What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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Lights of the Ozarks — With more than 500,000 LED lights on display nightly from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. through Jan. 1. Downtown Fayetteville square. Santa — He'll be in downtown Fayetteville on the following dates to meet and snap photos with during Lights of the Ozarks. There is no cost to meet or take photos with Santa. Dates will be Dec. 11, 3-6 p.m.; Dec. 16, 5-8 p.m.; Dec. 17, 6-9 p.m.; Dec. 18, 3-6 p.m. Holidays at George's Majestic Lounge — A Boom Kinetic holiday show starts at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 17 ($15); Holidays with The Ton3s (formerly The Hamiltons) and Funk Factory happens at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 ($20); Muses Holiday show starts at 6 p.m. Dec. 19 ($10) at George's Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson St. Fayetteville. georgesmajesticlounge.com/shows. Holiday Hangar Dance — Dinner, dance lessons, silent auction and more happens at 6 p.m. Dec. 17 at Arkansas Air and Military Museum, 4290 S. School Ave. Tickets are $60 for members, $70 for nonmembers and $23 for kids. Email frontdesk.aamm@gmail. com for tickets. Winter Nights at Walton Arts Center — A drop-in, family-friendly holiday space with special holiday drinks and snacks, games and holiday cheer, open to the public from 5 to 11 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 23. More details including reservation times for fire pits both and snow globe domes and pricing can be found at waltonartscenter.org or by calling the box office at 443-5600 weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fort Smith "The Nutcracker" — Presented by Western Arkansas Ballet at 7 p.m. Dec. 17 and 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at the ArcBest Performing Arts Center, 55 S. Seventh St. in Fort Smith. Tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for children/students at www.waballet.org. Call 785-0152 for more information. Festival of Trees — On display through Dec. 18 at The Bakery District. Sponsored by the Optimist Club of Fort Smith. Money raised is used to help various youth organizations. fortsmithoptimist.com. Creekmore Holiday Express and Lights — Miniature train ride through the holiday lights from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays at Creekmore Park, 3301 S. M St. Free. Rogers Victory Film Series — National Lampoon's "Christmas Vacation," 2 p.m. Dec. 17, Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory in downtown Rogers. $12 & up. arkansaspublictheatre.org. "A Tuna Christmas" — 2 p.m. Dec. 11; 8 p.m. Dec. 15-17; 2 p.m. Dec. 18, Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory in Rogers. $25-$50. arkansaspublictheatre.org/tickets or 631-8988. "Twas the Night Before Christmas" — A tour of the 1895 Hawkins House themed around Clement C. Moore's beloved 1823 poem and how the Hawkins family of Rogers would have decorated for Christmas at the turn of the 2oth century, through Dec. 31, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. rogershistoricalmuseum.org or 621-1154. Siloam Springs Riverside Festival of Lights — Featuring a life-sized Nativity, Trees of Honor, carriage rides, pictures with Santa and more from 6-10 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 31. Prices are $25 for up to 10 people in a vehicle, $40 for 10 or more per vehicle. Admission at the gate, 17023 Chamber Springs Road. riverside-entertainment. com/christmas-lights. Springdale "Polar Express Movie" and Hot Chocolate Bar — Screening of the classic Christmas movie with hot chocolate. 11 a.m. Dec. 22 in the Children's Auditorium at Springdale Public Library, 405 S. Pleasant St. Van Buren Christmas at the Parks — Christmas displays throughout Historic Downtown Van Buren will be on show through Jan. 1. Get a map and more information at vanburen.org. Have an event for the our Christmas list? Send it to mhooper@nwaonline. com. DECEMBER 11-17, 2022 WHAT'S UP! 39 Country music icon Martina McBride will celebrate her Joy of Christmas Tour at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. Tickets are $99-$149 at waltonartscenter.org. (Courtesy Photo)