nutcracker tickets in Johnson City, TN
Nutcracker Tickets
November 24th | 7:00PM
America's Christmas Tradition
2025 Season
Share the joy of NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet with family and friends. Give the gift of a spectacular holiday experience featuring an international cast, whimsical puppetry and opulent costumes and sets, hand-crafted by the finest artisans of Europe. Go back to a simpler time and make memories your family will cherish forever. Celebrate the season with America’s most beloved Nutcracker tradition! Tchaikovsky’s timeless score sets the stage for a Christmas your family will never forget. Get tickets today!
The Theater
ETSU Martin Center for the Arts in Johnson City
Welcome to the home of NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet in Johnson City: ETSU Martin Center for the Arts!
“The Martin Center for the Arts began as a dream in the 1980s and 1990s in the Johnson City area. In 2013, the state of Tennessee and Board of Regents approved ETSU’s request for a partnership with the City of Johnson City to build a more than $53 million facility that would include performance and instructional spaces for students, faculty and community.
Fundraising began in 2013 as the ETSU Arts Initiative, propelled by a $3 million gift from Jim Martin and a $1 million pledge from his and Mary’s daughter, Sonia S. King. Ground was broken on the James C. and Mary B. Martin Center for the Arts in September 2017, between The James and Nellie Brinkley Center (formerly ETSU Millennium Center) and Bank of Tennessee on State of Franklin Road, across from the university.
Inside the center, patrons, students and artists will find three performance venues – the 1,200-seat ETSU Foundation Grand Hall, the 200-plus-seat Powell Recital Hall and a flexible staging/seating black box performing space, the Bert C. Bach Theatre.
Facing the southern exposure and ETSU’s main campus is the 3,000-square-foot Tindall Lobby, featuring box office, monitors offering live feeds from the venues and a view of the Sonia S. King Plaza that frames the front and eastern side of the facility.”