc69d844d171a0e225ea9e) — Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · From $14 · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's six-week fall festival fills the 55-acre botanical garden with about 100,000 pumpkins and enters its final week. Families follow the new Marigold River, a ribbon of…
- [El Día de los Muertos at Cheekwood](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/el-dia-de-los-muertos-at-cheekwood--listing-c4dd04729a26c91325ae8eae) — Sat, Oct 31 (+1 more date) · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's 27th annual El Día de los Muertos festival, billed as the region's largest Day of the Dead celebration, fills the estate for two days. Families tour ofrendas…
- [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…
- [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…

## Ongoing programs and visits

- [Cheekwood Estate & Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-estate-and-gardens--listing-c46b10648d917306deba6716) — Tuesday–Sunday 9 am–5 pm (holiday daytime hours 9 am–3:30 pm during Holiday LIGHTS, Nov… · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · From $13 · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden, arboretum and art museum on the 1930s Cheek family estate in west Nashville. For families, the two-acre Bracken Foundation Children's…

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