Holiday Guide: Make merry around metro Atlanta with these festive events

Courtesy Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Ballet s The NutcrackerThe classic holiday ballet pirouettes into the Cobb Vigor Centre Dec - accompanied by larger-than-life sets and Tchaikovsky s iconic outcome Merry Mighty Mo and More The Fox Theatre is hosting this free event presented by Georgia Natural Gas and sponsored by Regions Bank on Wednesday Dec at p m There will be complimentary photos with Santa Claus sing-alongs with the Mighty Mo organ and a performance by the a cappella quartet Like The Dickens followed by a special screening of Disney s Olaf s Frozen Adventure Guests are encouraged to Bring Your Socks to the Fox by donating new socks for individuals and families served through City of Refuge Grant Park Candlelight Tour of HomesThe annual holiday tour of homes is Saturday Dec from to p m and Sunday Dec from to p m will feature homes plus an artist field Tickets are online until Dec or on the days of the tour All proceeds benefit St Paul United Methodist Church Grant Park Cooperative Preschool and the Grant Park Parents Setup Voices of Note Holiday ConcertsThe Atlanta Gay Men s Chorus will hold its Home for the Holidays concert on Dec at p m and Dec at p m and p m at Cathedral of St Philip Peachtree Rd NW The Atlanta Women s Chorus will hold its Seasons of Light concert on Dec at p m and p m at Church at Ponce and Highland Ponce De Leon Ave NE Atlanta Shakespeare Company s A Christmas CarolASC presents Charles Dickens classic Dec - previews Dec - at the Shakespeare Tavern in Midtown Christmas Carol ConcertSpelman and Morehouse Colleges will once again come alive with music happiness and unity as the colleges present the th Annual Christmas Carol Concert The three-night concert series free and open to the masses begins on Friday Dec at p m at Morehouse College s Martin Luther King Jr International Chapel It will continue at Spelman College s Sisters Chapel on Saturday Dec at p m and will culminate with a final performance at Morehouse on Sunday Dec at p m Doors will open an hour before each Morehouse performance and minutes before the Spelman performance All concerts will be livestreamed on the YouTube channels of both institutions Courtesy Horizon Theatre Madeline s Christmas The beloved children s play returns to Horizon Theatre Dec with talented local girls performing alongside professional actors on a whimsical Parisian-inspired set bringing Madeline and her classmates to life in a way that s both magical and memorable Y allmarkAtlanta playwright Topher Payne draws on his experience writing holiday movies for the Hallmark Channel to create this stage play featuring particular of the same beloved tropes plus star turns by Amber Nash and Kevin Gillese Dec - at Stages in Little Five Points Courtesy Ponce City Industry Ponce City MarketThe Old Fourth Ward shopping and dining destination is pulling out all the stops for the holidays with Santa s Village on Saturdays through Dec ice skating on The Roof through Feb Holiday Social Bar on The Roof through Jan The Village Retail s Makers Field through Dec and the Festival of Lights Menorah Lighting on Dec with Chabad Intown See a full list of events at the link above Frozen Chanukah Mitzvah House will hold its annual family-friendly menorah lighting holiday music and winter wonderland engagements on Dec from to p m at Ashford Lane in Dunwoody Courtesy SCADshow William Close The Earth Harp CollectiveSCADshow will host this special event on Dec at p m The body of the Earth Harp rests on the stage while its strings extend over the audience reaching up to feet in length and attaching to the back of the venue Each performance transforms the space itself into a resonant musical instrument immersing the audience inside the sound Mamma Dearest Here We Joan Again Out Front Theatre will stage the world premiere of Blake Fountain s mashup of Mamma Mia and Mommie Dearest Dec - as Christina Crawford sets out to find her birthmother Bette Davis Judy Garland Eartha Kitt over a holiday dinner meltdown Fasten your seatbelts and hide the axes Christmas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra The ASO will host the Deck the Halls family concert Dec Christmas with Trisha Yearwood Dec Christmas with the ASO Dec - a holiday concert with Sarah Brightman Dec Handel s Messiah Dec - the Celtic Women Christmas Tour Dec - Sounds of the Season Dec and A Drag Queen Christmas Dec ONGOING Cirque du Soleil Luzia at Atlantic Station through Jan Garden Lights Holiday Nights at Atlanta Botanical Garden through Jan Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at Center for Puppetry Arts through Dec A Christmas Carol at Alliance Theatre through Dec Illuminights at Zoo Atlanta through Jan WildWoods AGLOW at Fernbank Museum through Feb Atlanta Christkindl Area in Lawrenceville through Dec Callanwolde s Winter House through Dec The post Holiday Guide Make merry around metro Atlanta with these festive events appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta