Nutcracker Events Around Ohio
This year take time to enjoy one of the many Nutcracker performances happening around our state or take a trip to Steubenville, Ohio and stand face-to-face with life size nutcrackers.
STEUBENVILLE NUTCRACKER VILLAGE
Glittering Christmas trees, holiday music, colorful lights, St. Nicholas, and over 200 unique large-as-life Nutcrackers offer dozens of photo opportunities and memorable moments during the annual Steubenville Nutcracker VillageTM in Steubenville, Ohio, which runs from Nov. 25 through Jan. 9, 2026.
The Village is open November 25, 2025 -January 9, 2026
The village is free and open to the public.
CLICK HERE to learn more.
For are visitor information visit VisitSteubenville.com.
For Nutcracker Village: steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com
NUTCRACKER BALLET PERFORMANCES
The music, the dancing, and the mystical nutcracker beacons us all to the theater to enjoy a production that for so many has become a family tradition.
NUTCRACKER
presented by Ballet Theatre of Ohio
Dates: Nov. 29-30 and Dec 6-7, 2025
Times: 2pm & 7pm – see website for further information.
Location: Akron Civic Theater
182 S. Main St., Akron, OH 44308
Tickets
THE NUTCRACKER
A North Point Ballet Tradition
Dates: December 5-7 and 19-21, 2025
Locations:
(Dec 5-7) Lorain Palace Theater, Lorain, OH
(Dec 19-21)Berea-Midpark High School Performing Arts Center
165 E. Bagley Rd., Berea, OH
Tickets
Above photo credit with permission – Center Photography
BALLET THEATRE ASHTABULA presents The Nutcracker
Dates:
Times: visit website
Location: 2928 W. 13th Street, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004
440.964.3396 | website
Enchanting audiences for more than a century, The Nutcracker is a holiday treat for the entire family. Tchaikovsky’s classic, celebrated score will fill the theater as Ballet Theatre Ashtabula’s dancers tell the story of heroine Clara and her adventure into a magical world with her gallant Nutcracker prince.
BALLET WESTERN RESERVE presents THE NUTCRACKER
DeYor Performing Arts Center
Dates: December 6-7, 2025
Time: Saturday 7pm, Sunday 2:30 pm
Location: Edward W. Powers Auditorium
260 West Federal Street, Youngstown, OH
330-744-0264 | deyorpac.org
BALLETMET’S presents THE NUTCRACKER
Dates: December 11-14, 16-21, 23-24, 26-28, 2025
Times: See website
Location: Ohio Theatre
Columbus, Ohio
39 E. State Street, Columbus, OH
614.469.0939 | balletmet.org
THE NUTCRACKER
performed by The Canton Ballet
Dates: December 5-7, 2025
Times: Fri 7pm | Sat 2pm & 7pm | Sun 2pm
Location: Canton Palace Theater
330.455.7220 | website
THE NUTCRACKER
performed by the Dayton Ballet
Dates: December 13-14, 19-22, 2025
Times: See website
Location: Schuster Performing Arts Center – Wintergarden
One West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402
888.228.3630 | daytonperformingarts.org
TOLEDO BALLET’S ANNUAL NUTCRACKER
Dates: December 12-14, 2025
Times: see website
Location: Stranahan Theater
4645 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43614
419-246-8000 | toledosymphony.com
Continuing its record of the longest-running, annual production of The Nutcracker in North America, Toledo Ballet’s 83rd Nutcracker brings E.T.A. Hoffman’s story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King to life with fresh choreography and Tchaikovsky’s score performed live by the Toledo Symphony.
THE NUTCRACKER
presented by The Cleveland Ballet
Date(s): December
Times: See website
Location: Playhouse Square | Connor Theatre
1501 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio
Ticket sales: 216.241.6000 | playhousesquare.org
(photo credit: The Cleveland Ballet)
THE NUTCRACKER
performed by the Cincinnati Ballet
Dates: December 12-14, 18-21, 2025
Times: see website
Location: Cincinnati Music Hall’s Springer Auditorium
1241 Elm St., Cincinnati, Ohio 44202
website
Ballet Legato presents Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”
Date: December 5-7, 2025
Time: See website.
Location: Hoke Theatre The Stocker Arts Center
1005 North Abbe Rd., Elyria, Ohio 44035
website
Have you ever wondered about the history of The Nutcracker production? The origin of this classic fairy tale can be found here.
Fun facts:
- The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann (c.1816)
- The first performance of the Nutcracker Ballet was at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. (c. 1892)
- The San Francisco Opera Ballet was the first company to perform the full ballet in North America. (c. 1944)
- “No Sugar Plums Here: The Dark, Romantic Roots Of ‘The Nutcracker‘” – NPR
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