To-Do List to Ring in 2026

8:25 a.m. Dec. 28, 2025

To-Do List to Ring in 2026

Whether you want to cheer on the Vols or #AnchorDown with Vandy, lace up your skates, roll a strike, dance until midnight, or start the new year on a quiet trail, there’s no reason to stay home as 2026 arrives. From bowl games and New Year’s Eve bashes to First Day hikes, trivia, and live music, the region is packed with ways to celebrate, connect, and kick off the year right. Pick your pace, grab your people, and get out and ring in 2026 – because the new year is meant to be welcomed together.

MCHS Christmas Classic

Monday, Dec. 29
🏀 • 1 p.m. – (G) Wayne County. vs. Shelbyville
🏀 • 2:30 p.m. – (B) Wayne County vs. Cascade
🏀 • 4 p.m. – (G) Moore County vs. Grundy County
🏀 • 5:30 p.m. – (B) Moore County vs. Grundy County

Tuesday, Dec. 30
🏀 • 1 p.m. – (B) Grundy County vs. Cascade
🏀 • 2:30 p.m. – (G) Grundy County vs. Shelbyville
🏀 • 4 p.m. – (B) Moore County vs. Wayne County
🏀 • 5:30 p.m. – (G) Moore County vs. Wayne County

All games at Moore County High School

Bowl Games

Tuesday, Dec. 30
🏈 • 4:30 p.m. – Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Illinois (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 31
🏈 • 11 a.m. – ReliaQuest Bowl: Iowa vs. Vanderbilt (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 31

🛼 • 11 a.m. – Noon Year’s Eve at Star Wheels, 22 Ardmore Hwy., Fayetteville
🎳 • 6 p.m. – New Year’s Eve Celebration at Lightning Lanes Bowling Alley, 105 Davis Ln., Shelbyville
🎉 • 6 p.m. – New Year’s Eve Party at Grindstone Cowboy, 100 Spring St., Shelbyville
🎉 • 7 p.m. – New Year's Eve Discglow at Blokes, 511 E. Carroll St,, Tullahoma
🎉 • 7 p.m. – Great Gatsby New Year’s Eve Bash with Sticky Kim at VFW Post 4188, 707 S Polk St., Tullahoma
🎉 • 7 p.m. – NYE Party at Brown’s Pool Room. 203 N Sycamore St., Cowan
🎉 • 7:30 p.m. – Live Music with Kelson Buck and the Buck Wild Band at the Fly Arts Center, 204 S Main St., Shelbyville
🎉 • 8 p.m. – DJ / Karaoke / Midnight Toast at Daddy Billy's, 119 NW Atlantic St., Tullahoma
🎉 • 8 p.m. – New Year's Eve Karaoke, Whiskey Trail BBQ Steakhouse, 413 Wilson Ave., Tullahoma
🎉 • 8 p.m. – The Big Countdown New Year’s Eve at Humble Baron, 3123 US-231, Shelbyville
🎉 • 9 p.m. – NYE Rave at Good Game Arcade, 110 1st Ave. SE, Winchester

Thursday, Jan. 1

🥾 • 10 a.m. – First Day Hike at Henry Horton State Park, 4209 Nashville Hwy., Chapel Hill
🥾 • 3 p.m. – First Day Hike at Head of the Crow State Park, 2036 Old CCC Rd., Sewanee
🙋🏼‍♀️ • 7 p.m. – Trivia at Canterero Mexican Grill, 177 Main St., Lynchburg

Friday, Jan. 2

🎶 • 6:30 p.m. – Singo at Company Distilling, 34 Hiles St., Lynchburg

Saturday, Jan. 3

🎸 • 6 p.m. – Live Music with Levi Ogle at Company Distilling, 34 Hiles St., Lynchburg
🎤 • 8 p.m. – Karaoke Night at Whiskey Trail BBQ & Steakhouse, 413 Wilson Ave., Tullahoma
🎸 • 8 p.m. – Live Music with Charles Lasne and the Southern Edge Band at VFW Post 4188, 707 S Polk St., Tullahoma