101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Nashville - 2025
Our ;2025 holiday events list for the Nashville area contains Christmas concerts, lights, trees, markets, and more. . . plus activities for Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Eve.
The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!
If we're missing an activity that should be on our list, please email Mindy Mangan at mindy@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!
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Big Sky Farm
Portland, TNGrowing Great Memories! Big Sky Farm is a Christmas Tree Farm on 40 acres in Portland, TN. Stroll our fields of Christmas trees, shop unique gifts in the farm store, sip hot cocoa, snap some pictures, sit by the fire, and stay a while. Our Choose & Cut trees are all grown right here on our farm, ready for you to choose and cut down for your home, and you can also select pre-cut trees or living trees that you can plant outside after the holidays. LIVE nativity on select days in November and December (see our website for details). We hope you take home a Christmas memory that will last a lifetime!
Holiday Happenings in and around Nashville
Santa Sightings
| Multiple dates starting Nov 1, 2025 | Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops & Cabela's |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 7, 2025 | Time for Santa Photos at Opry Mills |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 7, 2025 | Christmas at Gaylord Opryland |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 8, 2025 | Santa's Village at The Dancing Lights of Christmas! |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 15, 2025 | North Pole Santa Excursion Train! |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2025 | Big Sky Farm Christmas |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 27, 2025 | Chad's Winter Wonderland |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | Santa at Zoolumination |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Merry Monthaven Christmas |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Christmas Parade sponsored by Downtown Franklin Rotary |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Holidays in the Vue Parade |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Parade of Lights - City of La Vergne |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2025 | Bell Buckle Old Fashioned Christmas |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2025 | Cookies & Cocoa with Santa |
Old-Time Christmas
| Nov 13, 2025 | Belle Meade Historic Site Holiday Open House |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 6, 2025 | Bell Buckle Old Fashioned Christmas |
| Dec 13, 2025 | Pioneer Christmas Parade |
| Dec 13 & 14, 2025 | Annual Dickens of a Christmas |
| Dec 13 & 14, 2025 | A Jacksonian Christmas Festival |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Walk Thru Bethlehem |
Light Displays
| Multiple dates starting Nov 7, 2025 | Christmas at Gaylord Opryland |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 8, 2025 | The Dancing Lights of Christmas |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 13, 2025 | Zoolumination, presented by Stella Artois |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 21, 2025 | Holiday LIGHTS Cheekwood |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 21, 2025 | FrankTown Festival of Lights |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 27, 2025 | Chad's Winter Wonderland |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | Holly Jolly Festival of Lights at Lucky Ladd Farms |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Merry Monthaven Christmas |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Franklin Christmas Tree Lighting on the Square |
Holiday Theatre
| Multiple dates starting Oct 29, 2025 | Christmas at Dolly Parton’s Stampede! |
| Multiple Movies/Multiple Dates starting Nov 10, 2025 | Franklin's Magic of the Holidays at Franklin Theatre |
| Nov 23, 2025 | Scott Hamilton and Friends |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 25, 2025 | POMP, SNOW & CIRQUEumstance |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 29, 2025 | Nashville Ballet's NUTCRACKER |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 4, 2025 | White Christmas - Studio Tenn |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 5, 2025 | It’s a Wonderful Life - Nashville Repertory Theatre |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 10, 2025 | David Alford's Southern Christmas Sampler: 30th Anniversary |
| Dec 17, 2025 | NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet |
| Dec 20 & 21, 2025 | Nutcracker presented by NS Dance Academy |
| Dec 28, 2025 | Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland (Clarksville, TN) |
Holiday Concerts
Hanukkah
| Dec 6, 2025 | Holidays in the Vue Parade |
| Dec 7, 2025 | Annual Hanukkah Fest! |
Christmas Tree Experience
| Open 2025 | Blackjack Farm Christmas Trees |
| Open 2025 | Santa's Christmas Trees |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2025 | Erin's Tree Farm |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2025 | Wildwood Christmas Tree Farm |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2025 | Big Sky Farm |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2025 | Country Cove Christmas Tree Farm |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 27, 2025 | Rhonda & Chris' Treeland |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | Lazy Spread Tree Farm |
New Year's Eve
| Dec 31, 2025 | New Year’s Eve Cruise on the General Jackson Showboat |
Ice Skating
| Multiple dates starting Nov 7, 2025 | Christmas at Gaylord Opryland |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 13, 2025 | The Smashville Ice Rink at Zoolumination |
| Year Round | Ford Ice Center |
| Year Round | Centennial Sportsplex |
Holiday Races
| Nov 7, 2025 | Dancing Lights 5K Fun Run |
| Dec 1 - Dec 31, 2025 (Virtual) | Santa Hustle 2025 VIRTUAL |
| Dec 14, 2025 | Candy Cane Course |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
| Sept 26-28, 2025 | Mistletoe Merchants of Nashville |
| Nov 14 -16, 2025 | Christmas Village 2025 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Friends and Neighbors Shopping Night at Belmont Mansion |
| Nov 21 & 22, 2025 | MADE SOUTH Holiday Market 2025 |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 22, 2025 | Holly Jolly Artisan Christmas Market - The Streets of Indian Lake |
| Nov 28 & 29, 2025 | 12th Annual Christmas Market by Boutique Bazar |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 10th Annual Handmade Nashville Holiday Market 2025 |
| Dec 5 - 7, 2025 | Mistletoe Merchants 2 - Nashville |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Stewarts Creek High School Holiday Marketplace |
| Dec 6, 2025 | HHS Christmas Craft Fair |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Thompson's Station Holiday Market |
| Dec 13, 2025 | Franklin Holiday Market |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 19, 2025 | Nashville Flea Market - December |
Miscellaneous
| Multiple dates starting Nov 8, 2025 | Breakfast with Charlie Brown & Friends at Gaylord Opryland |
| Multiple Movies/Multiple Dates starting Nov 10, 2025 | Franklin's Magic of the Holidays at Franklin Theatre |
| Multiple dates starting Nov 28, 2025 | Living Nativity at Big Sky Farm |
| Nov 29 & 30, 2025 | Nashville A Very Poké Christmas |
| Dec 5 - 6, 2025 | A Quilted Christmas in Bell Buckle |
| Dec 5 - 7, 2025 | Stones River Woman’s Club Holiday Bake Sale |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Carols, Cookies and Crafts at the Tennessee State Museum |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Yulefest in Goodlettsville |
| Dec 6, 2025 | A Christmas Tea Party at Historic Sam Davis Home and Plantation |
| Multiple dates starting Dec 10, 2025 | David Alford's Southern Christmas Sampler: 30th Anniversary |
| Dec 11 & 12, 2025 | Franklin Flashlight Candy Cane Hunt |
| Dec 25, 2025 | Christmas Day Dining at Gaylord Springs |
| Dec 25, 2025 | Christmas Day Dining at Old Hickory |
Christmas Tree Farms
Do you cut your own Christmas tree? Here's our big list of farms where you can cut your own Christmas tree in our area.
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