Holiday events, markets and shows this weekend in Lansing

There’s a lot to do this weekend besides shoveling snow. 

Catch a variety of events this weekend throughout Greater Lansing.

Starting Friday there are two different sing-along options and plenty of live music too. Join local pop singer-songwriter Kanin Wren and the DeWitt Chamber Choir at Grewal Hall at 6:30 p.m. Friday for her inaugural Hometown Holiday Pop Show or visit the long-running Ten Pound Fiddle annual Holiday Sing, at 7:30 p.m. at University Lutheran Church. Both events prominently feature Christmas or holiday sing-alongs. Or join the Five Elements Dance & Drum group for intuitive movement in a sober environment, with drums or rattles welcome, they start at 6:30 p.m. at The Light House Chapel in Lansing. And don’t forget about Smokey Bear, live at Mash Bar in East Lansing at 9:30 p.m. And Two Dudes in Flip Flops bring you a beach party vibe in a snowy week, they’ll keep you warm from 7-10 p.m. at Summerlands Brewing Co. JP Peters plays live at the Peanut Barrel from 8-10 p.m. 

Squeeze some art into this weekend with a variety of choices from a butterfly garden for caregivers to theater productions and art shows.

Caregivers are honored at a butterfly garden installation at the Hannah Community Center, open from noon to 8 p.m.

There are theatrical productions of “The Nutcracker,” “A Sherlock Carol” and “The Wiz” happening this weekend. All-of-Us Express Children’s Theatre hosts “The Nutcracker” at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. Williamston Theatre is putting on “A Sherlock Carol,” a holiday mashup of a new mystery. It continues Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at both 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and again Sunday at 2 p.m. with more shows through Dec. 21. And Wharton Center’s “The Wiz” Broadway touring production needs little introduction and they are offering five shows this weekend, in both evening and afternoon slots.

Celebrate the holiday spirit with a trip to Festival of Trees Night Gala for the Turner-Dodge House, at 7 p.m. Friday. Or go on a Lansing-wide Holiday Road Rally in teams of four to six people, starting at 6 p.m. at the city’s Gier Community Center. And ride over to the Holiday ShoDown Horse Show, starting at 7:30 a.m. Friday at the Farm Bureau Pavilion and going all weekend. Friends of Historic Meridian will bring Santa along to have a Victorian Era afternoon from 2-4 p.m. at the Meridian Historical Village.

There are plenty of art shows, for gifting to yourself or others. The Mid-Michigan Art Guild has its “Black and White” exhibition, with limited colors, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Neighborhood Empowerment Center in Lansing. The guild also hosts a holiday exhibit at the Williamston Theatre Gallery, coinciding with the production of “A Sherlock Carol” and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

And check out Numinous Light, a solo exhibition of Michigan landscapes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The People’s Church in East Lansing.

Stop by one of several holiday markets going on this weekend. The Williamston Farm & Artisan Market Holiday Market is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Williamston Area Senior Center. The Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center Holiday Art Market is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the center in Okemos. And REO Town Holiday Market starts at 11 a.m. The Meridian Township Farmer’s Market is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Meridian Mall.