Downtown
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22 placesEverything we cover in Downtown, A to Z. Pick a venue for what is on, or a stop for somewhere to be before or after.
DowntownAcme Feed & SeedA river-end Broadway bar with panoramic rooftop views of the Cumberland and one of the best vantage points on the strip.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 8:00 PM · Toppers LiteDowntownAscend AmphitheaterA downtown amphitheater on the riverfront, with reserved seats up front, a lawn behind them and the Cumberland at your back.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 8:00 PM · ZZ Top & Cheap TrickDowntownBarstool NashvilleThe Barstool Sports building, south end of 2nd Avenue by the river. It books live music alongside the sports it is named for, which makes the schedule harder to read than a honky-tonk’s and worth checking before you walk down.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 7:00 PM · DexDowntownBootleggers InnThree floors at the bottom of Broadway, near the river end where the strip is busiest. Music from early afternoon to close, no cover.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 10:00 PM · Levi Orr BandDowntownBourbon Street Blues and Boogie BarPrinters Alley, two blocks north of Broadway, and blues rather than country. It is the closest thing downtown has to a stage that books one genre and sticks to it.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 8:00 PM · Stacy Mitchhart BandDowntownBridgestone ArenaNashville's central arena, where the biggest touring acts come and the night usually extends into Broadway before and after.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · WEEZER: The GatheringDowntownCategory 10Luke Combs' four-story megabar in the old Wildhorse Saloon, named for his debut hit 'Hurricane.' Inside is Hurricane Hall, a genuine 1,500-cap ticketed stage.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 8:00 PM · Grief Sucks: a One Man Show by KevonstageDowntownChief'sEric Church's six-story bar on the corner of 2nd and Broadway; 'Chief' is his nickname. A ticketed concert hall and a Rodney Scott barbecue floor sit under a rooftop bar, all stacked inside the old Leslie Warner Building.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 2:00 PM · Ben KadlecekDowntownHard Rock Cafe NashvilleThe corner of Broadway and 1st, at the river end of the strip, open since 1994. It predates almost every artist-branded building further up the hill.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 12:00 PM · Colby DietzDowntownHit ParaderA rock and metal club two blocks off Broadway, open Wednesday through Sunday with tribute nights and weekly showcases.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 9:00 PM · The Wee-BeastiesDowntownLayla'sLayla Vartanian opened it in 1997, the only female-owned independent bar on Lower Broadway. While everything around it plays country radio, Layla's books bluegrass, hillbilly, rockabilly, and Americana.No upcoming events on the calendar.DowntownNashville Municipal AuditoriumA downtown auditorium built at old civic scale, with a calendar that flexes well beyond standard concerts.Next: Mon Nov 2 · 8:00 PM · Steve Lacy: Oh yeah? TourDowntownNoelle NashvilleA downtown hotel with two bars, Trade Room and Rare Bird, running named performers and DJs on published afternoon and evening slots.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 4:00 PM · Ford CooperDowntownOle Red NashvilleBlake Shelton's name is on the door and one of his songs is the door. Ole Red takes its name from 'Ol' Red', the jailbreak ballad he cut in 2001, and the building is a joint venture with Ryman Hospitality, which also owns the Ryman and the Opry.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 9:00 PM · The Huffer BrothersDowntownPalm Tree ClubKygo put a dance club on a Broadway rooftop, which nobody had done. It sits at the top of the Chief’s building and books touring electronic acts on a street that otherwise books country covers.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM · XandraDowntownRedneck RivieraJohn Rich's bar, open since 2017, with a rooftop that looks straight down the strip. Rich named it after his own brand of whiskey and puts a share of the take toward veterans' charities.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 10:00 PM · Megan RugerDowntownRobert's Western WorldThe Recession Special is a fried bologna sandwich, Lay's chips, a Moon Pie, and a PBR for six dollars. That tells you everything you need to know about where Robert's stands on Lower Broadway.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 7:00 PM · Kelley's HeroesDowntownRyman AuditoriumThe best-sounding hall in American music. A riverboat captain built it as a tabernacle in 1892, the pews are the originals, and artists talk about getting to play here the way athletes talk about a title.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 7:30 PM · Tom JonesDowntownTennessee Performing Arts CenterThree stages off one lobby under the state office building, running touring Broadway, the opera, the ballet and the city's resident theater company on the same calendar.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 7:30 PM · John Proctor Is the VillainDowntownThe Stillery DowntownMoonshine cocktails and a stage, on 2nd Avenue a block off the strip. The music runs most nights and the cover is nothing.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 12:00 PM · Trevor TomsDowntownTootsie's Orchid LoungeHattie Louise 'Tootsie' Bess bought a bar called Mom's in 1960. A painter used leftover orchid paint. She kept the name and turned the place into a credit union for broke songwriters.No upcoming events on the calendar.DowntownWhiskey Bent SaloonThe first set is at half past nine in the morning. Whiskey Bent runs more daytime music than anywhere else in the catalogue, and about half of what it books starts before five.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 10:00 PM · Jessie Cain Band