Take a magical journey through a little girl’s Christmas Eve dreamland to defeat the Mouse King, save the Nutcracker Prince, and dance with Sugar Plum Fairies. BalletMet will be performing The Nutcracker at the historic Ohio Theatre from December 13-28, 2019, and it’s a timeless holiday tradition you don’t want to miss.
While we think it’s “worth it” for a special holiday event, we understand that tickets aren’t affordable to everyone. One lucky reader win 4 tickets to BalletMet The Nutcracker for opening night Friday, December 13, 2019 at 7:30 pm. Please do not enter if you are unable to attend that performance. Tickets are not transferable and identification will need to be shown at will-call to pick up tickets.
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Performances are held Dec. 13-28, 2019 at the Ohio Theatre. Arrive early or stay after and explore the holiday lights of downtown Columbus or dine at a local restaurant or bar. Ticket prices range from $29 to $93 and can be purchased at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.) and online at ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000.
My First Nutcracker event for young children
Introduce a young child to Balletmet the Nutcracker! There is a special performance for the little fans on December 26 at 11 a.m. at Ohio Theatre. My First Nutcracker is a one-hour performance suitable for kids ages 4 and under. The show features all the magic of the full performance but with a shortened storyline. The lights are dimmed, and the mice look more friendly. Need to get up and move? Head to our children’s area in the lobby for some fun crafts. Tickets are $15.
Disclosure: Columbus on the Cheap received 4 tickets to The Nutcracker in exchange for writing about the performance and hosting this giveaway.
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Roshawn says
My holiday tradition is to gather with friends and family to share favorite food dishes, laughs and grateful words of wisdom.
Michelle says
Here’s to hoping I win! My 6 yr old daughter loves to dance and wants to do ballet. She would love to go see this performance!
Jason Cooperrider says
My favorite Holiday tradition was decorating the Christmastree with my mother while we listened to traditional Holiday music.
DeJavahn Thomas says
My FAV holiday tradition is to find out which of my family members will unbuckle their pants first to stuff themselves and how long after will they be sleep😂
Alicia says
My favorite holiday tradition is driving around neighborhoods with my family to see the decoration and lights on homes. My favorites are always the homes that sync their lights to music and you can tune into a radio station to experience the magic 🙂 I love and so appreciate the dedication it takes to set that up!
MJ Geer says
driving around downtown Columbus and looking at the lights and always going to the Nativity scene.
Lauren says
The Nutcracker has always been a treasured holiday tradition for me and my mother. We can’t afford to go this year, but we’ve gone every Christmas since I was a little girl.
Katie says
One of my favorite holiday traditions is going to see The Nutcracker!
Jamie Scott says
I love making candy (buckeyes, turtles, etc!) with my family 🙂
Richard Ronan says
Lights at the Zoo, and the lights in Delaware, OH.
JB says
decorating the tree & listening to Christmas music
Vivian says
Lights at the zoo.
Amy Morrow says
Our family loves the Nutcracker! My mom is 80 and I would love to get lower great seats since she can’t climb all the stairs anymore for all the ladies in our family but $$$. I started buying them for us but can no longer afford to keep buying for everyone. Such a wonderful tradition for all the generations in our family!
Pamela Berube says
The Nutcracker, Wild Lights at the zoo, and baking cookies with my kids.
Sarah says
My family enjoys the Easton parade and tree lightening event, it’s a great way to kick of the season!
Jen says
Decorating the tree!
Eileen says
I love watching my son and the marching band march in the holiday parade here in Gahanna. Oh and taking a ride to see Christmas lights and then getting hot coco.
Hope Ribbey says
Our family loves Wild lights but also enjoy driving around neighborhoods to see others lights.
Amanda says
Franklin Park Conservatory and the ponsettia tree!
Natalie Stollar says
We love getting a fire going in our fireplace and cozying up to a good Christmas movie! 🍿
Kimberly Davis-Peters says
Our favorite holiday tradition is buying new pajamas for the whole family that we open and wear on Christmas eve!
Carol says
I love spending time with my family putting up the tree, making decorations, baking and eating special treats, retelling the events of Jesus’ birth… My granddaughter loves to pretend to be a ballerina and I would love to take her to the Ballet Met. She would love it!
Frances Clendenin says
A tradition for us is getting together and going to see Christmas lights. We mostly do the Zoo lights.
Bonnie says
I’m not into traditions. I do whatever strikes the mood or whatever events are happening.
Nicole says
Decorating gingerbread cookies!
Katie says
Taking my girls to get their pictures taken with Santa!
Stephanie Khalife says
My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating the tree while watching Christmas movies & sipping hot chocolate with a kick of Santa sauce..lol
Brittanee Barton says
Our favorite tradition is riding around the neighborhoods looking at lights after Christmas Eve mass!
Isabella says
Going to pick out a Christmas tree and spending time with my family!
Maureen Ingham says
Our favorite holiday tradition is going to the conservatory aglow!
Allyson Hennelly says
My favorite Christmas traditions are decorating the tree, baking cookies and cooking tons, drinking hot chocolate and watching Christmas movies and specials!
Heather says
I love the Nutcracker!
Amanda Goetz says
We love visiting the wildlights at the Columbus Zoo.
Kadie says
Last year was our (myself, my husband, and our 5-year old daughter) first time seeing The Nutcracker. It was absolutely beautiful, and we’d love to make it a tradition!
Jennifer Corral says
Going to see the lights at the zoo is our favorite tradition!
Jill says
We love going to the Wildlights and thinking up new ideas for our daughter’s elf on the shelf.
Jessica says
Road trip home to visit family.
Erin Reilly-Sanders says
When I spend Christmas at my parent’s house, the choir director at the church where I grew up always invites me to sing with the choir on Christmas Eve. It’s lovely to sing with my mom and so many of the people I remember from being a kid.
S Smith says
Love the Nutcracker
Eileen says
Making a special ornament for the family and spending time with my family.
Kristina says
I like to go to Wild lights with the family.
Lexi says
We like Wildlights.
Lisa Lee says
Visiting family if we travel, or staying home and watching old Christmas movies :).
Diane says
Getting out the boxes of ornaments – most of them are from various trips, so it’s fun to reminisce about vacations!
Brittany says
Wildlights and Santa at Easton!
Allison B. says
Wildlights, hands down!
Kim says
We always have homemade spaghetti on Christmas Eve and then open new pajamas to wear overnight. It builds such great excitement on into sneaking down the stairs the next morning to take a peek in the stockings before everyone else wakes up!
Amy says
Christmas Eve Mass, followed by pizza with the cousins, watch polar Express & roast chestnuts!
Amanda K says
This is my second holiday season in Columbus since moving back to Ohio about 1.5 years ago, and we are looking forward to creating traditions this year – with the help of ColumbusontheCheap.com!
Nicole Melnick says
We love heading to the WildLights at the zoo.
Natalie says
Wildlights and Christmas shopping!
Sarah S says
My favorite holiday tradition is attending Christmas Eve service and the huge Italian feast we have Christmas Day!
admin says
I’m excited to check it out this year!
Maureen says
We love the Chinese lights festival!
admin says
We do this too! Our son loves picking stuff out for another child his age. Have you ever received a response from one of the recipients? We haven’t yet, but I think it would be so neat!
Michele says
We love the tree lighting and wildlights
Laura says
We love reading the night before Christmas on Christmas Eve before bed.
Michelle Hendricks says
If there’s snow, we love to go sled riding at Christmas time!
But regardless of the weather, we have a lot of fun packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. It’s our favorite Christmas tradition… https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
Vicki Evans says
Our favorite holiday tradition is cutting down our tree(turn rotates yearly) going out for Chinese and watching A Christmas story!
Sara Krauss says
Our family loves to ride the Polar Express and watch the tree lighting ceremony at Easton
Shirley C says
My favorite holiday tradition is to check out all the area light displays. We have such a great time driving around singing and drinking hot cocoa.
Amanda says
I love spending time with family during the holidays. I would love to take my daughter to the Nutcracker for the first time!