Music City is currently a Winter Wonderland.
Theend of the yearis fast approaching , but there ’s still metre to get your twinkle on at legion displays of vacation visible radiation in and around Music City . From a gigantic array of millions of bulbs at a massive resort hotel to drive - thru experiences in surrounding small towns to a phratry - run front chiliad winter wonderland , here are some of the best opportunities to turn up the lumen on your holiday flavor .
Christmas at Gaylord Opryland
every night , 5 pm to midnightGaylord Opryland Resort , FreeGaylord Opryland Resort starts decorating for the holiday months before most people even consider about dragging the Christmas tree dish out of the basement , and that ’s because they have more than three million light and decorations to cling through the resort , include converting a nine - story atrium into a winter wonderland with a gingerbread timberland , bedazzled trees , and amatory paths under the tower spyglass canopy . While the recourse also offers activities that charge admission fee and the parking charge can be a slight steep , it ’s gratis to leave behind your car at Opry Mills Mall next door , walk over , and rob up the Christmas spirit while gazing at the beautiful lights .
Holiday LIGHTS at Cheekwood
every night , 5 necropsy to 10 pmCheekwood Estate & Garden,$28 and upHoliday LIGHTS has become a darling Nashville holiday tradition where family and romantic match stroll on over a mile of course around the botanical gardens of Cheekwood marveling at more than a million lightness strung from tree to tree . blot out gardens offer secluded office to bask warm firepits and balefire plus the luck to make fun your own s’mores by firelight . Kiosks set up up around the grounds provide live chocolate and seasonal cocktail to lovesome guests from the interior out .
The Dancing Lights of Christmas
Sunday through Thursday : 5 to 10 ; Friday and Saturday : 5 to 11Lebanon,$30 per vehicleIf you prefer to savour vacation light from the warmness and comfortableness of your own vehicle , fountainhead to the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon , TN for one of the farsighted drive - thru Christmas experience in the state . Tune your radio receiver to the dedicated place that do as a soundtrack while you traverse more than two miles of track featuring prance reindeer , lark about confect cane , and festively adorned Christmas Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Your Mary Leontyne Price of admission also includes admission to a petting zoological garden and a visit with St. Nick .
FrankTown Festival of Lights
Nightly , 5 postmortem examination to 10 pmFranklin , $ 30 per vehicle for up to eight passenger ; upcharges for larger and commercial vehiclesAnother drive - thru sparkle spectacle , the FrankTown Festival of Lights cover a mile - and - a - one-half route through the Williamson County Ag Expo Center with more than 200 disjoined video display crafted to delight and a synchronized play list of holiday Sung to play along on your cable car two-channel . Carnival - style concessions are useable for leverage , and on particular “ Walkin ’ Wed ” you could jaunt the path on foot from 5 until 6:30 when they put the car loose on the course .
Zoolumination
Nightly , 5 pm to 9 pmNashville Zoo , Monday through Thursday : $ 23 for adults , $ 19 for nestling ; Friday through Sunday : $ 26 for adult , $ 22 for childrenThe Nashville Zoo plays host to the nation ’s big collection of well-lighted Chinese lanterns depicting scene from legend and folklore . take the air through the splendid display of silk lanterns while enjoying a bracing loving cup of cocoa and then make your way to the North Pole Village where the tableaus depict holiday scenes . Santa himself will make nightly visits until Christmas Eve when he has to get to employment delivering present around the world .
Saint Nicky’s
Sunday through Thursday : 3 postmortem examination to 8:30 pm ; Friday and Saturday : 3 pm to 8:45 pmNicky ’s Coal Fired , FreeTony and Caroline Galzin , the owners ofNicky ’s Coal Fired , love to go big when it come to celebrating the holidays . Through the years , they have collect more and more Christmas swag so that they can commute their intimate Italian eating house into an explosion of lights and colour during their annual Saint Nicky ’s celebration . In increase to gaily draw visible light and vacation - themed food and drink special , this year they ’ve add together a fresh holiday tiki bar called Tropical Tidings on their het up back patio with more Light Within and bibulous island drinks so you could discover how Santa chills out during the off time of year .
Chad’s Winter Wonderland
Nightly , 5 pm to 10 pmLebanon , $ 25 per vehicleUnlike some of the more professional light celebrations created by teams of holiday expert , Chad ’s Winter Wonderland is just the creation of a guy named Chad who so sleep together the season that he would annually decorate his secret home with a display that would make Clark Griswold covetous . For decades , visitors have traveled to Lebanon to marvel at Chad ’s billion of light and animatronic vacation figures . Do n’t leave without buying some of the operation ’s notable cinnamon bread to revel for breakfast tomorrow , if it makes it home .
Drive-thru Christmas Light Show
Sunday through Thursday : 5 pm to 10 pm ; Friday and Saturday : 5 phase modulation to 11 pmClarksville , $ 30 per vehicleClarksville is slowly bouncing back after tornado rolled through the area at the beginning of December , and you may facilitate filch their hard drink during the convalescence by paying a visit to the Clarksville Speedway and Fairgrounds to trip along the one - mile running through more than three million twinkling bulbs that illumine up the raceway . Admission is $ 30 for passenger vehicles , but they also offer special rebate nights for military , seniors , and first responders at various sentence during the week .
Springfield Winter Wonderland
Nightly , 5:30 pm to 9 pmSpringfield , FreeIf you ’ve already intercept out your vacation budget purchasing presents , the City of Springfield is happy to help with their devoid Winter Wonderland experience in J. Travis Price Park . The twenty-third yr of this light extravaganza features drive - thru and walk paths lined with lights and holiday view , plus special action nights throughout the holiday season , including shot glass rides , youth craft night , and a petting zoo . You know you ca n’t beat the cost .
Christmas on the Cumberland
Sunday through Thursday : 5 autopsy to 10 pm ; Friday and Saturday : 5 Prime Minister to 11 pmClarksville , FreeChristmas on the Cumberland is another free chance for some Christmas cheer where families and couples saunter along the Cumberland Riverwalk lit up by the warm glow of more than a million Christmas lights that cast a festive play on the surface of the H2O as the river rolls by . Carolers entertain the bunch with holiday standards , and nutrient and drink marketer propose up victual to make an total even of it .
Courtesy of Cheekwood Estate & Garden
Courtesy of Gaylord Opryland
Courtesy of Zoolumination
