Things to do in Memphis

DEC5SatSaturday, December 551 events · Evening

1. 5 p.m.

   Clara & the Nutcracker

   Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall$17.85+

   Also at 5:30 p.m.

   Theater & Dance

2. 5 p.m.6 p.m.

   Cookie Decorating with Santa’s Elves

   Adventure Center at Big Cypress Lodge

   Festivals & Holidays

3. 5 p.m.5:30 p.m.

   Holiday Wonders at the Garden 2026

   Memphis Botanic Garden$15+Family

   Also at 5:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

   Outdoors

4. 5 p.m.

   Karaoke Saturdays

   DRUS Bar (DRUS Place)

   Nightlife

5. 5 p.m.

   Lantern Festival at the Memphis Zoo

   Memphis ZooFamily

   Festivals & Holidays

6. 5 p.m.9 p.m.

   Lights on the Farm

   Bobby Lanier Farm Park - GermantownFamily

   Family & Kids

7. 5 p.m.8 p.m.

   Living Nativity

   9450 Poplar Ave, Germantown, TN

8. 5 p.m.7 p.m.

   THIS IS MUSIC- Harris & Fitz

   Flyway Brewing Company

   Food & Drink

9. 5 p.m.9 p.m.

   Wigilia/Polish Comunity Christmas Eve Dinner

   OLPH Germantown Youth Group

   Festivals & Holidays

10. 5:30 p.m.10 p.m.

    Deck the Diamond

    Autozone ParkFamily

    Festivals & Holidays

11. 5:30 p.m.

    Jay Leno

    Soundstage at Graceland$85+

    Also at 8 p.m.

    Comedy

12. 5:30 p.m.11 p.m.

    M&D's 2nd Annual Masquerade Ball

    Red Carpet Event Center$65

    Community

13. 6 p.m.10 p.m.

    Baseball - First Pitch Dinner

    Collierville High School$20+

14. 6 p.m.11 p.m.

    Developmental Milestones 10 year Anniversary Gala

    Mayor Joyce Ferguson Civic Center$39.19+

    Business & Networking

15. 6 p.m.

    Freedom Prep Academy Girls Varsity Basketball @ Crosstown

    Crosstown High School

    Sports

16. 6 p.m.8:30 p.m.

    Holiday Dinner & Music Cruise

    Memphis Riverboats$85.37

17. 6 p.m.8:30 p.m.

    Holiday Dinner and Music Cruise

    Adventure Center at Big Cypress Lodge

    Festivals & Holidays

18. 6 p.m.10 p.m.

    Holiday Soiree' An Evening of Elegance & Holiday Cheer

    Marriott Memphis East$25+

    Festivals & Holidays

19. 6 p.m.

    Isang Mundo, Isang Pasko (One World, One Christmas)

    The Coronet Memphis - 5770 Shelby Oaks Dr.

    Festivals & Holidays

20. 6 p.m.10 p.m.

    KIXmas 2026

    The Country Club

    Music

21. 6 p.m.

    St. Agnes Academy Girls Varsity Basketball @ St. Benedict at Auburndale

    St. Benedict at Auburndale High School

    Sports

22. 6 p.m.

    St. Mary's Episcopal Girls Varsity Basketball @ First Assembly Christian

    First Assembly Christian High School

    Sports

23. 6:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.

    Live Music

    Villa Castrioti - Cordova

    Music

24. 7 p.m.

    Bryan Hayes Music

    South Main Sounds

25. 7 p.m.

    Elite Beauty Beauty industry all black all holiday party

    Gully's Jamaican Restaurant$31.30

    Festivals & Holidays

26. 7 p.m.10 p.m.

    Home for the Holidays: An Evening With Bird Williams

    West Memphis Civic Auditorium$39.19+

    Festivals & Holidays

27. 7 p.m.

    Karly Hartzman

    Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts

28. 7 p.m.

    Marcus D. Wiley

    1884 Lounge at Minglewood Hall - Complex$35.60+

    Comedy

29. 7 p.m.

    Mid-South Monarchs vs. Oceanside Shock

    Landers Center - Complex

    Sports

30. 7 p.m.9 p.m.

    Raised By Sound Fest: Wednesday (Solo) & Patterson Hood

    Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts - Complex$97.88+

    Music

31. 7 p.m.9 p.m.

    The Detectives and One Memphis Street present

    1 Memphis Street Event Venue$85.98

    Arts & Culture

32. 7 p.m.10 p.m.

    White Christmas-Saturday-night

    Performing Arts Center$0+

    Theater & Dance

33. 7 p.m.11 p.m.

    William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

    Houston High School$10+

    Theater & Dance

34. 7:30 p.m.

    Christian Brothers Boys Varsity Basketball @ St. Benedict at Auburndale

    St. Benedict at Auburndale High School

    Sports

35. 7:30 p.m.

    The Great Gatsby

    The Orpheum Theatre Memphis$62+

    Theater & Dance

36. 7:30 p.m.9 p.m.

    The Night Shift Before Christmas

    The Memphian Room at Circuit Playhouse$30+

    Festivals & Holidays

37. 7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.

    Magic of Memphis

    The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

    Music

38. 8 p.m.

    Darren Criss

    Highland Capital Performance Hall at Germantown Performing Arts Center

    Arts & Culture

39. 8 p.m.10 p.m.

    Darren Criss

    The Grove at Germantown Performing Arts Center$62+

    Theater & Dance

40. 8 p.m.

    Spaceman's Dead Friends

    3210 Old Hernando Rd. Memphis TN 38116

    Music

41. 8 p.m.

    The B.B. King's Blues Club Allstar Band

    Ashton Riker & The Memphis Royals LIVE at B.B. King's Blues Club

    Music

42. 8:30 p.m.11 p.m.

    Sylvan Esso DJ Set

    The Green Room at Crosstown Arts

    Music

43. 9 p.m.

    Banda Toro

    Club Corral

44. 9 p.m.

    I Love R&B Party - Memphis, TN

    Growlers Memphis$25.87+

    Music

45. 9 p.m.

    Pajama Party

    99 N Main St$12.51+Family

    Festivals & Holidays

46. 9 p.m.11 p.m.

    Raised By Sound Fest After Party: Sylvan Esso DJ Set

    The Green Room at Crosstown Arts$71.21

    Music

47. 9 p.m.11 p.m.

    Raised By Sound Fest After Party: Sylvan Esso DJ Set

    Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts - Complex$71.21

    Music

48. 9 p.m.

    Raised By Sound Fest After Party: Sylvan Esso DJ Set 2026

    Crosstown Concourse

    Music

49. 9 p.m.

    Reba Russell Band

    Nashoba

50. 9 p.m.

    Seeing Red

    Lafayette's Music Room - Memphis

51. 10:30 p.m.

    Timothy James

    Tin Roof Memphis