Join us for a magical journey into the deep, dark wood with The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child! Based on Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s beloved story, this enchanting performance brings the tale of the clever little mouse and the fearsome Gruffalo to life with a live orchestra and stunning on-screen illustrations.

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The Gruffalo

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

Get ready for an unforgettable night of performing arts with Audacy! Join us on November 20, 2025, at the iconic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The event kicks off at 6 PM, promising a spectacular showcase of talent that will leave you spellbound. Audacy, known for its captivating performances, is sure to deliver an evening filled with mesmerizing artistry. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to experience the magic of live performance! Grab your tickets now at Ticketmaster. For more about Audacy, visit our official website or check out our YouTube channel. See you in Nashville!

Gabby's Dollhouse Live! Presented by Walmart

Grand Ole Opry House

Opera ON WHEELS is Nashville Opera’s summer and fall program of touring performances. On special performances, Nashville Opera brings their mobile stage for outdoor shows into our local Nashville communities— all with beautiful live music performed by some of Nashville’s best classically trained singers. 

Opera ON WHEELS offers family-friendly programs of “greatest hits” from opera, operetta, and musical theatre.

Opera on Wheels

Frist Art Museum

Plaza Mariachi

Tennessee State Museum

Clarksville Farmers Market

Dickson Arts, Reads, and Tunes Festival

Nashville State Community College

Pack your picnic basket, choose your favorite bottle of bubbly, and join us for a perfect evening of song and sky-gazing on the gorgeous green grounds of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory.  

A perennial family-friendly favorite, rain or shine, Opera on the Mountain sells out every year!

Relax with friends as Nashville Opera artists offer up fun opera and musical-theatre favorites.  After, you’ll have the opportunity to gather on the roof to gaze at the moon through Dyer's grand telescope.

Opera on the Mountain

Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_ZQW5C2pw&amp;t=2s

The Artelize Podcast Presenting Will Shutes: 'Bring it down out of the clouds to human being level'

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe6mW6x9pc

The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Introduce your students to live opera with John Davies’ fun retelling of a classic children’s fairy tale, right in your school.

Goldie, a little girl who has a great passion for bugs and spiders, finds herself in a sticky situation when she stumbles upon the dwelling of the three singing bears. Hungry and lost, she eats from the soup bowls Mama Bear has left on the table to cool. When the three bears return to their lunch and discover a “soup thief” is on the loose, Baby Bear “Peek” leads a brave detective search and befriends Goldie Locks, our accidental soup thief, along the way! The ensuing adventure teaches children the true meaning of friendship and the importance of honesty. GOLDIE B. LOCKS AND THE THREE SINGING BEARS is a family-friendly 40-minute production sung in English and set to music from Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE and catchy numbers by the beloved composer Offenbach.

Goldie B. Locks & The Three Singing Bears

Adventure Science Center

Discovery Center at Murfree Spring

Donelson Branch NPL

Edmondson Pike Branch NPL

Green Hills Branch NPL

Hendersonville Public Library

John P. Holt Brentwood Library

Smyrna Public Library

Williamson Co. Performing Arts Center

Noah Liff Opera Center

C'mon and join Blippi to make music in your hometown in the brand new live Blippi: Join the Band Tour!

Blippi will be joined onstage by Meekah, their singing and dancing buddies and LIVE musicians to explore what makes music, including sounds, rhythms and instruments, through all your favorite Blippi hits. So grab your drumsticks, tune up your guitar, and move those feet with Blippi and get ready for a musical performance that's fun for the whole family!

Blippi: Join The Band Tour!

Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Step into a world where adventure awaits and imagination takes flight at TPAC’s Family Day celebration. Let your creativity soar as you enter Neverland, where music creates magic, interactive performances bring the story to life, and dreamers of all ages embark on an unforgettable journey. Enjoy sensory-friendly activities, sweet treats, and live performances inspired by Peter Pan. TPAC’s Family Day invites you to discover the wonders of Neverland and experience the magic of the arts, where anything is possible and adventure never ends.

Family Day

Imagine spending your birthday at the museum! Join Mason and his friends for a musical and scientific scavenger hunt through the many exhibits that make any museum special in this Nashville Symphony concert with music and story by Karen LeFrak based on her book of the same name.

Sleepover at the Museum

The Unicorn’s Birthday™ is a gentle, fantasy-and-fun-filled symphony experience. Join the family-friendly birthday celebration brimming with music, narration, fun sounds, captivating on-stage activity, animation, and audience participation. There’s even a visit from the Birthday Unicorn!

The Unicorn’s Birthday

Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra is a GRAMMY® Award-winning, multi-media concerto from composer Mason Bates accompanying an animated film by a multi-Oscar-winning creative team. Guided by a magical Sprite, the families of instruments in the orchestra overcome their differences to demonstrate “unity from diversity” in a spectacular finale.

Philharmonia Fantastique

A holiday favorite! Singer-songwriter Dave Barnes and guests perform classics like “Christmas Tonight” and “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” along with holiday favorites including “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and more.

A Very Dave Barnes Christmas

Ahoy, mateys! Set sail for a family adventure with the orchestra and Captain Enrico in search of Blackbeard’s treasure. This concert inspired by the high seas includes John Williams’s “Flight to Neverland,” Strauss’ On the Beautiful Blue Danube, music from Pirates of the Caribbean and more.

Pirates! The Quest for Blackbeard's Treasure

Recognized as among the “Best of Theater, 2021” by the New York Times, THE SOUND OF (BLACK) MUSIC is a vibrant one-act concert reimagining of the classic Rogers and Hammerstein musical through a utopian, afrofuturistic lens full of love. Cherished songs such as “Do-Re-Mi,” “Edelweiss,” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain'' are recast through a Black roots music kaleidoscope of jazz, gospel, blues, soul, funk and Afro-beat.

Electric Root presents The Sound of (Black) Music

Get ready for Story Pirates: The Amazing Adventure Tour, featuring fan-favorite songs from the multi-award winning Story Pirates Podcast and improvised sketch comedy based on ideas from kids in the audience. Story Pirates believe that all kids are creative geniuses, and they’re ready to prove it with their fast-paced, hilarious, and inspiring show for the whole family, featuring Eric from Story Pirates Podcast, plus a cast of the funniest Story Pirate actors, singers, and comedians around.

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Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Family Day

Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Sleepover at the Museum

Nashville Symphony

The Unicorn’s Birthday

Nashville Symphony

Philharmonia Fantastique

Nashville Symphony

A Very Dave Barnes Christ...

Nashville Symphony

Pirates! The Quest for Bl...

Nashville Symphony

Electric Root presents Th...

Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Story Pirates: The Amazin...

Tennessee Performing Arts Center