For more than a decade the Lipscomb University community has celebrated the start of the holiday season with beloved Nashville entertainer Amy Grant and friends at the annual Lighting of the Green concert. This year’s edition is set for Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Lipscomb University.LOTG18PRE_1

Joining Grant this year for the 14th annual Lighting of the Green will be contemporary Christian artist TaRanda Greene among other surprise musical guests. Greene has recorded seven studio albums including her latest, “Healing,” released earlier this year. She has been a featured guest soloist with the famed Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and has performed throughout the world from Europe to Carnegie Hall. Greene performs both as a soloist and a member of the award-winning Christian Music group, Cana's Voice.

Also featured will be choirs from Lipscomb Academy and Lipscomb University.

The festivities will begin at 4 p.m. with the FREE concert to follow at 5:30. This year, Amy's special music guest will be TaRanda who will be performing selections from her Christmas project "The Spirit of Christmas"

Festivities begin at 4 p.m. and the holiday concert begins at 5:30 p.m. Free photos with Santa are available. Food is also available for purchase at the Bennett Campus Center’s Bison Café, Chick-fil-A, Papa John’s Pizza, Blue Coast Burrito, Creekstone Burger Company, Toss and Starbucks and in the Student Activities Center’s Au Bon Pain bakery and sandwich shop. In the event of inclement weather, activities will take place as scheduled inside Lipscomb’s Allen Arena. The evening will conclude with the lighting of a Christmas tree in the Allen Arena Mall.

For more information visit lightingofthegreen.lipscomb.edu or call 615.966.6609.