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On the Fly: 12/1-12/7

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The Santas will be out stumbling Downtown for the annual Stumbling Santas Pub Crawl. (Photo: Courtesy Stumbling Santas)

🎁 Holiday Markets
Have you been making a list? Checking it twice? Giving it a third glance, too? Oh, look there, you forgot to get your cousin’s grandma’s neighbor a gift? The shame! You still haven’t gotten your kid’s lizard’s pen pal that little holiday trinket? The disrespect! You haven’t purchased a single gift at all? The horror! The absolute horror! So, if you please, check out these markets of local-made goods, where you’re sure to find something for everyone on your list. 

🎄 Season of Delight
Crosstown Concourse
Friday, December 1, 5 p.m.
Let there be light, and so Crosstown Concourse gives us light, hosting its annual festive event in the Central Atrium. The holiday atrium lights in the Central Atrium will turn on at 6 p.m., then Crosstown Arts will screen, for free, the short film “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” and the feature-length Christmas Vacation at 6:30 p.m. There will also be free hot cocoa, caricature portraits, ornament-making, card-making, and more. Expect more free, festive fun on Friday, December 8th, and December 15th. 

🍾 Memphis Holiday Spirits Cocktail Festival
The Kent
Friday, December 1, 6-9 p.m.
Get your hollies and jollies rocked at this holly, jolly cocktail festival, where you can sip festive cocktails, shop curated local artisans, listen to music, and visit the big man in red himself. Each ticket ($44) includes 12 sample-sized yuletide cocktails. Proceeds benefit Volunteer Memphis, so each sip gets you closer to the nice list.

🎄 Victorian Yuletide Open House
Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum
Friday, December 1, 6-9 p.m.
Step back in time and enjoy a Victorian Christmas at the Woodruff-Fontaine Mansion. The halls will be decked in holiday splendor as you celebrate the days of yore and traditional Victorian Christmas customs from a bygone era. Maybe you’ll get a peek at a Ghost of Christmas Past 
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🧑‍🎄 Deck the Paws
Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County
Saturday, December 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Nothing looks better on a Christmas card than a dog posed with Santa. If you got a pug’s mug, mouth agape, tongue out, Santa smiling, your Christmas card is getting on the fridge. Sorry to your toddlers in matching sweaters, sorry to the baby in a manger, I just can’t make the same guarantee. And if you want to guarantee that your card will be in that number among the fridge-worthy cards, bring your pets to the Humane Society to get their portrait taken with Santa in a wonderland setting. Remember, that’s pets, not just dogs — you can bring your cats and hamsters and jars of yeast ’cause they’re all good boys and girls. All it will cost you is a $25 donation, and you know it’s going to a good cause. Santa will take a milk and cookies break from noon to 1 p.m., so, like, don’t show up then unless you wanna end up on the naughty list, but otherwise pics are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. 

đŸŽ™ïž WYXR’s Raised by Sound Fest Presented by Mempho
Crosstown Concourse
Saturday, December 2, 1-11 p.m.
WYXR’s biggest annual event is back. This year’s Raised by Sound Fest kicks off with a stellar line-up of local and regional talent for free: U of M Blue Tom Revue at 1 p.m., MadameFraankie at 2 p.m., Rosey at 2:40 p.m., Rod Smith at 3:30 p.m., AJ Haynes at 4:20 p.m., and Bass Drum of Death at 5:10 p.m. The evening will end at 7:15 p.m. with a ticketed fundraising concert event in Crosstown Theater, featuring Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, a rare opportunity to witness Cat Power recreate this legendary Bob Dylan concert in her own stunning and whimsical interpretation. Tickets start at $81.88. 

đŸș MALTED
Memphis Made Brewing Company
Saturday, December 2, 1-10 p.m.
Memphis Made presents the maltiest day of the year with this festival of malty beers, new and old, plus live music and food trucks. Mike Hewlett and the Racket will play from 3 to 4 p.m. and San Salido will hold it down from 5 to 7 p.m. Memphis AF Burrito will be parked outside at 2 p.m. and CM Eatery will be working the dinner shift.

🧑‍🎄 19th Annual Flying Saucer Stumbling Santa Pub Crawl Presented by Vaco
Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
Saturday, December 2, 7-11 p.m.
To paraphrase Fergie, this pub crawl will get you trippin’, stumbling, flippin’, fumbling to the Flying Saucer, Rum Boogie CafĂ©, King’s Palace CafĂ© Tap Room, Silky O’Sullivan’s, The Absinthe Room, Blues Hall Juke Joint, Alfred’s, and Tin Roof. Oh, and everyone there will be dressed like Santa or another Christmas character. There’s no cost to participate, but Santas should arrive with either a new, unwrapped toy or a cash donation for Porter-Leath. Toy donations — such as puzzles, dolls, trucks, and building blocks — should promote early learning for children under age 5. Find toy ideas here. (PS: If you want to give to Porter-Leath without attending the crawl, check out their website for drop-off locations or the link to the donate page.)

đŸŽ¶ Acoustic Sunday Live
First Congo Church
Sunday, December 3, 7 p.m.
Acoustic Sunday Live presents an incredible night of music featuring multiple Grammy-nominated and Blues Music Award recipient Shemekia Copeland; Grammy celebrated singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III; iconic folk, Americana, and blues singer Tracy Nelson; and Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, with special guests and Memphis favorites, John Nemeth, Reba Russell, Susan Marshall, and Joe Restivo. Tickets ($55.20) are available here and benefit Protect Our Aquifer.

👯 Repeal Day Speakeasy Soiree
Old Dominick Distillery
Tuesday, December 5, 6-9 p.m.
This Tuesday marks the 90th anniversary of Repeal Day, the day Prohibition was overturned. And so, Old Dominick invites you to party like it’s 1933 with an evening of live music (which was aplenty back then, they say), food trucks (which were invented in 1933, says I, the uninformed), offerings from local breweries (whose origins can be traced back to 1933 by playing a quick game of six-degrees of separation), and an exclusive opportunity to purchase a signed bottle of their Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey before its public release. A 1933 party all-around! General admission tickets are $25 and include one free drink. VIP tickets are $60 and include access to the Secret Sip VIP lounge, prohibition-era cocktails, small bites, tasting bars, and a meet-and-greet with master distiller Alex Castle. Tickets can be purchased here.

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