November 13-15, 2026 at The Fairgrounds Nashville

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CHRISTMAS VILLAGE 2025!

We loved celebrating this magical season with you! We cannot wait to welcome you back in 2026!

Click Here to Request an Invite to Sneak-A-Peek 2026 (required if you have not received one before)

Don’t Miss the Magic!

Free Parking at The Fairgrounds for all Christmas Village Shoppers!

Over 60 years of shopping and giving!

Experience the magic of Christmas Village, featuring over 250 unique merchants. Discover charming home decor, handcrafted pottery, stylish clothing for both children and adults, beautiful jewelry, and scrumptious holiday food items. Come and create unforgettable holiday memories with us!

WE ARE ACCEPTING MERCHANT APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 2025 CHRISTMAS VILLAGE!

The merchant application can be found on our merchant page. Merchant acceptances are based on the quality of merchandise and variety relative to our current merchants. Christmas Village prides itself as being a leader in consumer shows in the Southeast. We strive to have a wide variety of merchandise so that our shoppers can truly find gifts for everyone on their holiday shopping list!

GET INVOLVED!

Are you a member of Pi Beta Phi? We invite you to serve or volunteer with Christmas Village, please contact us at info@christmasvillage.org.

Join the Nashville Phi Beta Phi Alumnae Club Facebook Page and stay connected to Pi Beta Phi’s shared commitment to service and community.

Historic Charity Event Led by the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club

Since its debut in 1961, Christmas Village has raised more than $15.5 million, positively impacting thousands of lives. Proceeds from this cherished charitable event support:

The Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center of Hearing and Speech Science and its Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute, supporting patients with neurological conditions, spinal cord injuries, and stroke recovery

● Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee as well as scholarships for aspiring artists to attend.

The origin of Christmas Village began in 1951 when sisters Nancy Fawn Wilkerson Diehl and Jane Wilkerson Yount, siblings of Bill Wilkerson, led a fundraising effort with their Vanderbilt Pi Beta Phi sisters to support the newly opened Bill Wilkerson Center for Special Hearing and Speech Programs. The Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club embraced the initiative, and under the leadership of Berenice Miller Denton and Barbara White Fridrich, the event’s first co-chairs, a festive fundraiser called “Christmas Fairyland” was launched. This one-day event featured holiday displays by local merchants and raised $1,020 for the Center.

By 1961 that one day event grew into Christmas Village, a four day holiday shopping tradition featuring over 250 merchants and drawing more than 30,000 shoppers each year. Today, it stands as one of the premier holiday markets in the Southeast.

Your continued support helps fund vital services in hearing, speech, and education, making a lasting impact in our community.

Pi Beta Phi is a women’s fraternity founded on the values of friendship, leadership, and philanthropic service. Learn more about the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity.

Beneficiaries of Christmas Village

Testimonials

In 1991, I was asked to lead Christmas Village, an event that was foundational to the club, critical to funding its philanthropies, and beloved by all of Nashville. I was humbled and honored. Another thirty years later, the women entrusted with the Christmas Village legacy ensure it remains fresh and fun for its patrons, profitable for its vendors, and supportive of its charities. There is nothing like the Christmas Village experience! To be a large part of something larger than yourself is the heart’s reward of our calling.
Peggy Wilson Lawrence, 1991 Christmas Village Co-Chair
My first show with Christmas Village was in 1985 and I’ve been a merchant ever since - 37 years! I’ve been a long-time merchant at the Village for the following reasons:
S=Satisfying
A=Ageless
L=Lucrative
E=Exclusive
S=Successful
SALES!
And, if you’re a shopper, you’ll definitely enjoy browsing all the unusual gift selections exhibited by merchants from across the United States. Not only is Christmas Village one of the oldest and most prestigious Christmas consumer shows in the South, it donates all proceeds to Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and other Pi Beta Phi charities.
Linda Hood, Linda Hood’s Boutique
The Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club has been a vital part of the Bill Wilkerson Center for over 70 years. To ensure ongoing financial stability for our programs, in 1961 the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club established Christmas Village – by far our longest lasting and most profitable fundraiser. The financial support of Christmas Village, along with the ongoing individual funding of many of their members, has allowed us to sustain the Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute as the premier out-patient rehabilitation center in this region for adults and children with central nervous system disorders and acquired injuries. Today, patients travel from across and outside of the U.S. seeking services from our expert clinicians in our state-of-the-art facility.”
Anne Marie Tharpe, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Vanderbilt Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Contact

Mailing Address

Christmas Village
P.O. Box 158826
Nashville, TN 37215-8826

615-256-2726

For general information about Christmas Village or press requests, email info@christmasvillage.org.

For information on becoming a merchant, email prospectivemerchants@christmasvillage.org

For questions about our Sneak-a-Peek event, please contact SAP@christmasvillage.org.

For an ADA accommodation, contact Christmas Village by e-mail or call our information line at 615-256-2726.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING

PARKING will be FREE this year for all attendees! Christmas Village will be underwriting the parking cost for our guests.

To get to Christmas Village, please search “The Fairgrounds Nashville” in your GPS app. Look for signs to direct you to parking lots.

We will offer two parking entrances this year to alleviate traffic congestion. Please consider using the Craighead St. entrance via Nolensville Pike, Bransford Ave, or I-440.

For accessible parking, enter via Wedgewood Ave. Please check our Facebook (@christmasvillageTN), Instagram (@christmasvillagetn) and Twitter (@cmasvillage) pages for up-to-date parking information during the event or see the Fairgrounds Nashville Website www.thefairgrounds.com for more information.