16 Kick-ass Holiday Themed Events Happening This Weekend In Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Nutcracker | Photo via Brooklynballet.org

Just like that, it’s the weekend and the holiday season is in full effect! Here’s everything you should be doing…

— Friday December 9th, 2016 —

Zadie Smith presents SWING TIME
126 Franklin Avenue at WORD Brooklyn
Time: 7pm
FREE
London-based, best-selling author, Zadie Smith will be reading from her new book Swing Time, and hosting a book signing afterwards. RSVP on Facebook! Seating/space is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Grace Chorale of Brooklyn Holiday Concert
254 Hicks Street at Grace Episcopal Church
Time: 7pm
Price: $15 General Admission, $12 Seniors and students
Enjoy a beautiful musical concert just in time for the holidays featuring Giovanni Gabrieli, an 80 member chorus and an eight-piece brass ensemble and organ.

Gelsey Kirkland Ballet’s The Nutcracker
29 Jay Street at GK ArtsCenter
Time: 7:30pm
Price: $10 – $59
Enjoy an evening with the The Nutcracker. This classic ballet tells the tale of a little girl who takes a journey through darkness and fear and in doing she finds the light of love.

No Office Holiday Party
622 Degraw Street at Littlefield
Time: 8pm and 9:30pm
Price: $5
For the freelancers whose nearest coffee shop has been their office, this holiday party is just for you featuring karaoke a live DJ playing and an appearance from Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.

The X-Mas Pop Sing- Along
702 Union Street at Union Hall
Time: 9:30pm
Price: $10
Who doesn’t love a good Christmas carol? Wear your ugliest holiday sweater and head on over to Williamsburg for this sing-a-long, alcohol filled holiday fest. Oh, and there will be free milk and cookies!



— Saturday December 10th, 2016 —

Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn Pop-Ups
220 36th Street at Industry City
Time: 11am – 6pm
FREE
A full afternoon shopping some of the best handmade products from artisan makers, perfect for checking friends and family off of your “good” list. Be sure to stay for delicious food and drinks, music, and lots of seasonal festivities.

Coney Island Krampus Krawl
1208 Surf Avenue at Freak Bar
Time: Noon – 8pm
Price: $10
If you’re not into the traditionally, cheery Santa Crawls, then attend a crawl that is the exact opposite. Wear a costume, embrace your inner seasonal monster and head on over to one of the best holiday bar crawls in Brooklyn.

Victorian Fads Trolley Tour
500 25th Street at Greenwood Cemetery
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Price: $20 for members, $25 General Admission
The idle rich of the Victorian Era were among the first to truly embrace the notion of pop culture faddishness, and Green-Wood is home to many of the key characters in these strange and fascinating trends. During this tour, you’ll learn about arsenic complexion cream and electric corsets, to séances and spirit photography and some of the dangerous medical, fashionable and spiritual fads of the victorian time.

The Young Brown Collective Holiday Pop-Up Market
375 Stuyvesant Avenue
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Time: 1pm – 6pm
FREE w/ RSVP
Shop from and support your favorite black and brown business owners at this pop-up market. Indulge in mini makeovers, cocktails, treats and more.

The Amazing Brooklyn Holiday Scavenger Hunt
39 5th Avenue at McMahon’s Public House
Time: 1:30pm
Price $39
The Amazing Brooklyn Holiday Scavenger Hunt host a series of clues that leads you around the neighborhoods performing physical and mental challenges along the way. The hunt take about three hours and is conducted through an app called ScanQuest. Wear comfortable and warm clothing and don’t forget your Metrocard!

The Hard Nut 2016
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Tickets start at $25
Mark Morris Dance Group’s beloved retro-modern reimagining of The Nutcracker comes back to BAM for the holidays. A cascade of wit and wintry beauty, this lavish, gender-bent love letter to the classic transplants E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original story from the straight-laced 1890s to the swinging 70s, with raucous parties, dancing G.I. Joes, whimsical costumes, and a Waltz of the Snowflakes like no other.



— Sunday December 11th, 2016 —

Brunch with Santa 2016
3159 Flatbush Avenue at Aviator Sports & Events Center
Time: Noon – 6pm
Price: $22
Brunch with Santa features a full brunch buffet, photo with Santa, cupcake & crafts decorating, and a complimentary bloody mary or mimosa for adults. Also if you bring a new, unwrapped toy for the Toys For Tots NYC drive and receive a free gift for each toy you donate.

Morbid Anatomy Holiday Flea Market
149 7th Street at The Bell House
Time: Noon – 6pm
Price: $1 admission, $11 taxidermy exhibition
Not sure what to get the person who has everything? This market is stacked with one of a kind art, taxidermy and natural history; books, artifacts and ephemera and everything unusual.

Bulletin Holiday Market
55 Wythe Street at William Vale Hotel
Time: 1pm
FREE w/ RSVP
Over sixty of New York’s best indie designers at the spanking new William Vale hotel are gathering together to pull out all the stops. There will be a DIY wrapping paper station courtesy of Lumi, a shipping station to send out all your gifts right from the market, courtesy of Shyp, beer and food from local food trucks and live jazz music. A portion of the market proceeds to will be donated to Planned Parenthood.

The Brooklyn Nutcracker 
200 Eastern Parkway at Brooklyn Museum
Time: 1:00pm, 4:00pm
Price: $25 – $257
A re-imagined holiday classic, The Brooklyn Nutcracker fuses ballet, hip-hop and a myriad of world dance genres to create a new tradition for today’s audience. The Brooklyn Nutcracker transforms familiar Nutcracker characters and scenes to represent the diverse traditions and vibrant culture of melting pot Brooklyn. Starting from the point of view of old Dutch Brooklyn and leading to the iconic Flatbush Avenue, the production is fresh and full of virtuosity–in essence, a moving Christmas card to the borough Brooklyn Ballet calls home.

Full Moon Holiday Market
987 Flushing Avenue at Catland
Time: 1pm – 6pm
FREE
Magical wellness baths, tarot readings, jewelry, alchemy, crystals and gems, fashion, and rare gifts for lovers of the obscure will be available at this Bushwick pop-up market.