Live jazz and bluegrass bands play every weekend during Music in the Vines at the beautiful Arrington Vineyards. Do a wine tasting and have a picnic with great music and gorgeous scenery.
Experience Nashville with a laugh. The Nashville Comedy Festival, featuring some of the funniest comedians in the world, takes place in Music City. Tom Segura, Jeff Dunham, Lewis Black, and more are set to perform this year.
Families and friends walk through Centennial Park each year for Earth Day. Music City's FREE festival features live music and family-friendly booths hosted by community groups, environmental organizations, and government agencies.
Record Store Day will be even bigger & better than the last. All across the country, independently owned record stores offer special releases, promotional products made exclusively for this day, concerts, and other special events to honor the unique culture of a local indie record store. What better place to celebrate the occasion than Music City? Nashville's record stores like Grimey's New & Preloved Music or Third Man Records will indeed offer a heck of a time for this glorious occasion.
Each year, Vanderbilt University showcases a weekend full of live music from a wide range of genres during Rites of Spring. This event is not limited to students; everyone is welcome to join the fun.
The upcoming Monster Energy Supercross Championship in Nashville is a fantastic opportunity to witness world-class riders compete. The night promises to deliver an electrifying atmosphere, with thousands of enthusiastic fans rooting for their favorite riders as they engage in high-speed races and gravity-defying stunts on the dirt track. Expect to be fully immersed in the FanFest, which includes a video game rig, pump track, toy play tables, exhibitions, and more.
Get ready for the Nashville Wine and Food Festival, which celebrates wines paired with winemakers worldwide! The festival will feature seminars where guests can talk with the creators of both wine and food, learn from them, and enjoy the delights of the pairings.
Each year, runners, walkers, wheelchairs, and spectators from all over attempt the annual Rock 'N' Roll Nashville Marathon & 1/2 Marathon through the streets of Music City. This unique event is jampacked with authentic Nashville music at every turn. Prepare to be immersed in music culture from the expo to the finish line when you join the St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Nashville. Experience a legendary tour of Music City filled with iconic landmarks such as Broadway, Music Row, The Gulch, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and more.
Tennessee Craft is best known for its accessible, juried craft fairs. The annual crafts fair in May at Centennial Park has served as a market for fine crafts and a conduit for demonstration programs, hands-on opportunities, and the chance to meet and talk with professional craft artists. The three-day crafts festival invites people to view the craftsmanship of many exhibitors.
Come together for the Water Lantern Festival at the Parthenon in Centennial Park. Friends, families, and neighbors can create their own lanterns and watch them as they float away. Enjoy music, food trucks, designing your lantern, and more.
Held on the second Saturday of every May at Nashville’s Percy Warner Park, the Iroquois Steeplechase is the premier spring race meet in American steeplechasing and Music City’s traditional rite of spring. Multiple races are held throughout the day, and the event typically attracts more than 25,000 spectators, most decked out in their finest spring wardrobe, including the biggest and best hats in the South.
Instead of simply buying a card or flowers for Mother's Day this year, why not make it truly special by celebrating the most important woman in your life in Nashville? You can take her out to a nice meal at one of Nashville's many restaurants, or opt for a delicious to-go brunch. You could also give her the gift of Music City by treating her to a day of fun activities the whole family can enjoy. She deserves the very best!
Goodguys Rod & Custom Association returns to Music City for two full days of Southern-style hot rodding at the 18th Nashville Nationals Giant Car Show at Nashville Superspeedway.