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The Weekendist: Hug A Tree, Hide An Egg Edition

Happy weekend, Nashville. This weekend is packed full of springtime fun, from Earth Day to Egg Hunts to a good, old fashioned zombie prom. Don’t let looming showers keep you indoors! All of our picks for this weekend will take place rain or shine. Nashville Earth Day Festival. Saturday, April 23 at Centennial Park, 11am-7pm, [...]

The Weekendist: Look At The Stars Edition

So what if you didn’t get tickets to see Amos Lee at the Ryman or to the East Nashville Beer Festival? There’s plenty to do in Nashville this weekend, so stop moping around and take a trip to the Frist, the Adventure Science Center or check out a sports game. Here are our picks for [...]

Live On The Green Launches Next Week With Ten Out Of Tenn

Though we’re still in denial that it’s almost September, Live on the Green kicks off in just one short week on September 3. The Lightning 100-sponsored concert series is bringing back free outdoor music to downtown Nashville’s public square, and we couldn’t be more excited. Live on the Green’s lineup has been marginally fleshed out [...]

Lightning 100 Announces New Outdoor Concert Series

 

A throwback to the days of Uptown Mix (who remembers that?), Lightning 100 has a brand new free outdoor concert series up their sleeves, and the first official details were announced today. Live On The Green will launch this September, and wil take place every Thursday evening from September 3 – October 8 in the [...]

Happy Hour: Number Nine

In an effort to appear cool (and okay, also to bring more live music to Nashville), Mayor Dean is teaming up with Lightning 100 to bring a number of free shows to the public square downtown. We won’t find out who’s playing until the press conference tomorrow. [City Paper] When he’s not hatin’ on will.i.am [...]

The Weekendist: Independence Day Essentials

Fourth of July is one of our favorite times to be in Nashville, and the challenge this year is to pack our days as full as we can with any of the billion events happening this weekend. Also, if you need to stock up on booze for your cookouts/block parties/BYOB-type things, do it today since [...]

It’s Showtime: Presales, Free Shows And Steve Martin With A Banjo [Only In Nashville]

There’s a lot of big-name acts coming through Nashville in the coming weeks. It seems like today is the day for presales, too – We’ve got Elvis Costello, Keith Urban and another round of Death Cab For Cutie tickets going on sale today, and a Metallica presale tomorrow. But along with the presales, this week [...]

The Weekendist: Not Quite Snowed In

By the looks of the weather forecast, it’s not going to be the best weekend to be traipsing about. Luckily, we’ve got you covered with more than a few things going on indoors and far away from that massive flurry-blizzard-thing that will probably turn out to be rain anyway. FRIDAY Joan Baez @ TPAC. We’re [...]

This Just In: Ben Folds At The Ryman April 7

From the looks of things, one of our favorite hometown heroes, Mr. Ben Folds himself, will finally be returning to play another show in Nashville (that isn’t at the Schermerhorn, as awesome as that was). The Nashville Convention & Visitor’s Bureau announced the April 7 show today on their Twitter account, and tickets will be [...]

Death Cab For Cutie Is Coming To Town; Lightning 100 Swoops In To Save Us From Ticketmaster

First of all, you probably need to know that Death Cab For Cutie is playing The Ryman on May 4th with Matt Costa and Ra Ra Riot. Now that we’ve cleared that up, here’s the scoop – We all hate the ticketbuying process, especially when it involves Ticketmaster, right? Save yourself the hassle (and get [...]