Sacramento Ballet’s Nutcracker production highlights local family traditions with 200-plus children cast as mice, mushrooms, peppermints and shooting stars. Presenting Sponsor, California Walnuts engages audiences with Nutcracker holiday hashtag: #ANuttyHolidayTradition. SacBallet’s family-favorite Nutcracker (December 9-23, 2023) promises to excite, engage and electrify Northern Californian audiences this year with a three-week run of evening and matinee performances.