Live music – Music City VIP

Live music

The bigger Basement — East Nashville, standing room, the room locals call The Beast.

East Nashville · First-timers and groups $$

Bars & nightlife Live music

Cover bands, patios, and a Demonbreun location that catches the Bridgestone spillover.

Downtown · Groups $$

Live music Things to do

The show that made Nashville Music City — country, bluegrass, and gospel on a stage every first-timer should see once.

Opryland / Music Valley · First-timers and groups $$

Live music Sports

Preds hockey, big tours, awards shows. The downtown barn.

Downtown · First-timers and groups $$$

Bars & nightlife Live music

The Broadway Tin Roof — live country, tourists, and a balcony over the strip.

Lower Broadway · Groups $$

Live music Things to do

The Mother Church of Country Music — a former tabernacle with pews, stained glass, and a calendar that is not only country.

Downtown · First-timers $$

Live music

Mid-size room in the old cannery complex with Mercy Lounge upstairs. Workhorse touring venue.

The Gulch · First-timers and groups $$

Live music

Historic seated hall next to the Capitol. Good acoustics, grown-up shows.

Downtown · First-timers $$

Bars & nightlife Live music

A Lower Broad honky-tonk that still feels like a honky-tonk — fried bologna, cheap beer, and live country with no cover.

Lower Broadway · First-timers and groups $

Live music

Inside the Country Music Hall of Fame. Seated, well-behaved, good sightlines.

Downtown · First-timers $$