Live Entertainment in Nashville

Ascend Amphitheater is Nashville's most spectacular outdoor concert venue — a 6,800-capacity riverside amphitheater with views of the Cumberland River and the Nashville skyline that has been praised as one of America's finest new outdoor concert venues. Its extraordinary downtown Nashville location, its waterfront setting, and its consistent programming of major touring acts create a summer concert experience that reflects Nashville's remarkable cultural ambitions.

BB King's Blues Club Nashville is the nationally renowned chain's downtown Nashville outpost — a live blues and soul music club on Second Avenue that brings authentic Memphis blues to Music City's bustling entertainment corridor. The club provides a contrasting blues-focused alternative to Nashville's dominant country music scene and serves the growing tourist market visiting both Lower Broadway and Second Avenue's restaurants and entertainment.

Bridgestone Arena is consistently ranked as one of America's top-grossing entertainment venues — a 20,000-capacity Nashville arena home to the Predators and one of the most active concert venues in the country. Nashville's extraordinary position as the "Music City" (home to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Ole Opry, and thousands of music industry professionals) creates a concert market of global cultural significance that Bridgestone Arena serves as its most important indoor venue.

Exit/In near Vanderbilt University has presented touring rock and alternative acts since 1971, one of Nashville's most historically significant non-country music venues.

The Grand Ole Opry House is the purpose-built 4,400-seat home of the Grand Ole Opry — the world's longest-running radio programme, operating since 1925. The Opry broadcasts live country and Americana music every Friday and Saturday night from the Opryland complex adjacent to Gaylord Opryland Resort, making it a top visitor attraction for Nashville's entertainment and gaming tourism market.

Grand Ole Opry House presents the longest-running radio broadcast in American history, a weekly celebration of country music since 1925 that remains Nashville's most iconic entertainment institution.

The Grand Ole Opry is the most important venue in American music history — a 4,400-seat Nashville institution that has broadcast country music continuously since 1925 and inducted virtually every significant country music artist as a member. The Opry's circle of wood stage at the center (cut from the original Ryman stage) and its broadcast tradition make it the most sacred space in country music and one of America's most emotional live entertainment experiences.

Listening Room Cafe presents in-the-round songwriter performances in downtown Nashville, following the Bluebird Cafe tradition.

Mercy Lounge is Nashville's most beloved mid-size music venue — a Cannery Row club presenting indie, alternative, and folk touring acts for Nashville's extraordinary music community. Nashville's remarkable transformation from a country music center to a comprehensive music industry hub (now also home to major pop, rock, and hip-hop record labels) creates a concert market of unusual diversity and musical sophistication.

Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway presents authentic honky-tonk country music and cowboy boots for sale, a favorite among traditional country purists.

The Ryman Auditorium is a 2,362-seat National Historic Landmark known as the Mother Church of Country Music — the original home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. Restored wooden pews, extraordinary acoustics, and a century of musical history make the Ryman the most intimate and historically significant concert venue in Nashville's downtown entertainment district.

Ryman Auditorium is America's most venerated music venue — the "Mother Church of Country Music," a 2,362-seat 1892 Nashville tabernacle where country, gospel, bluegrass, and Americana music find their most spiritually resonant setting. Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, and virtually every country music legend performed here; the acoustics of its wooden pews and extraordinary sightlines create a concert experience that transcends entertainment to become genuine American musical pilgrimage.

Ryman Auditorium, the 'Mother Church of Country Music,' is the former home of the Grand Ole Opry and one of the most revered concert venues in America, presenting touring artists in a beautifully preserved 1892 tabernacle.

Schermerhorn Symphony Center is one of North America's most beautiful concert halls — a purpose-built home for the Nashville Symphony opened in 2006 with a 1,870-seat main hall designed with exceptional acoustics by the same team that designed Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The Grammy-winning Nashville Symphony's recordings and international touring profile, combined with Schermerhorn's architectural majesty, have positioned Nashville as one of America's most significant classical music cities alongside its country music identity.

Station Inn is Nashville's premier bluegrass venue, presenting acoustic and bluegrass legends in an unpretentious cinderblock room since 1974.

Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is Tennessee's premier performing arts institution — a downtown Nashville complex presenting Broadway touring productions, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, and major cultural events. TPAC's role as the cultural anchor for America's most rapidly growing major city and Nashville's extraordinary combination of country music tradition and contemporary artistic ambition create a performing arts center of unusual cultural significance.

TPAC (Tennessee Performing Arts Center) is Nashville's primary performing arts complex — a three-theater campus presenting Broadway touring productions, the Nashville Symphony, the Nashville Ballet, and major theatrical performances for Tennessee's capital city. Its role as the home of Nashville's most prestigious cultural institutions makes it the essential classical and theatrical performing arts destination in the state.

The 5 Spot in East Nashville presents affordable live music nightly in a neighborhood dive bar central to the city's indie music scene.

The Basement East in East Nashville presents touring indie and rock acts, a beloved music venue rebuilt after a 2020 tornado with community support.

The Bluebird Cafe is Nashville's most legendary songwriter venue, presenting intimate in-the-round performances that have launched countless country music careers since 1982.

Third Man Records, Jack White's record label and store, presents live performances and vinyl-pressing tours in Nashville's Melrose district.

Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on Lower Broadway is the most legendary honky-tonk in Nashville, its purple facade a backstage door away from the Ryman Auditorium since the 1960s.

Wildhorse Saloon on Second Avenue presents live country music and line dancing in a massive multi-level Nashville honky-tonk.

Zanies Comedy Night Club presents national touring stand-up comedians, Nashville's longest-running dedicated comedy club.