Downtown
Bridgestone Arena
Arena · 501 Broadway
Nashville's central arena, where the biggest touring acts come and the night usually extends into Broadway before and after.
The bookings are built for scale: country headliners, pop tours, legacy acts, and the occasional left-field arena play. The experience is less about the building and more about the production. Sound rigs, screens, the full spectacle.
When the show is big enough for Bridgestone, the venue isn't the point. Plan around the traffic, walk Broadway after, and treat it like the city-scale event it is.
Upcoming events at Bridgestone Arena (29)
Rock
Our Pick
Fri Oct 9 · 7:00 PM
WEEZER: The Gathering
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
An arena of immaculate guitar-pop, with the setlist left to decide how far beyond the familiar records the night travels.
Rock
Sat Oct 10 · 7:30 PM
Phoebe Bridgers: The Lost Tour
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Oct 11
Rock
Our Pick
Sun Oct 11 · 7:30 PM
Phoebe Bridgers: The Lost Tour
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Sun Oct 11
Bridgers has scaled dry, intimate songs to an arena audience that knows when to scream and, more importantly, when not to.
Rock
Sun Oct 18 · 7:00 PM
MercyMe, Jeremy Camp, Tim Timmons, Sam Wesley
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Pop
Wed Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
JOURNEY - Final Frontier Tour (An Evening With)
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Soul / R&B
Our Pick
Thu Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
The Red Clay Strays
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Fri Oct 23
Four years ago they were playing bars; the fact that this is an arena show is the story.
Soul / R&B
Our Pick
Fri Oct 23 · 6:30 PM
The Red Clay Strays
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Fri Oct 23
Slow-burning Southern rock reaches Bridgestone, with Brandon Coleman's old-record tremble carrying more weight than an oversized production would.
Country
Our Pick
Fri Oct 30 · 8:00 PM
Zach Top: Cold Beer & Country Music Tour 2026
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Nineties-country swing played from inside the tradition, with phrasing loose enough to keep an arena show from turning rigid.
Pop
Thu Nov 5 · 7:30 PM
Jonas Brothers: The Burning Up Tour All Over Again
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Indie / Alt
Our Pick
Fri Nov 6 · 7:30 PM
Dave Matthews Band
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
The setlist changes nightly, and familiar songs stay open enough for the rhythm section to take a different route through them.
Pop
Mon Nov 23 · 7:00 PM
SILVER STAR TICKETS - Olivia Rodrigo: The Unraveled Tour
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Nov 24
Pop
Our Pick
Tue Nov 24 · 7:00 PM
SILVER STAR TICKETS - Olivia Rodrigo: The Unraveled Tour
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Nov 24
Bedroom-scale grievances become an arena scream-along, but the awkwardly specific details are what separate these songs from generic catharsis.
Classical
Wed Dec 2 · 7:30 PM
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Rock
Thu Dec 17 · 7:30 PM
107.5 The River's Jingle Ball Presented by Capital One
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Pop
Sun Feb 14 · 8:00 PM
Gracie Abrams: The Look at My Life Tour presented by Capital One
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Mon Feb 15
Pop
Mon Feb 15 · 8:00 PM
Gracie Abrams: The Look at My Life Tour presented by Capital One
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Mon Feb 15
Bluegrass
Fri Feb 19 · 7:30 PM
Billy Strings
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Feb 20
Bluegrass
Our Pick
Sat Feb 20 · 7:30 PM
Billy Strings
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown
Also plays 1 other date, through Sat Feb 20
Flatpicking and old-song discipline reach the upper deck without giving up the long improvisations that built the following.
Hip-Hop
Fri Feb 26 · 7:00 PM
TOBYMAC with Jeremy Camp, Seph Schlueter, Katy Nichole: Hits Deep Tour
Bridgestone Arena · Downtown