This annual extravaganza, often called “The Christmas Show of the South,” will open its 39th season of enchanting holiday performances on November 1 and run through the end of the year. The Opry will host both matinees and evening shows. Among the award-winning cast, you’ll also see the renowned All That! Clogging Group, seen on NBC’s American’s Got Talent, Tangena Church, Christie Templeton, Chas Croft Sorrells, Nashville recording artist Brad Long, champion fiddler Trent Wideman, a bonus seasonal brass section, and 35 of the nation’s most talented vocalists and musicians—all accompanied by the Calvin Gilmore orchestra, led by Kevin Hughes with the Margaret Rice dancers in the holiday-embellished Carolina Opry Theater. Seats begin selling a year in advance, early reservations are strongly recommended. The Carolina Opry Theatre, 8900 N. Kings Hwy. 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. $27.95-75.20. (843) 913-4000, www.thecarolinaopry.com