Thanks for ringing in the new year with us in Music City! We had a blast and can't wait to see you next time. Stay tuned for more information on the 2012 event later in the year. Have a great 2012!

Ring in the new year and rock out the old with Lynyrd Skynyrd and thousands of your closest friends at Nashville’s New Year’s Eve party on Lower Broadway. Bring your party hats. Make some noise. Count down to the fireworks and midnight "Music Drop®"!

The FREE downtown street party starts at 7:00 on New Year’s Eve. So, come out and celebrate like only Music City knows how!

Lynyrd Skynyrd will headline this year's event with feature performances from Edens Edge, THE FARM and Jeffrey Steele!

And we're dropping a 15-foot-tall red music note to kick off the new year. The "Music Drop®" will descend 115 feet to trigger a fireworks display and major confetti cannons at the stroke of midnight!

Get ready for the Toast & Boast! Check us out on Facebook and post your pictures! We'll be posting some of our own. We'll do a mass picture toast at points throughout the night. Raise your cameras, take a picture and post it on our Facebook page - Toast & Boast to your friends! facebook.com/nashvillemusiccity

Can't make it to the event? We're sad, too. But you can join the party from home. Nashville's New Year's Eve will be on CNN and CNN.com! Tune in at 11:10pm/CT to watch the music, the excitement and the "Music Drop®". Read the press release for full details.

If needed, we'll be posting weather and schedule updates on Twitter, so go ahead and start following now: twitter.com/visitmusiccity.
We'll also be tweeting all the excitement. Join us with hashtag #NashNYE.

Official Music City Visitor Information

The T. J. Martell Foundation has launched a nation-wide "My New Year's Wish" campaign that fits anyone on your holiday gift list. By visiting www.mynewyearswish.com, you can make a Wish for 2012 and a donation to fund innovative, life-saving cancer and AIDS research. Your Wish can be in honor or in memory of a loved one, or a Wish in support of all families fighting these diseases. In addition, folks celebrating New Year's Eve in Nashville will have an opportunity to literally see their Wishes begin the New Year! You will have the opportunity to make a donation to the T.J. Martell Foundation on site and write your Wish on confetti to be released during Nashville's official Music City New Year's Eve Bash on Broadway.

CELEBRATE MUSIC CITY BOWL WEEK AND NYE WEEKEND IN MUSIC CITY!

Send the year out in style and spend the last weekend of 2011 in Nashville! We know how to throw a party. It just so happens that we’re stretching this one out over a few days. So, come early and celebrate – Music City style.

December 29 – MusicFest and Battle of the Bands in Downtown Music City
MusicFest is the ultimate party atmosphere downtown the night before the game. Thousands of fans will converge on world-famous Second Avenue (corner of Second and Broadway) for the outdoor party featuring Mississippi State and Wake Forest bands and cheerleaders. Love and Theft perform a free concert at 5:10 p.m. at the Court of Flags (First Avenue and Broadway) stage, prior to the Battle of the Bands that begins at 6 p.m. Music venues downtown are open for business and offer sounds for every ear.
MusicFest Details

December 30 – Downtown Game Day Activities
Cheer on your favorite teams at the Pep Rallies starting at 1:45 p.m. Small Time Rock Stars perform a free pre-game concert at 3 p.m. on the main stage at First and Broadway. The Jack Daniel’s Experience will be available to fans 12-5pm. Complete your pre-game festivities with a visit to the Free Fan Zone at LP Field before kickoff.
Pre-Game Details

December 30 – Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl @ LP Field
It’s one of the hottest post-season bowl games in America as Wake Forest and Mississippi State square off in Music City at LP Field. Broadcast live on ESPN and through the Nevada Sports Radio national network, the Bowl is Nashville’s Holiday Tradition.
Complete Event Details
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December 31 - Nashville New Year's Resolution Run 5K Run/Walk
The certified 5K course starts and finishes in front of the Country Music Hall of Fame and promises to provide the crowd support and energy needed to have a great race and to more importantly, have fun!
Get the details and register here.

December 31 – FREE Block Party with Live Music, Fireworks and Midnight "Music Drop®"
The New Year’s Eve celebration will take place on First and Broadway beginning at 7:00 p.m. Storme Warren, host of GAC’s Headline Country and Sirius XM Radio personality, will emcee the FREE event featuring an exciting and rocking concert from Edens Edge, THE FARM, Jeffrey Steele and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Count down to fireworks and the midnight "Music Drop®". The entire event is FREE!
See updates to the schedule here.
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