Holiday LIGHTS Member Preview & Appreciation Night - Cheekwood
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Members can preview the Annual Holiday LIGHTS festival before it opens to the public! Experience Nashville’s classic holiday tradition as you stroll through the beauty that HGTV recently named “the best garden in Tennessee!” aglow on a one-mile walking path with elegant and creative displays featuring more than a million twinkling lights. Plus, Laura Dowling, Chief White House Floral Designer from 2009–2015, returns to bring her vision and handcrafted designs to the Cheekwood Mansion.

Holiday LIGHTS 2022. Photo by Nathan Zucker. Courtesy of Cheekwood Estate & Gardens.
Nashville’s classic holiday tradition returns, featuring a one-mile walking path with elegant and creative displays of lights that set Cheekwood Estate & Gardens aglow.

Café 29 | 4:30 – 10 PM

Garden Shop and Museum Shop | 4:30 – 10 PM

Holiday Marketplace | 4:30 – 10 PM

Know Before You Glow

Nashville’s classic holiday tradition returns, featuring a one-mile walking path with elegant and creative displays of lights that set Cheekwood Estate & Gardens aglow.

Schedule of Events

Member Appreciation Station

4:30 – 6:30 PM  |  Inside Botanic Hall

  • Complimentary snack and beverage
  • Plinko game and prizes

Appreciation All Night!

Proof of active Membership required for discounts in Holiday Marketplace, Gift Shops, and Café 29.

Holiday Marketplace

4:30 – 10 PM

  • Join us for Member Appreciation Night and get first access to the Holiday Marketplace!
  • Members receive an additional 10% off.

Gift Shops  |  Member Discounts!

Garden Shop  |  4:30 – 10 PM
Museum Shop  |  4:30 – 10 PM

  • Members receive an additional 10% off at the Museum Shop and Garden Shop*

*Consignment Jewelry not eligible for additional discount

Café 29

4:30 – 10 PM

  • 10% off discount for Members at Café 29

Please note: Member Preview & Appreciation Night is a special event and requires a separate ticket from daytime admission.

Know Before You Glow

Family

S’mores Stations & Seasonal Libations

While out exploring the luminous landscape, stop by one of the many kiosks throughout the grounds for hot cocoa or festive holiday spirits. S’mores kits will be available to purchase and roast at the stations behind the Holiday Marketplace in the Frist Learning Center.

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Holiday Marketplace

Open day and night, the Holiday Marketplace returns to the Frist Learning Center Great Hall with a nine-foot garden-themed ornament wall and a wide range of gifts and decor. This year will feature an amazing selection of nutcrackers, reindeer, cardinals and more. Other highlights include new Cheekwood ornaments and dish towels as well as an expanded selection of Jellycat Holiday soft toys. Shop in the daytime or evening for gifts for loved ones or for a memento of a holiday experience at Cheekwood.

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Holiday Décor in the Mansion

Warm up indoors and view the holiday mansion décor, where themes of candy canes and gingerbread take over the historic period rooms. The iconic 20-foot-tall Poinsettia tree on display in the Loggia, features a red-and-white striped candy cane inspired motif, created by our talented gardens team.

Reserve Tickets

Gardens Only Gardens + Mansion
Ages 2 & Under FREE FREE
Members Adult  $17  $20
Members Youth  $13  $16

A $2 per item service fee will be added to all paid transactions.
Members receive free parking for one vehicle per visit; a $5 parking fee will be added to each additional vehicle.
If walk-up tickets are available for purchase, they will include a service fee of $3 per ticket.



Presented by
Truist
Sponsored by
Amazon
Supported by
Lipman
Hospitality Sponsor
Courtyard By Marriott
Special thanks to
OLP

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