Your Weekend

Edie Schmierbach, The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.
·3 min read

Dec. 9—Saturday

Second annual Holiday Lights — 6-9 p.m., Waseca County Fairgrounds, Waseca; wasecachamber.com/events.

Mankato Symphony Orchestra Winter Wonderland performance — 1 p.m., Blue Earth County Library, 100 E. Main St., Mankato; no admission fee.

Dawn's Cowgirl Kitchen's annual vendor fair — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 42878 470th St., Nicollet.

Mankato Ballet Company: "The Nutcracker" — 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Minnesota State University's Ted Paul Theatre; tickets: adults, $25; children $15; www.MankatoBallet.org.

Betsy-Tacy Society's Victorian Christmas — 1 — 4 p.m., at Betsy-Tacy Houses, 332 Center St., and 333 Center St; no admission fee.

Christmas at Cambria — 1-5 p.m., 31496 Cambria Ave., Le Sueur; no admission fee.

Christmas at the Hubbard House tours — 1-4 p.m. 606 S. Broad St.; tickets must be purchased in advance and cost $10/adults, $7/BECHS members, $5/children 5-17; blueearthcountyhistory.com.

Model railroad holiday open house — 1-5 p.m., The Roundhouse clubrooms, 30 Tiell Drive, St. James; no admission fee.

Mini-musical: "Ebenezer Duke" — 4:30 p.m., North Mankato Taylor Library; no admission fee.

Student production: "Fuzzy Lines" — 4:30 p.m., Gustavus Adolphus College's Rob and Judy Gardner Laboratory Theatre; $5; gustavustickets.universitytickets.com.

Kiwanis Holiday Lights — 5-10 p.m., Sibley Park; www.kiwanisholidaylights.com.

Eighth annual Great Mankato Toy Drive for CADA — NaKato Bar and Grill, 253 Belgrade Ave.; music 7-11 p.m. by The Fourth Street Strummers, Bee Balm Fields, David Huckfelt and The Unarmed Forces.

Live Nativity scenes — 5-8 p.m., near the intersection of Fourth Street and N.E. Fourth Avenue, Waseca.

Live Nativity pageant — 7 p.m., Riverside Park, Springfield.

Music

Chankaska Winery, Kasota — 6 p.m., Haldy

Indian Island Winery, Janesville — 5:30 p.m., Mary Guentzel Jazz Quintet

Sunday

Christmas breakfast/cookie sale — 9 a.m. to noon, Church of the Nativity, 200 Main St., Cleveland; meal tickets $10 for adult, $5 for ages 6-12.

Dawn's Cowgirl Kitchen's annual vendor fair — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 42878 470th St., Nicollet.

Fair Trade bazaar — 10:30 a.m. to noon, First Congregational UCC Mankato, 150 Stadium Road.

Mankato Ballet Company: "The Nutcracker" — 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Minnesota State University's Ted Paul Theatre; tickets: adults, $25; children $15; www.MankatoBallet.org.

Christmas at the Hubbard House tours — 1-4 p.m., 606 S. Broad St.; tickets must be purchased in advance and cost $10/adults, $7/BECHS members, $5/children 5-17; blueearthcountyhistory.com.

Student production: "Fuzzy Lines" — 2 p.m., Gustavus Adolphus College's Rob and Judy Gardner Laboratory Theatre; $5; gustavustickets.universitytickets.com.

Music on the Hill — 3 p.m., Trinity Chapel, Bethany Lutheran College campus; general admission tickets: $20, mankatosymphony.ticketleap.com.

Concert by classical guitarist Jeremy Hiniker — 3 p.m., The Grand Kabaret, New Ulm; $10, thegrandnewulm.com/ticketed-events.

Kiwanis Holiday Lights — 5-9 p.m., Sibley Park; www.kiwanisholidaylights.com.

Christmas With Musicorum — 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 220 E. Hickory St.; general admission tickets $15.