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The FORPlace SHOPPING, DINING,to Be… ENTERTAINMENT AND We Say, EVENTS! VISITORS GUIDE Welcome Back. Experience the variety of old and new as they blend together in beautiful Middle Tennessee, just minutes from Nashville. Discover our history. Explore our country music heritage. Hear our legends and SHOP stories. Soak in the simplicity of our lake, parks and farms. After a few adventures in our county, you'll feel like you are returning home. ON THE COVER Gallatin’s annual Main Street Festival has become a VISITORS GUIDE destination the first Saturday in October. It has grown in size to over 200 vendors and 25,000 visitors! There DINE is live music throughout the day, a large children’s area and a variety of food vendors. Restaurants and shops around the historic downtown square are also VisitSumnerTN.com • #VisitSumnerTN open during the festival. We hope you will join us for the 2018 Main Street Festival on Saturday, October 6! LOCATION ENTERTAIN Sumner County is located between Nashville and the Kentucky State line with quick access to I-65 and I-40. Just minutes from downtown Nashville. SUMNER COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU SUMNER COUNTY TOURISM KENTUCKY 23102310 Nashville Nashville Pike Pike • • Gallatin, Gallatin, TN TN 37066 37066 888•301•7886888•301•7886 • • 615•230•8474 615•230•8474 • • Fax Fax 615•230•9963 615•230•9963 KY #VisitSumnerTN • VisitSumnerTN.com SUMNER #VisitSumnerTN • VisitSumnerTN.com SUMNER COUNTY COUNTYKNOXVILL E LLE TN NAS65HVI 24 NC 300 Indian Lake Boulevard Hendersonville, TN 37075 Vietnam Veterans & Indian Lake Boulevard MEMPHIS GA SC AL WWW.STREETSOFINDIANLAKE.COM ATLANTA MNASHVILLES 40 VisitSumnerTN.com • #VisitSumnerTN visitsumnertn.com 1 2018 Special events MUSIC, FOOD AND MORE! NASHVILLE SYMPHONY AT ROCK CASTLE GALLATIN SHAMROCK RUN / After the Shamrock Run, we hope you will attend our first County Sumner COUNTY SUMNER IRISH FESTIVAL (NEW) Irish Festival, Saturday March 10, 2018 from 10:00am to 2:00pm at Saturday, March 10, 2018 Bledsoe’s Fort Historical Park in Castalian Springs. We will have Irish music, stories and tours of the park, all centered around the Rogan Irish Cottage. Food from Delaney’s Street Eats and Irish beer from Half Batch Brewing Company will be for sale. Our media sponsor WHIN Radio will also be on hand. Admission is only $5 per car! For more information on the County Sumner Irish Festival, go to VisitSumnerTN.com or call us at 888-301-7886. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018 • 10AM - 2PM The Gallatin Shamrock Run 5k & 10k takes place the 2nd Saturday in March, presented by the Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce. We invite COUNTY SUMNER you to join us as we run/walk through Historic Downtown Gallatin, Tennessee. This primarily flat course is great for runners and walkers of IRISH all ages and ability. For more information and to register for this event, go to active.com or contact the Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce FESTIVAL at 615-452-4000. TOUR AN IRISH COTTAGE + MUSIC + MERRYMAKING + IRISH GHOST STORIES ENTRY FEE: $5 PER VEHICLE Located in the Heart of Hendersonville on Walton Ferry Road ~ A Delicious Southern Meat BLEDSOE'S FORT HISTORICAL PARK and Three ~ Serving Lunch and FOOD & DRINK AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: Dinner Monday Thru Friday 2923 HARTSVILLE PIKE CASTALIAN SPRINGS, TN 37031 247 W. Main St. | Hendersonville,TN We Cater 615.264.8881 WWW.VISITSUMNERTN.COM 2 NASHVILLE SYMPHONY RETURNS TO ROCK CASTLE SUMNER COUNTY FARM TO TABLE DINNER Saturday, June 9, 2018 Saturday, September 8, 2018 For the second year in a row, Rock Castle State Historic Site is honored to Join us in Gallatin for the 7th Annual Farm to Table Dinner, presented by host the Nashville Symphony during its 2018 Summer Concert Series! As Hendersonville Produce, Liberty Party and Sumner County Tourism. The part of its mission to bring music to everyone in Middle Tennessee, the setting is beautiful, the food is local and the entertainment is fabulous! Nashville Symphony presents a series of FREE Community Concerts at For more information, contact Hendersonville Produce at select venues throughout Middle Tennessee. Join us with family and HendersonvilleProduce.com or call 615-826-0033. friends and enjoy a warm summer night in June with Rock Castle and the Nashville Symphony. Bring your favorite lawn chair, pack a picnic dinner and immerse yourself in an evening of popular classics and maybe a few modern ones, too! For more information, visit HistoricRockCastle.com or call 615-824-0502. The music is always top-notch at the Farm to Table Dinner. Last year Little Feather wowed us with their blend of bluegrass and country. 2ND ANNUAL PORTLAND FARM TO TABLE DINNER Saturday, August 18, 2018 Save the Date for the 2nd Annual Farm to Table Dinner happening in Portland, TN under the beautiful lights of Main Street. Tickets will be $75 a person. RSVPs are required by Friday, August 11th. Check-in & appetizers will begin at 7:00pm with dinner to start at 7:30pm. Our Sumner County Farm to Table Dinner always has some surprises. Live music performed by the Last year the Rocky Top Revue electrified the crowd with their acoustic duo of Dean & Jerry. award-winning square dancing. For more information, visit www.portlandcofc.com or call 615-325-9032. visitsumnertn.com 3 GRAND OLE GALLATIN MUSIC FESTIVAL Saturday, November 3, 2018 Join us in an intimate setting at the Douglass-Clark House in Gallatin for this fun, free old-time music festival. In addition to the music, there will be a food truck and vendors lining the sidewalk for you to enjoy. Continuous free tours of the Douglass-Clark House are given during this toe-tapping event. 7th Annual Saturday, September 8, 2018 For Details Visit VisitSumnerTN.com/Calendar or HendersonvilleProduce.com 4 OLD HICKORY LAKE With more than 22,000 acres of water, no horsepower limits and Play. stunning landscapes, scenic Old Hickory Lake offers something for Mid-summer is high season for fun on the water. During your everyone. adventure on Old Hickory Lake, don’t be surprised if you see thundering offshore powerboats racing for prizes in a poker run or wake boarders showing off their skills at a competition. Fish. One of Tennessee’s best fishing spots, Old Hickory Lake has produced state, national and world-record catches. In fact, some of the world’s top professional anglers have tested their skills here in a variety of tournament events, including the Women’s Bassmaster Tour, Bassmaster Elite Series, Walmart FLW and BFL Boat. Old Hickory Lake has enough big water to give gear-heads their throttle fix and plenty of secluded coves for those who prefer a more placid setting. Full-service marinas offer everything boaters could possibly need, including fuel, dockage, rack storage and service. visitsumnertn.com 5 Series, American Bass Anglers, Triton Boat Owners, Professional Anglers Association and Tennessee Bass Federation Nation. The lake also draws thousands of recreational anglers who come in search of large-and small-mouth bass, crappie, catfish and rockfish, a striped freshwater sea bass that can grow up to 45 pounds. Hook1 has full and half day kayak rentals and supplies. (615) 824-7722 • www.hook1outfitters.com Rivership Cruises offers a unique and private venue for dining, business, and parties. (615) 824-8511 • www.rivershipcruises.com Shady Cove Resort rents jon boats, and canoes, restaurant. (615) 452-8010 • www.shadycoveresort.com Run, Bike and Swim. Sumner County is home to several triathlons, including the Xterra Lock 4 Blast. Lock 4 Park in Gallatin is also home to a number of MARINAS BMX events held on the park’s winding shoreline trails. See our Anchor High Marina • (615) 826-2628 online calendar for dates and details on all events. www.anchorhighmarina.net Creekwood Marina • (615) 824-7963 Stay Dry. www.creekwoodmarina.com You don’t have to go in the water to experience the charms of Old Drakes Creek Marine • (615) 822-3886 Hickory Lake. Enjoy stunning waterfront vistas from Lock 4 Park www.drakescreekmarine.com and Bledsoe Creek State Park in Gallatin, or from Memorial Park Gallatin Marina • (615) 452-9876 and Sanders Ferry Park in Hendersonville. www.gallatinmarina.com Shady Cove Marina • (615) 452-8010 RENTALS & CHARTERS www.shadycoveresort.com Calico Jack’s has a number of pontoon boats to rent for your boating pleasure. Open April - September. Old Hickory Lake Visitor Center (615) 461-8554 • www.calicojacksrentals.com 5 Power Plant Road - Hendersonville 615-822-4846 Free. Open Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm Cumberland River Cruises guarantees a relaxing and scenic cruise Located in the Rockland Recreation Area, the Visitors Center on the lake or you can book a private party. provides a history of the dam and the navigational facilities. (615) 451-4001 • www.cumberlandrivercruises.com A tour of the power plant can also be arranged. 6 HISTORIC SITES BOWEN PLANTATION HOUSE Sumner County’s historic sites paint a vivid picture of life in the CASTALIAN SPRINGS post-Revolutionary War and Civil War periods of American history. BLEDSOE’S FORT Sumner County is fortunate to have a large number of historic homes, HISTORICAL PARK fort sites and museums that are open to the public. Lovingly-preserved 2923 Hartsville Pike mansions hold little-seen treasures, including a rare oil painting of (615) 452-5463 George Washington and a set of Martha Washington’s china. www.bledsoeslick.com Some historic sites feature guided Free. Self-guided. tours where you can hear about the Open daily, sunrise to sunset. different life experiences of View the outline of the Revolutionary War-era Bledsoe’s Fort, individuals in Sumner County. You'll recovered through archaeological digs. Site also includes a walking be able to stand in rooms where trail, two 1700-era cabins, frontier cemetery and prehistoric Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston and natural spring.