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18 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: Mon Oct 12 · 12:30 PM · Bluebird On 3rdDowntownBridgestone ArenaNashville's central arena, where the biggest touring acts come and the night usually extends into Broadway before and after.Next: Fri Oct 16 · 7:00 PM · Teddy Swims: The UGLY TourGermantownBrooklyn BowlA Germantown venue where national touring acts share a building with bowling, food, and enough logistical ease to make group-night planning simple.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · Soccer Mommy & Snail Mail: The S&M TourThe 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: Thu Oct 22 · 8:00 PM · Carter RubinEast 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: Fri Oct 16 · 8:00 PM · Adjust The Sails, Worst Party Ever, Equipment, and Ogbert The NerdMadisonEastside 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: Tue Oct 27 · 8:00 PM · Jesse GoldMidtownExit/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: Sat Oct 31 · 8:00 PM · half•alive: Billions TourMarathon 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: Sat Oct 17 · 8:00 PM · Fool House - The Ultimate 90's Party: WOW! That's What I Call 90's TourDowntownOle 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: Sat Oct 10 · 11:00 AM · GraciaDowntownPalm 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 30 · 7:00 PM · Charly JordanEast 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: Tue Oct 13 · 5:00 PM · Pop A Top Tuesday Ft. Sweet MeggEast NashvilleThe 5 SpotA Five Points bar and venue since 2003. Motown Mondays have been running so long and hit so hard that GQ called it the most stylish party in America.Next: Sun Oct 18 · 3:00 PM · Jonell Mosser8th 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: Mon Oct 19 · 7:00 PM · Steph StringsEast 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: Sun Oct 11 · 11:00 AM · GOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party!SoBroThe 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: Sat Oct 24 · 7:00 PM · An Evening With Lennon StellaMidtownThe 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: Sat Oct 31 · 8:00 PM · Justin Nozuka - 18+The GulchThe PinnacleThe new high-capacity hall at Nashville Yards, built for national tours that need scale without a seated theater.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 8:00 PM · Kylie Cantrall Presents: The Valley Girl Problems TourThe GulchThe TruthA bigger stage on the SoBro/Gulch edge where touring country and crossover bills land off the Broadway strip.Next: Wed Oct 21 · 8:00 PM · RAWAYANA - ¿Dónde es el after? World Tour