Metro Christmas Tree Lighting

Fri, Dec 5 Public Square Corner of 2nd and Union 6 pm. Free Mayor Karl Dean will launch Nashville’s holiday season by lighting the city’s 40-foot Norway Spruce. Entertainment by a quartet from the Barbershop Harmony Society and Phil Stacey, American Idol...

Rudolph's Red Nose Run

Fri, Dec 5 Star line: Juvenile Justice Center Course: throughout downtown Finish line: LP Field. 356-8130. 6:30 pm This 5K run/walk kicks off the Nashville Christmas Parade. Since its inception in 1980 the run has raised over $500,000 for Big Brothers of Nashville....

2nd Annual Artisan Fair

Fri, Dec 5, Dec 12, & Dec 19 Cummins Station Main Lobby 209 10th Avenue South. 369-6808 11 am – 3 pm. Free Unique gift items, handmade jewelry, food, art, and more by artisans and businesses located in Cummins Station. If you can’t make it this...

The Castaways Christmas @ Miss Marple's Dinner Theater

Thurs, Dec 4 – Sun, Dec 7 and Thurs, Dec 11 – Sun, Dec 13. Miss Marple’s Dinner Theater 164 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. 242-8000. 7 pm. $50 “The Castaways Christmas” is a holiday spoof on the TV show “Gilligan’s Island.”...

State of the Art Lecture: Dawoud Bey Representing the Human Subject

Thurs, Dec 4 Frist Center for the Visual Arts 919 Broadway. 244-3340 6:30 pm. Free Join noted photographer Dawoud Bey as he discusses his work. Bey is a Distinguished College Artist and photography professor at Columbia College in Chicago. His work has been part of...