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❄️ The best local winter getaway ideas
December 29, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! If you need a break from the holiday hubbub, you’re not alone. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re talking about the best cold-winter retreats, cozy cabins, and other glamping getaways near Nashville.
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What To Do
Monday, Dec. 29
- 📚 Reading Aloud Together | Green Hills Library Branch | Noon-1 p.m.
- 🐉 Zoolumination (through Feb. 8) | Nashville Zoo | 5-9 p.m.
- 🎄 FrankTown Festival of Lights (through Dec. 31) | Williamson County AG Expo Center | 5-9 p.m.
- 🏀 Vanderbilt Men's Basketball vs. New Haven | Memorial Gym | 6 p.m.
- 😆 Drunk Dickens Presents: A Christmas Carol | Third Coast Comedy Club | 7 p.m.
- 😂 Nateland Live | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- ⛴️ Tribute to the King Cruise | General Jackson Showboat | 6:15-10 p.m.
- 🎸 Giovanni Rodriguez and 12 Manos | Rudy’s Jazz Room | 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 30
- ☕ Cocoa and a Campfire | Beaman Park Nature Center | 9 a.m.-Noon
- 🚶 Marshmallow Hikes | Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary | Various times
- 🧒 Special Indoors Winter TOTS! ends | Cheekwood | 10 a.m.-Noon
- 👶 Sort Baby and Children's Clothes Volunteer | Mother To Mother | 1 & 3 p.m.
- 💈 End of the Year Haircuts | Richland Park Library Branch | 1:30-4:30 p.m.
- 🏈 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Illinois | Nissan Stadium | 4:30 p.m.
- 🍞 Free Community Dinner | Trinity Community Commons | 4:30-6:30 p.m.
- ✍️ Writer's Showcase featuring Lauren Freebird / Top Shelf Tuesday | Tennessee Brew Works | 6-8 p.m.
- 😆 Chris Porter | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 🎵 Old Crow Medicine Show | Ryman Auditorium | 8 p.m.
- 🫏 Borrowed Mules | Station Inn | 8 p.m.
It’s not too late to enjoy some of the biggest holiday light shows around town. Gaylord Opryland’s Country Christmas + ICE runs through Jan. 3, Holiday LIGHTS through Jan. 4, and Zoolumination through Feb. 8. Find even more events this week by clicking the More Nashville Events button above 🔼
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