New Year's Eve Parking & Transportation

Whatever your means of transportation is, make your way to Jack Daniel's New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash! If you're driving, find the best place to park. If you're riding, find the best way to get to downtown Nashville.

Below is information for the 2023 Jack Daniel's New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash!

Fans Don't Let Fans Drive Drunk

Attendees will have a variety of safe, affordable transportation options. The Tennessee Highway Safety Office reminds everyone to drive safely this New Year’s Eve. For those who will be drinking, please plan ahead to have a sober ride home. Law enforcement partners will be out in full force during the Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk campaign to keep impaired drivers off the roadways. Keep up to date on all parking and transportation options.

Parking

Nissan Stadium
Vehicle parking will be available at Nissan Stadium for $10 via QR code in Lot E all day/night. Rates will revert back to the normal parking rate Monday morning.

To locate parking downtown, visit parkitdowntown.com.

Transportation Information

Ride Share & Taxi Services Drop Off and Pick Up Locations

  • James Robertson Parkway between Fourth Avenue and Rep. John Lewis Way
  • James Robertson Parkway from Charlotte Pike to Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (Capitol Hill side)  
  • Rosa L. Parks Boulevard from Farmers’ Market entrance to 10th Circle North
  • Jefferson Street between Sixth Avenue and Rosa L. Parks Boulevard

Ride Share & Taxi Staging Area
As available, parking lots located at Tenth Circle North near Charlotte Avenue

ADA Vehicle Passenger Unloading & Loading Zones   
Vehicles with ADA Permit Hangtags or License Plates will be allowed to drop off and pick up near Nashville Farmers’ Market accessible from Rosa L. Parks Boulevard. Vehicles will utilize event designated area in Nashville Farmers’ Market parking lot for drop-off and pick-up only.

Scooter Corral Locations

  • James Robertson Parkway between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue (on Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Plaza)
  • Harrison Street at Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (SE corner of intersection)
  • Rep. John Lewis Way at Junior Gilliam Way (east side of street - between the tree wells)

Bicycle Storage Stations

  • James Robertson Parkway between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue (on the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Plaza)
  • Jefferson Street at 7th Avenue (SW corner of intersection)
  • Parking Lot at Harrison Street and Fourth Avenue (SW corner of intersection)
Transit

WeGo Public Transit
Beginning at 6pm Sunday, December 31, free bus rides will be available on WeGo Public Transit bus routes, and service on 16 routes will be extended until 1:30am on Monday, January 1, 2024. The WeGo Star special event train will also be available on New Year’s Eve as a safe ride for those celebrating the new year. 

WeGo Bus Service (Sunday/Holiday service until 11:15pm, additional service begins at 12:15am)

WeGo will operate Sunday bus service until 11:15pm. Customer Care personnel will be available to assist customers at the Ticket Window from 10:30am to 2:30pm and in the Call Center from 10:30am to 10pm on New Year’s Eve. Many buses will operate on detours through Downtown but will resume regular routing once out of the downtown area. For service after midnight, passengers should plan to board at WeGo Central, since detours due to unplanned road closures may affect service to other stops in downtown. Additional service from downtown only will begin after the event on the following bus routes departing from WeGo Central at 12:15am, 12:45am, and 1:30am.

3 – West End (A&B)
4 – Shelby
7 – Hillsboro
8 – 8th Avenue South
14 – Whites Creek
17 – 12th Avenue South
18 – Airport
19 – Herman

22 – Bordeaux (A&B)
23 – Dickerson Pike (A&B)
29 – Jefferson
34 – Opry Mills
50 – Charlotte Pike
52 – Nolensville Pike (A&B)
55 – Murfreesboro Pike
56 – Gallatin Pike

 

A detailed schedule of bus operations for the evening is available on WeGoTransit.com.

Park & Rides are available outside of Downtown and accessible by the select late night routes at the following locations:

  • Vanderbilt University parking lots on Natchez Trace (Route 3)
  • Bellevue Park & Ride (Route 3B)
  • Dollar General at Hickory Plaza (Route 52A)
  • Hickory Hollow Global Mall at The Crossings (Route 55)
  • Madison Square behind Job Billiards (Route 56)

Customers may also want to consider using WeGo Link or rideshare as a first mile/last mile connection to the bus.

WeGo Service to Event (6:15pm – 1:30am)
Effective 6:15pm, WeGo will operate a free bus exclusively between Broadway and the concert/fireworks at Bicentennial Mall. A stop will be located on Broadway in front of Hume-Fogg between 7th Avenue and Rosa L. Parks and at Bicentennial Mall on James Robertson Parkway between 6th and 7th Avenues. These buses will run a continuous loop between 7th Avenue North and the Bicentennial Mall for event goers, leaving approximately every 10 minutes until 1:30am.

New Year’s Eve Train (arrives at Riverfront at 8pm, departs one hour after event)
An allotment of 650 tickets is now on sale to the general public. Round-trip tickets cost $15 plus a $2 processing fee and are available for purchase at ticketsnashville.com. Tickets will be on sale until an hour prior to departure or until they are sold out, whichever comes first. Children ages 4 and younger will not need a ticket to board; however, they will be required to sit in a parent’s lap.

The New Year’s Eve train schedule is as follows:

Lebanon – 7pm
Hamilton Springs – 7:08pm
Martha – 7:15pm
 

Mt. Juliet – 7:25pm
Hermitage – 7:35pm
Donelson – 7:45pm

 

Upon arrival at Riverfront Station, buses will be available to take customers directly to Bicentennial Mall.

For the Star’s return trip, buses will load on James Robertson between 6th and 7th Avenues and will proceed directly to Riverfront Station between midnight and 1am. WeGo staff will be on hand to assist and direct passengers. The Star will depart one hour after the event ends.

Weekday WeGo Star tickets and passes are not accepted on the New Year’s Eve train. Any items that will not fit underneath the seat, such as bikes and wagons, are not permitted on the train. Coolers of any size are not permitted on the train or at the event. All personal items are subject to search. See the house rules for additional information.

Anyone needing special accommodations to board should call 615-862-5950 prior to their trip.

For detailed bus service information, please consult the route schedules on our website at WeGoTransit.com Customers can also check one of the mobile real-time information tools such as Google Transit or the Transit App or contact Customer Care at 615-862-5950.