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

Love the seasonal lights and music? Do you want to take great Christmas photos with the family? Looking for a fun holiday weekend? Look no further than Steubenville in eastern Ohio which has become a mecca for Christmas lovers.

The Village is open November 26, 2024 -January 6, 2025
The village is free and open to the public.

For are visitor information visit VisitSteubenville.com.
For Nutcracker Village: steubenvillenutcrackervillage.com

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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: November 30th, December 1st and December 7th & 8th, 2024 
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 6, 7 and 8, 2024 
Times: FRI 7pm | SAT 2pm (Sensory) & 7pm | SUN 2pm
Location: 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: December 6-8, 13-15, 19-22, 2024
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.

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BALLET WESTERN RESERVE presents THE NUTCRACKER
DeYor Performing Arts Center
Dates: December 7-8, 2024 
Time: Saturday 7pm, Sunday 2:30 pm
Location: Edward W. Powers Auditorium
260 West Federal Street, Youngstown, OH
330-744-0264 | deyorpac.org

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BALLETMET’S presents THE NUTCRACKER
Dates: December 12, 13, 14, 15, 2024
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 13, 14 and 15, 2024 
Times: Fri 7pm | Sat 2pm & 7pm | Sun 2pm
Location:  Cultural Center for the Arts
1001 Market Avenue N., Canton, OH 44702
330.455.7220 | website

THE NUTCRACKER
A North Point Ballet Tradition
Date(s): December 13, 14 and 15, 2024 
Times: FRI 7pm | SAT 2pm (Sensory) & 7pm | SUN 2pm
Location: Lorain Palace Theatre
617 Broadway Ave., Lorain, OH
northpointeballet.org/nutcracker/

THE NUTCRACKER 
performed by the Dayton Ballet
Dates: December 13-22, 2024 
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 13-15, 2024 
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 13-22, 2024 
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 19-29, 2024 
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 21, 2024 
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Hoke Theatre  The Stocker Arts Center
1005 North Abbe Rd., Elyria, Ohio 44035
website

 

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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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