Best Bets: Crystal Bowersox tickets on sale
Crystal Bowersox
When: April 8, 2017.
Where: Clyde High School Auditorium, 1500 Race St., Clyde
Highlights: Tickets are on sale at $30 to $35 by calling 419-547-0588 weekdays. Sponsored by the Communities for the Arts. Bowersox, from nearby Elliston, was an "American Idol" Season 9 runner-up.
Lights Before Christmas
When: Now through Dec. 31.
Where: Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way, Toledo.
Highlights: $13 for adults, $10 seniors, and $10 for children 11 and younger. Visit toledozoo.org.
Neil Diamond 50th Year Anniversary Tour
When: April 7, 2017.
Where: Quicken Arena, Cleveland.
Highlights: Tickets go on sale Friday at 888-894-9424. Tickets available Dec. 12 at all Discount Drug Marts.
Hayes Train Special
When: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. through Jan. 8.
Where: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, at Spiegel Grove, 1337 Hayes Ave., Fremont .
Highlights: $7.50 adults, $6.50 seniors, $3 children. Model trains run through Victorian holiday scenes. Visit rbhayes.org.
Naughty or Nice? A Christmas Cabaret
When: 7 p.m. Friday.
Where: Bellevue Society for the Arts, 205 Maple St., Bellevue.
Highlights: Tickets $20. Bellevue Society for the Arts’ Holiday Innkeepers open their 2016-17 cabaret season and it comes with a dinner. For reservations, call 419-484-2787.
Santa in the Log Cabin
When: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Where: Adolphus Kraemer Park Log Cabin, Church Street, Oak Harbor.
Higlights: Free. Visit Oakharborohio.net.
Winter Wonderland
When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Where: Sandusky County Fairgrounds, 901 Rawson Ave., Fremont.
Highlights: $1 admission or one canned good. Drive through on Thursday night and walk through on Friday and Saturday. Visit www.sanduskycountyfair.com.
Victorian Christmas Dinners
When: 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Wright Mansion, Historic Lyme Village, 5001 Ohio 4, Bellevue.
Highlights: $49 for nonmembers. Reservations required by calling 419-483-4949.
The Wonders of Christmas Magic Theatre
When: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Fremont Community theatre, 1551 Dickenson St., Fremont.
Highlights: $5 students and seniors, $10 adults. Expect magic in several forms. Visit www.fremontcommunitytheatre.org.
Cookie Walk
When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Where: Peace Lutheran Church, 900 Jefferson St., Port Clinton.
Highlights: Homemade cookies are $5 a pound and the event benefits the Humane Society of Ottawa County.
Gaudy Christmas Gala
When: 7 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Clyde VFW Hall, 847 W. Maple St., Clyde.
Highlights: $15 for one, $25 for a couple. Benefits Clyde in Bloom. Entertainment includes the Big Chuck Show. For adults 21 and older. Tickets on sale at The Red Arrow, Clyde Moose, Clyde VFW, and Main Street Cafe. Call 419-603-0343.
Firelands Musical Art Series
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Firelands Presbyterian Church, 2626 E. Harbor Road (Ohio 163), Port Clinton.
Highlights: $15 per person. Visit musicalartsportclinton.com.
Holiday Magic Family Concert
When: 4 p.m. Sunday.
Where: State Theatre, 107 Columbus Ave., Sandusky
Highlights: Tickets $33 gold, $29 silver, students $14. Call 419-626-1950.
A Christmas Story at the Planetarium
When: 2 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Sidney Frohman Planetarium, Sandusky High School, West Perkins Avenue, Sandusky.
Highlights: Unwrap the origins of many holiday traditions and explanations of the Christmas star. For more information, call 419-984-1136.
Handel's Messiah
When: 3 p.m. Sunday.
Where: St. John Lutheran Church, 207 Adams St., Port Clinton.
Highlights: Twelfth annual community choir performance with professional soloists. Free admission, offering will be collected.
Compassionate Friends of Ottawa County
When: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Where: TCF Children's Memorial at Lakeview Park, 1100 E. Perry St. (SR 163), Port Clinton.
Highlights: Free. Families who have lost a child as they remember and reflect during the ceremony. Call 419-308-4690.