Metal venues
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16 placesEvery place we cover, A to Z. Pick a venue for what is on, or a stop for somewhere to be before or after.
GermantownBrooklyn BowlA Germantown venue where national touring acts share a building with bowling, food, and enough logistical ease to make group-night planning simple.Next: Tue Oct 20 · 7:00 PM · Chad Gray: 30 Years of MadnesssDowntownCategory 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: Sun Nov 22 · 7:00 PM · Imminence - Axis Mundi Tour: North America 2026East NashvilleCobraA Gallatin dive bar that stays late, plays loud and books rock, punk and metal most nights.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 7:00 PM · In Theory, Corvus Lore, Byrd WhistleEast NashvilleDRKMTTRKathryn Edwards launched it in 2015 via crowdfunding: all-ages, volunteer-run, and built on purpose for the punk and DIY scenes Nashville left with nowhere else to go.Next: Sun Nov 8 · 8:00 PM · Heavy Is The Head w/ Bazookatooth, So Calm, Life's ThreatMadisonEastside BowlA Madison complex where the stage shares a roof with the bowling lanes and the bar. It became a real north-side anchor when Honky Tonk Tuesday Nights moved in.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · MonsterThrash III with OmenBringer and UgaBugaMidtownExit/InOpened October 23, 1971. Jimmy Buffett auditioned on the half-finished stage and was hired on the spot. Steve Martin played here so often in the mid-70s that he credits those nights as making him 'really, really funny.'Next: Tue Dec 8 · 7:00 PM · Kingdom of GiantsFranklinGRAYS 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: Sat Oct 10 · 8:30 PM · Good Times!Marathon VillageMarathon Music WorksA large, open, industrial hall in Marathon Village for the tours that need more floor than a club and less ceremony than an arena.Next: Tue Nov 24 · 7:00 PM · Wage War - Emergency Broadcast 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 23 · 6:00 PM · DJ BoomDowntownPalm 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: Sat Oct 31 · 7:00 PM · Halloween with MoonlightSoBroSchermerhorn Symphony CenterNashville's purpose-built orchestral hall just off downtown. The acoustics were designed for unamplified music.Next: Wed Oct 21 · 7:30 PM · EarshotEast 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 Nov 7 · 7:00 PM · Havok w/ Hellripper, Slackjaw, and XothSoBroThe Blue RoomJack White opened the Nashville Third Man location in March 2009. The Blue Room has a 1953 Scully lathe, making it the only live music venue in the world with direct-to-acetate recording capability.Next: Wed Dec 9 · 7:00 PM · The MainlinersMidtownThe EndThe smaller of the two Elliston Place clubs. Dark, close to the stage, and exactly the right scale for local and touring rock bills that don't need a production budget.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Look What I Did 25th Anniversary feat. F.U.C.T., Cuddle Death & Titans Of Siren - 18+The GulchThe PinnacleThe new high-capacity hall at Nashville Yards, built for national tours that need scale without a seated theater.Next: Mon Oct 19 · 7:00 PM · Knocked Loose & Denzel CurryThe GulchThe TruthA bigger stage on the SoBro/Gulch edge where touring country and crossover bills land off the Broadway strip.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 8:00 PM · Limp Bizkit