Jazz / Blues venues
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20 placesEvery place we cover, A to Z. Pick a venue for what is on, or a stop for somewhere to be before or after.
SoBro3rd & LindsleyOne of Nashville's steadiest mid-sized stages, just outside the Broadway crush, built for roots and Americana bills and the session players who fill them.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 8:00 PM · Pat McLaughlin Band featuring Kenny Greenberg, Greg Morrow, Steve MackeyDowntownAcme Feed & SeedA river-end Broadway bar with panoramic rooftop views of the Cumberland and one of the best vantage points on the strip.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 3:00 PM · Kara GraingerCentennial / West EndBlair School of MusicVanderbilt's music school, running near-daily faculty concerts, student recitals, and jazz and global ensembles that are mostly free and open to anyone.Next: Sun Oct 18 · 7:30 PM · Blair Jazz CombosDowntownBourbon 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 · 4:00 PM · Juju Winfield & the LeagueThe GulchCannery HallA revived complex near the Gulch with several stages under one roof, enough scale to anchor serious touring bills and a calendar that uses all of it.Next: Sat Nov 7 · 8:00 PM · Jesse RoperDowntownChief'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: Sun Oct 18 · 2:00 PM · Beth GarnerFranklinGRAYS on MainA 1940s pharmacy on Franklin’s Main Street, restored in 2014, with the music upstairs and the original soda fountain fittings still in the building.Next: Fri Oct 23 · 8:30 PM · Crooked Eye TommyMadisonHarken HallA Madison listening hall with clean sound and a calendar that stays north of downtown. Roots bills and community showcases, plus destination concerts well outside the usual circuit.Next: Fri Nov 20 · 7:00 PM · THE IDES OF MARCH featuring JIM PETERIKGermantownNashville Jazz WorkshopA nonprofit jazz school on Buchanan with a stage of its own, running tribute nights and faculty concerts plus a standing jam session.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 7:30 PM · Flip That Hit: Songs You Know, ReimaginedFranklinPuckett's GroceryA Franklin restaurant with a stage, booking songwriter sets while dinner service runs.Next: Fri Oct 30 · 7:30 PM · The Bandana Brothers - 10.30.26DowntownRedneck 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: Mon Oct 19 · 10:15 PM · Chris TurnerThe GulchRudy's Jazz RoomThe closest thing Nashville has to a dedicated jazz club: table seating, close listening, and a Gulch address that feels apart from the Gulch.Next: Thu Oct 8 · 6:00 PM · Hot Club Gypsy Jazz Thursdays; Rudy’s French ConnectionDowntownRyman 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: Fri Feb 19 · 8:00 PM · Joe BonamassaEast NashvilleSkinny DennisNamed for Guy Clark's bass player, Skinny Dennis Sanchez: 6'11", 135 pounds, dead at 28 in 1975. The Brooklyn original opened in 2013; the Gallatin Pike bar arrived March 1, 2019 and was woven into East Nashville inside of a year.Next: Sat Oct 17 · 9:00 PM · Sweet MeggCentennial / West EndSpringwater Supper ClubBuilt in 1896 to pour drinks for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, the same fair that built the Parthenon. The oldest continuously operating bar in Tennessee.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 5:00 PM · Westside Blues ExplosionGermantownStar Rover SoundA small Adams Street club booking a different act most nights, heavy on blues and roots plus touring songwriters.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:00 PM · Imperial Blues Hour, The Rivieras8th Ave SouthThe BasementThe smaller, original Basement: a low-ceiling cellar under what used to be Grimey's on 8th Avenue, where songwriter, roots, and rock bills feel thirty feet from the stage.Next: Wed Nov 18 · 7:00 PM · Olive JonesEast NashvilleThe Basement EastMike Grimes of Grimey's opened it in April 2015 as the graduation from The Basement on 8th, with more floor space and a bigger calendar.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 8:30 PM · Greta Van FleetThe GulchThe TruthA bigger stage on the SoBro/Gulch edge where touring country and crossover bills land off the Broadway strip.Next: Sat Dec 19 · 8:00 PM · Scott Bradlees Postmodern Jukebox - The Future Is Vintage World TourEast NashvilleThe UnderdogAn East Side bar where smaller-format shows and neighborhood regulars share the same floor.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:00 PM · Matt Schofield, Corey Congilio