Music City Highlights 2020

NASHVILLE SETS THE TONE ANNUAL EVENTS Whether you’re interested in music, art, history, food, culture, or fashion, The Antiques & Garden Show Music City will give everyone something to sing about. Nashville is of Nashville (Feb) accessible, friendly, and authentic, with diverse neighborhoods, a Tin Pan South Songwriters unique musical heritage, and a creative culture that pervades the city. Festival (March) No wonder Music City hosted 16.1 million visitors last year! St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon & 1/2 Marathon (April)

“20 BEST PLACES TO GO IN 2020” by Condé Nast Traveler Musician's Corner (May–June, Sept) “TOP 20 DESTINATIONS FOR 2020” by Forbes Bonnaroo Music “2020’S 10 HOTTEST DESTINATIONS” by The Sun (U.K.) & Arts Festival (June) “BEST SPORTS CITY 2019” by The Sports Business Journal CMA Fest (June) Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th (July 4) With more than 180 live music Other venues in town known for Live on the Green venues and a diverse music hosting singer/songwriters include Music Festival culture, there’s a tune for The Listening Room Cafe and 3rd (Throughout Aug & Sept) everyone in Nashville. & Lindsley. Americana Music Festival (Sept) Visit the historic Ryman Home to the GRAMMY®Award- CMA Awards (Nov) Auditorium, once home to the winning Nashville Symphony, the Transperfect Music Grand Ole Opry. The auditorium Schermerhorn Symphony Center City Bowl (Dec) has hosted artists from Charlie hosts a wide range of classical, ® Chaplin and Hank Williams to pop, and jazz concerts as well Jack Daniel’s Music City Jack White and Taylor Swift. as other special events. Midnight New Year’s Eve in Nashville (Dec 31) Music City’s honky tonks line Ascend Amphitheater is located Lower Broadway and feature live in Nashville’s SoBro district, and music 7 days a week with no features a wide range of acts. MUSIC CITY FAST FACTS cover charge. Anchored in The Gulch since 1974, The show that made country Station Inn is Nashville’s foremost + 2018 Estimated population: music famous and the world’s home for bluegrass. 1,930,961 (Metropolitan longest-running radio show, the Statistical Area) Grand Ole Opry honors country Looking for rock, Americana, + Over 40% of the U.S. music with a mix of country alternative, hip hop, or other population lives within legends and contemporary chart- genres? Check out Exit/In, Mercy 600 miles of Nashville toppers. Lounge, The Basement, Marathon + Nashville International Airport: Music Works, and more for a 540 daily arrivals and The Bluebird Cafe is the venue range of performances around departures for Nashville’s top songwriters. town.

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Nashville has a rich history preserved at multiple attractions around the city. Ranging from music, to politics, to unique Southern heritage, Music City has a multitude of stories to tell. + Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage: Home of The People’s President NEW RESTAURANTS & BARS + Belle Meade Plantation + Cheekwood Estate & Gardens Nashville’s culinary scene is hotter than ever. 112 new restaurants + Country Music Hall of Fame opened in 2019, the third year in a row to exceed 100 openings. and Museum While Nashville is primarily known for Hot Chicken, BBQ, and + The George Jones traditional southern “meat and threes,” new chef-driven restaurants + Glen Campbell Museum have received high praise and continue to push Nashville as a + Grand Ole Opry culinary destination. + Hatch Show Print + lou + Red Headed + Locust + Historic RCA Studio B Stranger COMING SOON + Musicians Hall of Fame & + Mother’s Ruin + Tailor Nashville + Audrey Museum + O-Ku COMING SOON + The Johnny Cash Museum + Once Upon A + Yolan at The Joseph + The Continental + Patsy Cline Museum + Denim at Time in France COMING SOON + The Parthenon The Joseph + Joyland + Ryman Auditorium + Tennessee State Museum ARTS & CULTURE Nashville’s creative community has transformed Music City into an artistically diverse destination. Below are some of the arts offerings throughout the city. + 25 Art Galleries Downtown + 21c Museum Hotel + Belcourt Theatre + First Saturday Art Crawls NEW HOTEL PROPERTIES + Frist Art Museum In 2019, 18 properties opened with 2,483 rooms. Currently, 5,030 hotel + OZ Arts Nashville rooms are under construction. Check out some of Nashville’s newest + Schermerhorn Symphony Center lodging options: + Tennessee Performing Arts + 121 Hotel + Moxy Hillsboro + Virgin Hotel Center + BentoLiving Village + Conrad Hotel + The Parthenon at Centennial COMING SOON Park Chestnut Hill + The Dive Motel + Swim Club + Grand Hyatt + Conrad Hotel COMING SOON + The Russell + Dream Nashville + W Hotel Hotel + Vandyke Bed & COMING SOON + Graduate Hotel Beverage + Hyatt Centric COMING SOON + Margaritaville Hotel + The Joseph Luxury + Moxy Downtown Collection

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