Weekend Planner (Photos & Video)

The Glen Echo Holiday Art Show and Sale continues this weekend giving everyone the opportunity to find a unique holiday gift. The Holiday Light Displays continue, but don’t delay if you have not visited. Santa will be back at the Trolley Museum this weekend so consider stopping by and taking a ride on the trolley.

Holiday shows at Olney Theatre continue with The Christmas Carol and The King and I. Olney Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker continues through Dec. 24. Round House Theatre’s comedy The Lyons continues this weekend. Silver Spring Stage’s production of A Christmas Carol opens Friday and runs through Dec. 22.

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 .)

Friday, December 20

• Jazz Vocalist Integriti Reeves performs in the Strathmore Mansion at 11 a.m.
• Find a special holiday gift at the Glen Echo Holiday Art Show and Sale from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.
• Enjoy Holiday Movie Night at Long Branch Community Center at 7 p.m. in Silver Spring
• Get your fit on at Gaithersburg Solstice Fitness Party from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park
• Celebrate the Winter Solstice a day early with a campfire, cider, lantern making and more at Locust Grove Nature Center in Bethesda.
• Take the family to see Lyle the Crocodile at Imagination Stage in Bethesda at 7 p.m.
• Fillmore presents Chris Reynolds and His Fantastic Steam Powered Orchestra at 7 p.m.
• Paul Morella’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol continues at Olney Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker continues at 7:30 p.m.
• The King and I continues at Olney Theatre at 8 p.m.
• Sandy Spring Theatre Group’s production of Scrooge at the Arts Barn at 8 p.m. (Sold Out)
• Round House Theatre presents the comedy The Lyons at 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• Silver Spring Stage presents A Christmas Carol at 8 p.m.
• Beethoven Found Gala at Strathmore at 8 p.m. featuring Ricky Skaggs, Maureen McGovern and more.

Saturday, December 21

The Irish Tenors, Finbar Wrights, Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan
Photo | Kristin Callahan

• Flea market at the county fairgrounds from 8 to 4 p.m.
• The Puppet Co presents Nutcracker Fantasy at 10 a.m. for chldren 4 and younger.
• Fenton Street Holiday Market is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Veterans Plaza
• Enroll in Affordable Care Health Insurance from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Germantown and Silver Spring Health & Human Services offices
• Visit Great Shoals Winery for their Holiday Open House from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas in Glen Echo at 11 a.m., 2 and 4:30 p.m.
• The Puppet Co presents The Nutcracker at Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Animal Welfare League’s cat adoption event in Gaithersburg from noon to 3 p.m.
• Strathmore presents The Irish Tenors at 4 and 8 p.m.
• Enjoy a trolley ride at the National Capital Trolley Museum’s Holly TrolleyFest from noon to 5 p.m.
• Take the family to see Lyle the Crocodile at Imagination Stage in Bethesda at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• Find a special holiday gift at the Glen Echo Holiday Art Show and Sale from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.
• The Maryland Youth Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker at Montgomery College Rockville Campus at 1 and 5 p.m.
• Join other kids learning to play chess at the Silver Spring Civic Building from 2 to 4 p.m.
• Paul Morella’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol continues at Olney Theatre at 3 and 7:30 p.m.
• Olney Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker continues at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.
• The King and I continues at Olney Theatre at 2 and 8 p.m.
• Silver Spring Stage presents A Christmas Carol at 2 and 8 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents the comedy The Lyons at 3 and 8 p.m. in Bethesda
• BlackRock presents local rock band Lloyd Dobler Effect at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.
• Sandy Spring Theatre Group’s production of Scrooge at the Arts Barn at 8 p.m. (Sold Out)
• Fillmore presents DC’s Killer Xmas Show featuring Darkest Hour Pig Destroyer and Black Clouds at 8 p.m.

Sunday, December 22

Glenview Mansion
Photo | City of Rockville

• Flea market at the county fairgrounds from 8 to 4 p.m.
• Santa Brunch at the Strathmore Mansion at 10 a.m. and noon.
• Children age three- to four-years old enjoy Artful Sundays at the Arts Barn from 11 a.m. to noon.
• Find a special holiday gift at the Glen Echo Holiday Art Show and Sale from 11 a.m to 6 p.m.
• Adventure Theatre’s production of Twelve Days of Christmas in Glen Echo at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• The Puppet Co presents The Nutcracker at Glen Echo at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Olney Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker continues at noon
• Visit Great Shoals Winery for their Holiday Open House from noon to 5 p.m.
• Enjoy a trolley ride at the National Capital Trolley Museum’s Holly TrolleyFest from noon to 5 p.m.
• Visit Santa’s Workshop at the Mid-County Recreation Center from 1 to 4 p.m. Pre-registration requested.
• The Glenview Mansion in Rockville’s Holiday Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy the Christmas decorations and the holiday music.
• The Maryland Youth Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker in Rockville at 1 and 5 p.m.
• Take the family to see Lyle the Crocodile at Imagination Stage in Bethesda at 1:30 and 4 p.m.
• The King and I continues at Olney Theatre at 2 p.m.
• Sandy Spring Theatre Group’s production of Scrooge at the Arts Barn at 2 p.m. (Sold Out)
• Silver Spring Stage presents A Christmas Carol at 2 p.m.
• Paul Morella’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol continues at Olney Theatre at 3 p.m.
• Round House Theatre presents the comedy The Lyons at 3 p.m.in Bethesda
• The National Philharmonic’s Washington Symphonic Brass performs at the Music Center at Strathmore at 4 p.m.
• The Rockville Chorus performs their holiday concert at the Fitzgerald Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

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