Entertainment Districts

Athens, Tennessee

Downtown Athens presents restaurants and bars serving McMinn County in the Tennessee Valley between Chattanooga and Knoxville.

Bartlett, Tennessee

Bartlett presents restaurants and bars serving Memphis's northeastern suburbs.

Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood presents upscale restaurants and bars serving one of Nashville's most affluent southern suburbs.

Bristol, Tennessee

State Street in Bristol straddles the Tennessee-Virginia state line, presenting the Birthplace of Country Music museum alongside restaurants and Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR tourism.

Brownsville, Tennessee

Downtown Brownsville presents restaurants near the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, honoring the region's blues and cotton heritage.

Centerville, Tennessee

Downtown Centerville presents restaurants and bars serving Hickman County in Middle Tennessee.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Downtown Chattanooga along the Tennessee River presents restaurants and bars near the Tennessee Aquarium, part of the city's celebrated riverfront revitalization.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Lookout Mountain presents Rock City Gardens and Ruby Falls tourism attractions with restaurants overlooking seven states from the Chattanooga area.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

North Shore across the Walnut Street Bridge from downtown Chattanooga presents boutique restaurants and bars in a walkable riverside neighborhood.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Signal Mountain presents restaurants and shops in an affluent mountaintop suburb overlooking Chattanooga.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Walnut Street Bridge, one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world, connects downtown Chattanooga to North Shore with river views and public events.

Clarksville, Tennessee

Downtown Clarksville presents restaurants and bars serving the Fort Campbell military community and Austin Peay State University in northwest Tennessee.

Cleveland, Tennessee

Downtown Cleveland presents restaurants and bars serving Bradley County in southeast Tennessee near Chattanooga.

Clinton, Tennessee

Downtown Clinton presents a historic Market Street corridor of restaurants and antique shops in East Tennessee's Anderson County.

Collierville, Tennessee

Collierville Town Square presents a historic Main Street with restaurants and bars serving Memphis's fast-growing eastern suburbs.

Columbia, Tennessee

Downtown Columbia presents the historic Maury County courthouse square with restaurants and bars, known as the 'Mule Capital of the World.'

Cookeville, Tennessee

The area near Burgess Falls State Park presents restaurants serving the Upper Cumberland region's waterfall tourism near Cookeville.

Cookeville, Tennessee

Downtown Cookeville presents restaurants and bars serving Tennessee Tech University's campus community on the Cumberland Plateau.

Crossville, Tennessee

Downtown Crossville presents restaurants and bars serving the Cumberland Plateau region of Middle Tennessee.

Dayton, Tennessee

Dayton, site of the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial,' presents restaurants and bars serving Rhea County in the Tennessee Valley.

Dickson, Tennessee

Downtown Dickson presents restaurants and bars serving Dickson County west of Nashville along I-40.

Dyersburg, Tennessee

Downtown Dyersburg presents restaurants and bars serving Dyer County in West Tennessee near the Mississippi River.

Elizabethton, Tennessee

Downtown Elizabethton presents restaurants and bars serving Carter County near the Tennessee-North Carolina border in the Appalachians.

Erwin, Tennessee

Downtown Erwin presents restaurants along the Appalachian Trail corridor near the Unaka Mountains in far northeast Tennessee.

Fayetteville, Tennessee

Downtown Fayetteville presents restaurants and bars serving Lincoln County near the Alabama border in south-central Tennessee.

Franklin, Tennessee

Downtown Franklin's Main Street presents one of the best-preserved Civil War-era town squares in the South, with restaurants and bars serving Williamson County south of Nashville.

Franklin, Tennessee

Leiper's Fork near Franklin presents a small artsy village with music venues and galleries frequented by Nashville musicians seeking a rural retreat.

Gallatin, Tennessee

Downtown Gallatin presents a historic town square with restaurants and bars serving Sumner County northeast of Nashville.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community presents the largest group of independent artisans in North America along an 8-mile loop near Gatlinburg.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Ober Gatlinburg presents a mountaintop amusement park and ski area accessible by aerial tramway from downtown Gatlinburg.

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

The Parkway in Gatlinburg presents moonshine distilleries, arcades, and mountain-view restaurants serving the gateway community to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown presents upscale restaurants and bars serving one of the most affluent Memphis suburbs.

Greeneville, Tennessee

Downtown Greeneville presents a historic Main Street with restaurants and bars, hometown of President Andrew Johnson in East Tennessee.

Harriman, Tennessee

Downtown Harriman presents restaurants and bars serving Roane County on the Cumberland Plateau near Oak Ridge.

Henderson, Tennessee

Downtown Henderson presents restaurants and bars serving Chester County near Freed-Hardeman University in West Tennessee.

Hendersonville, Tennessee

Hendersonville on Old Hickory Lake presents restaurants and bars serving Nashville's northeastern suburbs, longtime home to country music stars.

Humboldt, Tennessee

Downtown Humboldt presents restaurants and bars serving Gibson County in West Tennessee, home of the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival.

Jackson, Tennessee

Downtown Jackson presents the Casey Jones Village railroad heritage alongside restaurants and bars serving West Tennessee.

Johnson City, Tennessee

Downtown Johnson City presents restaurants and bars serving East Tennessee State University's campus community in the Tri-Cities region.

Jonesborough, Tennessee

Downtown Jonesborough, Tennessee's oldest town, presents the International Storytelling Center alongside restaurants in a preserved 18th-century Main Street.

Kingsport, Tennessee

Downtown Kingsport presents a planned model-city Main Street with restaurants and bars in the Tri-Cities region of northeast Tennessee.

Kingston, Tennessee

Downtown Kingston presents restaurants and bars near Watts Bar Lake in East Tennessee.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Market Square is Knoxville's most beloved entertainment district — a beautifully restored 19th-century commercial square surrounded by restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues that serves as the social heart of Tennessee's third-largest city. Knoxville's extraordinary Market Square, frequently cited as one of America's best downtown plazas, attracts University of Tennessee students, young professionals, and visitors for outdoor events, first Fridays, and daily evening entertainment that makes it one of the South's most underrated urban entertainment destinations.

Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Knoxville, Tennessee

Market Square in downtown Knoxville presents restaurants and live music venues around a historic pedestrian plaza, the heart of the city's downtown revival.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Old City presents converted 19th-century warehouse buildings housing bars and restaurants, downtown Knoxville's original nightlife district.

Knoxville, Tennessee

World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, site of the 1982 World's Fair, presents the Sunsphere landmark alongside restaurants and event lawns.

Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Downtown Lawrenceburg presents restaurants and bars serving Lawrence County near the Alabama border in south-central Tennessee.

Lebanon, Tennessee

Downtown Lebanon presents a historic public square with restaurants and bars serving Wilson County east of Nashville.

Linden, Tennessee

Downtown Linden presents restaurants and bars serving Perry County along the Buffalo River in Middle Tennessee.

Lynchburg, Tennessee

Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg presents tours and tasting rooms at the oldest registered distillery in the United States, anchoring Tennessee whiskey tourism.

280 Lynchburg Hwy 37352

Lynchburg, Tennessee

Lynchburg's historic town square presents restaurants and shops around the Moore County courthouse near the Jack Daniel's Distillery.

Manchester, Tennessee

Downtown Manchester presents restaurants and bars serving Coffee County, home to the Bonnaroo festival grounds in Middle Tennessee.

Maryville, Tennessee

Downtown Maryville presents restaurants and bars serving Blount County, the gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park's western entrance.

McMinnville, Tennessee

Downtown McMinnville presents restaurants and bars serving Warren County, the 'Nursery Capital of the World.'

Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street is America's Home of the Blues — a three-block pedestrian entertainment corridor in downtown Memphis where BB King, W.C. Handy, and countless legends launched careers, and where live blues music pours out of every bar door 365 nights a year. A designated National Historic Landmark and one of the country's most significant music tourism destinations, Beale Street serves visitors to the Horseshoe Tunica and Southland Casino Resort gaming markets.

Beale Street, Memphis 38103

Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street is America's most historically significant entertainment district — the Memphis blues street where W.C. Handy codified the blues in 1909 and where B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and virtually every blues legend performed. Today's Beale Street entertainment district hosts 40+ clubs and restaurants presenting live blues, rock, and soul seven nights a week in what remains the most authentic blues entertainment experience in the world outside of the Mississippi Delta juke joints.

Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103

Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street is the birthplace of the blues, presenting neon-lit clubs and live music venues along one of the most historically significant entertainment streets in American music.

Memphis, Tennessee

Cooper-Young presents craft cocktail bars and restaurants in one of Memphis's most eclectic and artistically vibrant neighborhoods.

Memphis, Tennessee

Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion, presents museum tours and event programming as one of the most visited private homes in America.

3717 Elvis Presley Blvd 38116

Memphis, Tennessee

National Civil Rights Museum at the former Lorraine Motel, site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, presents cultural programming in downtown Memphis.

450 Mulberry St 38103

Memphis, Tennessee

Overton Square in Midtown Memphis presents theaters, restaurants, and bars in a revitalized 1970s entertainment district near Overton Park.

Memphis, Tennessee

Shelby Farms Park, one of the largest urban parks in America, presents concerts and events on the outskirts of Memphis.

Memphis, Tennessee

South Main Arts District is Memphis's most creative neighborhood entertainment destination — an arts corridor adjacent to the National Civil Rights Museum where galleries, restaurant bars, and live music venues serve the Memphis creative community. The district's proximity to the Lorraine Motel (site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination) and its role as Memphis's most architecturally beautiful 19th-century commercial district give it a profound cultural gravity that no other entertainment district in Memphis possesses.

South Main St, Memphis, TN 38103

Memphis, Tennessee

South Main Arts District presents galleries and restaurants along the Main Street Trolley line in downtown Memphis's historic warehouse district.

Memphis, Tennessee

Stax Museum of American Soul Music, on the site of the legendary Stax Records studio, presents concerts and exhibits honoring Memphis soul music's golden era.

926 E McLemore Ave 38106

Millington, Tennessee

Millington presents restaurants and bars serving the Naval Support Activity Mid-South community north of Memphis.

Morristown, Tennessee

Downtown Morristown presents restaurants and bars serving Hamblen County in East Tennessee.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Downtown Murfreesboro presents restaurants and bars serving Middle Tennessee State University's campus community southeast of Nashville.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

The area near Stones River National Battlefield presents restaurants serving Murfreesboro's Civil War heritage tourism.

Nashville, Tennessee

12 South presents boutique shops and restaurants along a walkable strip, one of Nashville's most Instagram-famous entertainment corridors.

Nashville, Tennessee

Belle Meade Plantation presents winery tastings and historic tours at a 19th-century thoroughbred horse farm in Nashville's affluent Belle Meade neighborhood.

Nashville, Tennessee

Cheekwood Estate and Gardens presents outdoor concerts and seasonal light festivals on a historic Nashville estate with botanical gardens and an art museum.

Nashville, Tennessee

East Nashville's Five Points entertainment district is the authentic Nashville that exists beyond the Broadway tourist strip — a walkable neighborhood of independently owned bars, restaurants, vintage shops, and music venues where Nashville's musicians, artists, and creative professionals actually live and socialize. The neighborhood's extraordinary density of original creative talent, combined with its affordable-by-Nashville-standards real estate, has made it the most culturally authentic entertainment area in a city increasingly defined by its tourism economy.

Gallatin Ave, East Nashville, TN 37206

Nashville, Tennessee

East Nashville presents indie music venues and craft cocktail bars across the Cumberland River, one of the city's most creatively vibrant neighborhoods.

Nashville, Tennessee

Fifth and Broadway presents the National Museum of African American Music alongside restaurants and bars in downtown Nashville's newest entertainment development.

Nashville, Tennessee

Germantown presents restored historic homes turned restaurants and wine bars in Nashville's oldest neighborhood north of downtown.

Nashville, Tennessee

Lower Broadway is Nashville's iconic honky-tonk district — a several-block stretch of neon-lit live music bars, rooftop venues, and restaurants running live country and roots music from late morning through the early hours, seven days a week. The area anchors Music City's identity as an entertainment destination and is central to Nashville's surging popularity as a bachelor and bachelorette party capital.

Broadway 37201

Nashville, Tennessee

Lower Broadway presents Nashville's legendary strip of honky-tonks with live country music pouring from every open door, the beating heart of Music City's entertainment identity.

Nashville, Tennessee

Lower Broadway is Nashville's most famous entertainment district — the neon-lit, honky-tonk-lined stretch of Broadway between 2nd and 5th Avenues that presents live country and rock music on 10+ stages simultaneously, seven days a week, with no cover charge. Drawing 15+ million tourists annually and generating billions in economic activity, Lower Broadway is the most economically productive entertainment street in America and the defining image of Nashville's transformation into the nation's bachelorette party capital.

Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville, Tennessee

Marathon Village in a converted early-1900s automobile factory presents Third Man Records, distilleries, and shops near downtown Nashville.

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville's Midtown entertainment district along Demonbreun Street is where the city's nightclub culture exists beyond the honky-tonks of Lower Broadway — a stretch of upscale bars, restaurants, and nightclubs serving Nashville's young professional population and the more conventional nightlife side of the city's enormous tourism market. The district's proximity to Music Row, Vanderbilt University, and major hotel corridors makes it Nashville's most versatile evening entertainment destination.

Demonbreun St, Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville, Tennessee

Music City Walk of Fame in downtown Nashville presents bronze stars honoring music legends along Demonbreun Street near the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Nashville, Tennessee

Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville honors the session musicians behind hit recordings across all genres of American music.

401 Gay St 37219

Nashville, Tennessee

Printer's Alley is Nashville's most historic entertainment alley — a narrow downtown lane of bars, clubs, and entertainment venues dating to the Prohibition era when the alley's printing businesses provided cover for speakeasies. Today's Printer's Alley maintains its underground entertainment identity with venues like Skull's Rainbow Room alongside newer craft cocktail bars and late-night music establishments that attract both Nashville history enthusiasts and current visitors seeking something beyond Lower Broadway.

Printer's Alley, Nashville, TN 37201

Nashville, Tennessee

Printers Alley presents a historic cobblestone entertainment district of jazz clubs and speakeasies just off Lower Broadway in downtown Nashville.

Nashville, Tennessee

The Gulch is Nashville's most contemporary neighbourhood — a walkable urban village with upscale restaurants, boutique hotels, cocktail bars, and shops developed on a former rail yard southwest of downtown. A more refined alternative to Lower Broadway's honky-tonk energy, The Gulch draws Nashville's creative class and upscale entertainment visitors alongside casino-adjacent tourism.

The Gulch 37203

Nashville, Tennessee

The Gulch presents rooftop bars and upscale restaurants in a converted rail yard district south of downtown Nashville.

Nashville, Tennessee

Wedgewood-Houston presents converted warehouse galleries and breweries in one of Nashville's fastest-transforming arts neighborhoods.

Newport, Tennessee

Downtown Newport presents restaurants and bars serving Cocke County near the Smoky Mountains' eastern gateway.

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Oak Ridge, the 'Secret City' built for the Manhattan Project, presents restaurants and bars serving East Tennessee's scientific research community.

Paris, Tennessee

Downtown Paris presents restaurants and bars near Kentucky Lake, home to the World's Biggest Fish Fry festival in West Tennessee.

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Dolly Parton's theme park, presents live music shows, rides, and Appalachian culture in one of the most-visited attractions in Tennessee.

2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd 37863

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

The Parkway in Pigeon Forge presents dinner theaters, mini-golf, and family entertainment serving the Smoky Mountains tourism corridor.

Pulaski, Tennessee

Downtown Pulaski presents a historic square with restaurants and bars serving Giles County in south-central Tennessee.

Rogersville, Tennessee

Downtown Rogersville presents Tennessee's second-oldest town square with restaurants in the Tri-Cities region.

Savannah, Tennessee

Downtown Savannah, Tennessee presents restaurants near Pickwick Lake and the Shiloh National Military Park in West Tennessee.

Selmer, Tennessee

Downtown Selmer presents restaurants and bars serving McNairy County in southwest Tennessee near the Mississippi border.

Sevierville, Tennessee

Sevierville presents restaurants and shops serving the gateway to the Smoky Mountains tourism corridor near Dolly Parton's hometown.

Shelbyville, Tennessee

Downtown Shelbyville presents restaurants and bars serving Bedford County, home of the Tennessee Walking Horse breed.

Smyrna, Tennessee

Smyrna presents restaurants and bars serving Rutherford County between Nashville and Murfreesboro.

Sparta, Tennessee

Downtown Sparta presents restaurants and bars serving White County on the Cumberland Plateau.

Spring Hill, Tennessee

Spring Hill presents restaurants and bars serving one of the fastest-growing communities in the Nashville metro area.

Sweetwater, Tennessee

Sweetwater presents restaurants near the Lost Sea underground lake attraction in East Tennessee.

Townsend, Tennessee

Townsend, the 'Peaceful Side of the Smokies,' presents a quieter alternative to Gatlinburg with restaurants near Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Cades Cove entrance.

Tullahoma, Tennessee

Downtown Tullahoma presents restaurants and bars near the George Dickel and Jack Daniel's distillery corridor in Middle Tennessee whiskey country.

Union City, Tennessee

Union City presents restaurants and bars serving Obion County in far northwest Tennessee near Reelfoot Lake.

Waverly, Tennessee

Downtown Waverly presents restaurants and bars serving Humphreys County in Middle Tennessee near the Tennessee River.

Waynesboro, Tennessee

Downtown Waynesboro presents restaurants and bars serving Wayne County in south-central Tennessee.

Winchester, Tennessee

Downtown Winchester presents restaurants and bars serving Franklin County near Tims Ford Lake in south-central Tennessee.