Entertainment & Experiences in Nashville, TN
25 places · 9 free · 16 indoor · Updated 2026-10-18
Lower Broadway
No cover, three floors, noon to 3am since 1960
$6 Recession Special: bologna sandwich, PBR, Moon Pie
Church pew seating and the best acoustics in Nashville
Best rooftop view on Broadway. No cover.
Walk the stage and record yourself performing
The only museum dedicated to African American music — free first Wednesdays
Music Valley
On the air since 1925. That six-foot wood circle is from the Ryman.
Green Hills
90 seats in a strip mall. No talking. Garth was discovered here.
The Gulch
Cash only. Folding chairs. Best bluegrass room in the country.
SoBro
Building shaped like a bass clef. Plan 2-3 hours.
Pulling prints on the same presses since 1879
Under 18 always free. Art Deco post office. Every show is new.
Free sidewalk stars honoring Nashville legends — open 24 hours
Free 3,150-foot pedestrian bridge with the best skyline views in Nashville
Percy Warner Park
Bring your instrument. Bluegrass under the full moon.
Downtown
The nightlife strip before Broadway got famous
West Nashville
55 acres, sculpture trails, Georgian mansion. LIGHTS event sells out.
Marathon Village
Great-great-great-grandfather's recipe. Four-whiskey flight.
Experimental craft spirits — quinoa whiskey and smoked gin in Marathon Village
Midtown
42-foot gold Athena. In Nashville. Park is free.
Free outdoor concerts in Centennial Park — spring and fall with Free Fest weekend
South Nashville
Bald eagles 20 minutes from Broadway. Free.
500+ weird and wonderful cars — amphibious vehicles, microcars, and prototypes
Germantown
Free. Rivals the paid museums. 200-foot granite map next door.
Free 200-foot granite map of Tennessee and a 95-bell carillon playing hourly