Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

Enjoy two unique holiday shopping opportunities this weekend with the Glen Echo Holiday Art Show & Sale and the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour. Holiday bazaars continue with the Christmas Bazaar at Saint Michael’s in Silver Spring and the Holiday Craft Show at Bauer Community Center in Rockville.

A great way to celebrate the holiday season is visiting a local Holiday Light Display or taking a trolley ride with Santa at the National Capital Trolley Museum.

The Metropolitan Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker opens this weekend. Holiday shows at Olney Theatre continue with The Christmas Carol and The King and I. Round House Theatre’s comedy The Lyons continues this weekend.

Here are some of our other weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar. (For area Farmers Markets, locations and hours can be found on our events calendar .)

Paul Morella
Photo | Olney Theatre Center

Friday, December 6

• Take a drive in the country and visit artist’s studios this weekend with the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour
• The Puppet Co presents The Nutcracker in Glen Echo at 10 and 11:30 a.m.
• American Indian Art Show in Bethesda from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Model Train Show at Sandy Spring Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Glen Echo Holiday Art Show & Sale from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Holiday Magic and Fun at the Good Hope Community Center at 6:30 p.m.
• Kefa Cafe in Silver Spring hosts book talk by author Judy M. Ford at 6:30 p.m.
• Long Branch Community Center hosts an evening of family holiday arts and crafts from 7 to 9 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo presents Twelve Days of Christmas at 7 p.m.
• Metropolitan Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker in Rockville at 7 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Paul Morella in his adaptation of A Christmas Carol at 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The King and I at 8 p.m.
• The Sandy Spring Theatre Group’s production of Scrooge at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg at 8 p.m.
• Enjoy the comedy The Lyons at Round House in Bethesda at 8 p.m.
• Bethesda’s annual Winter Wonderland celebration kicks off with the concert at Imagination Stage at 8 p.m.
• Cool Cow Comedy features Jared Logan at 8 p.m. in Rockville’s VisArts

Saturday, December 7

Bassist Bhagwan Khalsa, pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd and Drummer/percussionist Alphonso M. Young, Jr.

• Flea Market at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Breakfast with Santa at Kentlands Mansion at 9 a.m. (Event is sold out)
• Christmas Bazaar at Saint Michael’s in Silver Spring from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Take a drive in the country and visit artist’s studios this weekend with the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour
• Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station Holiday Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Mrs. Claus Tea at Strathmore Mansion at 10 a.m. (Event is sold out)
• Weekend ACA health insurance enrollment hours in Germantown and Silver Spring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Don Brown at Puppet Co. presents Nutcracker Fantasy in Glen Echo at 10 a.m. for youngest children, ages 0 to 4
• Holiday Craft Show at Bauer Community Recreation Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Enjoy a walk through Silver Spring led by historian Jerry A. McCoy at 10 a.m.
• American Indian Art Show in Bethesda from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Model Train Show at Sandy Spring Museum from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Dedication of the Ken Gar Community Center in Kensington at 10:30 a.m.
• Imagination Stage production of Lyle the Crocodile at 11 a.m.
• Sandy Spring Museum’s open house with the resident artists from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m. in Glen Echo
• The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo presents The Nutcracker at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Take a trolley ride with Santa at the National Capital Trolley Museum’s Holly TrollyFest in Colesville from noon to 5 p.m.
• Enjoy the ice sculpting demonstration followed by student concerts at Bethesda’s Winter Wonderland in Veterans Park from 1 to 4 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The King and I at 2 and 8 p.m.
• Visit the Kensington Park Library to see live animals from the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore at 2 p.m.
• The Eric Byrd Trio returns to BlackRock in Germantown for two jazz performances at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Paul Morella in his adaptation of A Christmas Carol at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
• The DC Labor Chorus performs at the Takoma Park City Hall at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
• The comedy The Lyons continues at the Round House at 3 and 8 p.m.
• Metropolitan Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker at 1 and 5 p.m.
• Visit with Santa at the Jingle Jubilee & Tree Lighting at the Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavillion at 6 p.m.
• The Coral Cantigas perform holiday songs and parrandas in Bethesda at 7 p.m.
• The Rockville Civic Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Fitzgerald Theatre at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
• The Gaithersburg Chorus performs Ceremony of Carols at St. John Neumann Catholic Church at 7:30 p.m.
• The BSO perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m.

Sunday, December 8

The Nutcracker by Metropolitan Ballet Theatre
Photo | Metropolitan Ballet Theatre & Academy

• Flea Market at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Christmas Bazaar at Saint Michael’s in Silver Spring from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Breakfast with Santa at Kentlands Mansion at 9 a.m. (Event is sold out)
• American Indian Art Show in Bethesda from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Imagination Stage production of Lyle the Crocodile at 11 a.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. in Glen Echo
• Children ages 3 to 4 will enjoy Artful Sundays at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg
• Maryland Youth Ballet perform Mini-Nut at Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center in Silver Spring. Performances at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.
• Find the perfect holiday gift at the Glen Echo Holiday Art Show & Sale from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• The Puppet Co. in Glen Echo presents The Nutcracker at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Take a drive in the country and visit artist’s studios this weekend with the Countryside Artisans Studio Tour
• The Holly TrolleyFest with Santa continues from noon to 5 p.m. at the National Capital Trolley Museum in Colesville.
• Model Train Show at Sandy Spring Museum from noon to 5 p.m.
• The Glenview Mansion in Rockville features a holiday concert and open house from 1 to 4 p.m. the rockville Art League’s December show opens with an artists reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents The King and I at 2 p.m.
• The Rockville Civic Ballet performs The Nutcracker at Fitzgerald Theatre at 2 p.m.
• Olney Theatre presents Paul Morella in his adaptation of A Christmas Carol at 3 p.m.
• Family holiday party at Sandy Spring Museum from 3 to 6 p.m.
• The Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra at Strathmore Mansion at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.
• The comedy The Lyons continues at the Round House at 3 p.m.
• The New Orchestra of Washington’s Holiday Concert in Bethesda at 4 p.m.
• Metropolitan Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker at 1 and 5 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre presents Sandy Bainum & Friends Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. at Glen Echo
• The Gaithersburg Chorus performs Ceremony of Carols at St. John Neumann Catholic Church at 7:30 p.m.

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