The Gulch
Station Inn
Listening Room · 402 12th Ave S
A cinder-block bar that has hosted bluegrass since 1974, while the Gulch built a luxury neighborhood around it and left it alone.
J.T. Gray moved the Station Inn to its current spot in 1981 and ran it for four decades. Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, and Bobby Osborne would drop in unannounced after Opry Friday night sets. Capacity is about 175. The Country Music Hall of Fame mounted an exhibit dedicated to its history. Gray was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2020; he died in March 2021 at 75.
The exterior is unchanged. The Gulch is glass towers and hotel lobbies now; the Station Inn is the same cinder-block bar it always was. It rewards showing up without much of a plan.
Upcoming events at Station Inn (42)
MusicBluegrass
Sun Oct 11 · 3:00 PM
Sunday Gospel with Val Storey & Larry Cordle
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Sun Oct 11 · 7:00 PM
Bluegrass Jam
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Mon Oct 12 · 8:00 PM
Val Storey, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson & New Monday
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 3 other dates, through Mon Nov 2
MusicBluegrass
Tue Oct 13 · 8:00 PM
The French Family Band
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Nov 10
MusicBluegrass
Sat Oct 17 · 9:00 PM
The Borrowed Mules
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Oct 20
MusicBluegrass
Sun Oct 18 · 3:00 PM
Sunday Gospel with Val Storey & Larry Cordle
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Sun Oct 18 · 7:00 PM
Bluegrass Jam
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Mon Oct 19 · 8:00 PM
Val Storey, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson & New Monday
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 3 other dates, through Mon Nov 2
MusicBluegrass
Tue Oct 20 · 8:00 PM
The Borrowed Mules
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Oct 20
MusicBluegrass
Sun Oct 25 · 3:00 PM
Sunday Gospel with Val Storey & Larry Cordle
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Sun Oct 25 · 7:00 PM
Bluegrass Jam
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Mon Oct 26 · 8:00 PM
Val Storey, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson & New Monday
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 3 other dates, through Mon Nov 2
MusicBluegrass
Sun Nov 1 · 3:00 PM
Sunday Gospel with Val Storey & Larry Cordle
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Sun Nov 1 · 7:00 PM
Bluegrass Jam
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Mon Nov 2 · 8:00 PM
Val Storey, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson & New Monday
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 3 other dates, through Mon Nov 2
MusicBluegrass
Sun Nov 8 · 3:00 PM
Sunday Gospel with Val Storey & Larry Cordle
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Sun Nov 8 · 7:00 PM
Bluegrass Jam
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15
MusicBluegrass
Tue Nov 10 · 8:00 PM
The French Family Band
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 1 other date, through Tue Nov 10
MusicBluegrass
Sun Nov 15 · 3:00 PM
Sunday Gospel with Val Storey & Larry Cordle
Station Inn · The Gulch
Also plays 5 other dates, through Sun Nov 15