Nashville is sparkling with holiday energy this week, so if you’re in Music City, you’ve picked a great time to explore.

For listeners who want a classic Nashville Christmas experience, the Grand Ole Opry is the place to start. According to the Opry’s own calendar, tonight’s Opry Country Christmas show at the Opry House brings a stacked lineup of country talent performing festive favorites, all wrapped in the glow of 100 years of Opry history. Expect big holiday production, classic carols with a twang, and plenty of photo ops around the decorated Opryland area.

Just down the road, Gaylord Opryland is in full Christmas mode all week. Gaylord Opryland’s ticket site highlights ICE! featuring “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” with larger‑than‑life ice sculptures, plus ice tubing, ice skating, and the Delta Riverboat Twelve Days of a Country Christmas Cruise gliding through the resort’s indoor gardens. It’s an easy all‑day outing, especially for families or anyone who just wants to be completely immersed in lights and decorations.

If you’re craving live music with a twist, the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont has a Christmas Celebration with the Music City Chorus and Friends today. The Fisher Center notes that this championship men’s barbershop chorus brings more than 75 years of a cappella harmony to the stage, delivering tight vocal arrangements of holiday standards in a gorgeous concert hall.

A bit later today, you can keep the seasonal vibe going downtown. Visit Music City highlights Jon McLaughlin & Friends: Home for the Holidays at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in SoBro. It’s a warm, piano‑driven holiday concert with special guests, and it pairs perfectly with an afternoon exploring the museum’s exhibits before the show.

Looking toward the rest of the week and into the weekend, Nashville’s big seasonal attractions keep rolling. Visit Music City points listeners to Zoolumination at the Nashville Zoo, with massive Chinese lantern displays and holiday lights, and Holiday LIGHTS at Cheekwood, where you can stroll illuminated garden trails, sip something warm, and enjoy s’mores by the fire. Over at the Fisher Center, Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet arrives midweek, promising opulent costumes and whimsical puppetry for a classic night out.

So whether you want honky‑tonk holiday anthems, glowing gardens, ice slides, or soaring choirs, Nashville has something festive waiting for you every night this week.

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