Get Out, Burnsville: Christmas Galore and a 'Hard Rock Love Child'

1. Christmas in the Village at Dakota City Heritage Village 

Dakota County residents are invited to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas at Heritage Village in Farmington — complete with a horse drawn trolley, homemade cooking in the Harris House, and live holiday music in the church from local choirs. 

Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for kids aged 4 to 12. Children under 2 get in free. Christmas in the Village runs Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. For more information, call 651-460-8050.

2. Lorie Line — "Christmas Bells Are Ringing!"

Fans of Reno-raised Lorie Line have reason to rejoice this year: The bells are back after a two-year absence. This weekend the famed pianist and a corps of bell-ringers will regale Burnsville audiences with holiday hits. Better act fast. Tickets are running short for Line's Holiday Extravaganza at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

There will be two performances. On Friday the show begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Line will go on at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $47.00 each. Call 952-895-4680 for more information.

3. Dakota Valley Symphony

The Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus is getting into the spirit of the season with a staging of Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti — an American classic. 

The show starts at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday at the BPAC.

Tickets cost $15 for adults, $12 for seniors (age 55 and over) and just $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center Box Office, via Ticketmaster by calling 800-982-2787.

4. Tantric with Eve to Adam, Man Made Machine and Underride

If you're already sick of yuletide cheer, Primetime Sports Bar and Grill has the antidote: A rock rager this Sunday. Headliner Tantric is best known for the single "Down and Out" a track off their 2008 album, "The End Begins." Over the last few years, the band has toured with major acts like Saliva and Drowning Pool and released a new album, Mind Control. 

Tantric will be joined by three other out-of-state acts, Eve to Adam, Man Made Machine, and Underride, a Seattle group which describes its sounds as "a hard rock love child conceived on the "hot hood of a nitro-burning funny car."

The show is 18 plus. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Tickets cost $13 each.

5. The 25thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee 

 presents a Tony Award-winning musical comedy from Chameleon Theatre Circle about "overachievement and angst."

The show will be performed in the BPAC's Black Box Theatre. On Friday and Saturday, the curtain will go up at 7:30 p.m. There will also be an afternoon performance on Sunday starting at 2:00 p.m.