Singer-Songwriter venues
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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: Sat Oct 10 · 12:30 PM · BACKSTAGE NASHVILLE! DAYTIME HIT SONGWRITERS SHOW featuring Mike Reid , Aaron Raitiere , James LeBlanc & Mae Estes + Elliott PratherDowntownAscend AmphitheaterA downtown amphitheater on the riverfront, with reserved seats up front, a lawn behind them and the Cumberland at your back.Next: Sun Oct 11 · 8:00 PM · Dermot Kennedy: The Weight of the Woods TourFranklinBlack Dog Pub & Music LoungeA West Main pub in Franklin with a separate music lounge booking songwriters and Americana four to six nights a week.Next: Wed Oct 14 · 7:00 PM · Nashville Spirit Round SongwritersDowntownChief'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: Mon Oct 19 · 6:00 PM · Buddy's Place Writer's Round w/ Corrina, George Carnes, Thomas BaldwinSoBroCountry Music Hall of FameA museum complex whose performance spaces put whoever's on stage inside 150 years of American music history.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 12:00 PM · Songwriter Session: James T. SlaterEast 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: Sat Nov 7 · 8:00 PM · Dead GownsMadisonEastside 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: Wed Oct 14 · 7:30 PM · Mary Bragg Album Release ShowFranklinGRAYS 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: Thu Oct 8 · 5:00 PM · Sarah GrossDowntownOle 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: Tue Oct 27 · 11:00 AM · Haley Mae CampbellFranklinPuckett's GroceryA Franklin restaurant with a stage, booking songwriter sets while dinner service runs.Next: Sat Oct 10 · 7:30 PM · Writers Round with Rebecca Correia, Pardon The Rebels & Tracee Perrin - 10.10.26Sylvan ParkRandom SampleA Charlotte Avenue stage for underground and experimental music, with noise and electronic bills alongside avant-folk several nights a week.Next: Fri Nov 6 · 7:00 PM · Lou Turner - 'Strangels' Release Show, joined by Kate TeagueDowntownRedneck 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: Fri Oct 9 · 12:00 PM · Megan GoldenEast 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: Sat Jan 9 · 6:00 PM · Amelia White, Amy SpeaceEast 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: Fri Apr 9 · 7:00 PM · Foy Vance World Tour | 2026 & 2027 w/ Bonnie Bishop and Ryan McMullanSoBroThe 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: Thu Oct 8 · 7:00 PM · Squirrel Flower w/ Dari BayGreen HillsThe Bluebird CafeAmy Kurland opened it June 3, 1982, with money from her grandmother, in a strip mall five miles from downtown. Music was an afterthought. It became the most important songwriter stage in America.Next: Fri Oct 9 · 6:00 PM · In The Row with Lacy Green, Adam Wright & Thomm JutzMidtownThe 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: Sun Nov 8 · 8:00 PM · Cuffing Season w/Sarah Mootz & Annelise Gonzalez - 18+FranklinThe Legendary Kimbro's Pickin' ParlorA cluttered Franklin institution off the square with music every night and standing residencies most of the week.Next: Tue Oct 13 · 6:00 PM · The Legendary Kimbros Songwriters Night