What to do in Little Rock in December 2026

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Jul 4

  Anne Lindberg: passage

  Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · MacArthur Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 28

  Nathalie Miebach: Under A Restless Sky

  Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · MacArthur Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 11

  Before Us, Beyond Us (Arkansas 250)

  Old State House Museum · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 3

  Stick, Steel, and Stone

  Windgate Gallery (UA-Pulaski Technical College) · North Little Rock

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 25

  Material Nature: Gifts from the John and Robyn Horn Collection

  Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · MacArthur Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Feb 28

  Barbie and Friends

  ESSE Purse Museum & Store · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 10

  The Age of Anxiety: German Expressionism in Art and Film

  Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts · MacArthur Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 11

  Invictus: Photographs by Angela Strassheim

  UA Little Rock Windgate Center of Art + Design Galleries · UA Little Rock campus

  • Visual arts

• Other

  until Dec 31

  Manufacturing Victory in Arkansas

  MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History · MacArthur Park

• Visual arts

  until Dec 15

  Play in Arkansas

  UA Little Rock Downtown · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 7

  Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad

  MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History · MacArthur Park

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 11

  BFA Exhibition

  UA Little Rock Windgate Center of Art + Design Galleries · UA Little Rock campus

  • Visual arts

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• Visual arts

  until Jan 24

  David Schnuckel, Windgate Artist in Residence

  UA Little Rock Windgate Center of Art + Design Galleries · UA Little Rock campus

  • Visual arts

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Jodeci

  Simmons Bank Arena · North Little Rock

  • Music

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Theatre

  6 PM

  Theatre Directing Showcase

  UA Little Rock Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall and Haislip Theatre · UA Little Rock campus

  • Theatre

• Music

  7 PM

  Catch Your Breath

  Catch Your Breath · TX2

  The Hall · Downtown

  • Music

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Literature

  6:30 PM

  All Voices Book Club

  WordsWorth Books · Heights

  • Literature

• Music

  7 PM

  TWEN

  White Water Tavern · West 7th Street

  • Music

• Music

  7:30 PM

  Wind and Chamber Ensemble Concert

  UA Little Rock Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall and Haislip Theatre · UA Little Rock campus

  • Music

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Music

  6 PM

  Adam Faucett

  White Water Tavern · West 7th Street

  • Music

• Comedy

  7 PM

  Bert Kreischer

  Robinson Center · Downtown

  • Comedy

• Music

  8 PM

  Lupita Infante

  The Hall · Downtown

  • Music

Saturday, December 5, 2026

• Music

  7:30 PM

  UA Little Rock Choirs Concert

  UA Little Rock Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall and Haislip Theatre · UA Little Rock campus

  • Music
  • Rock

Sunday, December 6, 2026

• Literature

  3 PM

  Signing Sunday

  WordsWorth Books · Heights

  • Literature

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Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Theatre

  7 PM

  A Christmas Story, The Musical

  Reynolds Performance Hall (UCA Public Appearances) · Conway (University of Central Arkansas)

  • Theatre

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• Music

  8 PM

  Blue October

  Blue October · Jess Woodland

  The Hall · Downtown

  • Music

Friday, December 11, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  Celtic Angels Christmas

  Reynolds Performance Hall (UCA Public Appearances) · Conway (University of Central Arkansas)

  • Music
  • Celtic

• Music

  7:30 PM

  The Nutcracker Spectacular (Ballet Arkansas)

  Ballet Arkansas · Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

  Robinson Center · Downtown

  • Music
  • Dance

Saturday, December 12, 2026

• Music

  2:30 PM

  The Nutcracker Spectacular (Ballet Arkansas)

  Ballet Arkansas · Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

  Robinson Center · Downtown

  • Music
  • Dance

• Music

  7 PM

  Pentatonix

  Simmons Bank Arena · North Little Rock

  • Music

Sunday, December 13, 2026

• Music

  2:30 PM

  The Nutcracker Spectacular (Ballet Arkansas)

  Ballet Arkansas · Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

  Robinson Center · Downtown

  • Music
  • Dance

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

• Theatre

  10 AM

  Catkid Comic Club the Musical

  Reynolds Performance Hall (UCA Public Appearances) · Conway (University of Central Arkansas)

  • Theatre

Friday, December 18, 2026

• Music

  5 PM

  Third Friday Night Art Walk

  Argenta Green Park · Argenta Arts District

  • Music

• Visual arts

  5 PM

  Third Friday Night Art Walk (Argenta Arts District)

  Argenta Library Gallery (Argenta Third Friday Art Walk) · Argenta Arts District

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Music

  until Dec 20

  Home for the Holidays

  Arkansas Symphony Orchestra · Stella Boyle Smith Music Center

  • Music

Saturday, December 19, 2026

• Literature

  10:30 AM

  Story Time with Miss Ginger

  WordsWorth Books · Heights

  • Literature

• Music

  8 PM

  Jackson Dean

  The Hall · Downtown

  • Music

Wednesday, December 23, 2026

• Music

  7 PM

  SETH VAN DOVER

  Rev Room · River Market District

  • Music

  $15–$25

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