Guide

Songwriter rooms

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Songwriter rooms

Bluebird Cafe

A tiny Green Hills room where songwriters play their own hits a few feet from your table. Reservations go fast.

Green Hills · First-timers $$
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The Listening Room Cafe

Songwriters in the round, downtown-adjacent, with food and a bigger room than the Bluebird.

SoBro · First-timers and groups $$
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3rd & Lindsley

A reliable listening room for touring acts and writers — tables, a stage, and a grown-up crowd.

SoBro · First-timers $$
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Commodore Grille

Songwriter nights in the Holiday Inn Vanderbilt. Unlikely room, real writers, usually free.

West End · First-timers $
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The Local

A Midtown bar with regular writer nights and a neighborhood feel Broadway does not have.

Midtown · First-timers $
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Live Oak Nashville

East side songwriter room — closer to a listening room than a bar with a PA.

East Nashville · First-timers $$
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Analog at Hutton Hotel

A hotel listening room that books serious writers and small touring acts. Nice room, real songs.

Midtown · First-timers $$