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Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesLower Broadway is lined with honky-tonks that host live music from late morning until late at night, Nashville, TennesseeThe Ryman Auditorium opened in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, Nashville, TennesseeThe Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum stands in the SoBro district near Lower Broadway, Nashville, TennesseeThe John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge links downtown Nashville with the east bank of the Cumberland, Tennessee

About Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee's capital, sits on the Cumberland River and is known around the world as Music City. Its identity is bound to country music, thanks to the Grand Ole Opry radio show and decades of songwriting and recording on Music Row, though its stages host many genres. The city has grown quickly in recent years, adding restaurants and neighborhoods around its historic core.

The honky-tonks of Lower Broadway offer live music from late morning until late at night. Nearby, the Ryman Auditorium, a former tabernacle and longtime Opry home, still hosts concerts and daytime tours. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum traces the genre's history, while the Johnny Cash Museum and the National Museum of African American Music widen the story. The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge crosses the river. The Tennessee State Capitol overlooks Bicentennial Mall, and the Frist Art Museum fills a former post office. In Centennial Park, a full-scale replica of the Parthenon houses a towering statue of Athena. The Grand Ole Opry now performs in its own house east of downtown, and the Bluebird Cafe is famous for intimate songwriter nights.

Nashville suits music fans, groups celebrating together and anyone hungry for hot chicken. Summer is hot and humid. East Nashville, 12 South and the Gulch offer alternatives to Broadway, and Franklin makes an easy day trip.

Best seasonApril to May and September to October offer comfortable temperatures and busy event calendars.
Ideal stayThree days allows the downtown museums, an Opry show and several evenings of live music.
ArrivingNashville International Airport lies just east of downtown, and Interstates 24, 40 and 65 converge on the city.
Nashville Tennessee Honky Tonks Hot Chicken and the RymanWiserMap travel guideNashville Tennessee Honky Tonks Hot Chicken and the RymanPlan a Nashville trip with this guide to Lower Broadway, the Ryman, the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame, the Parthenon, hot chicken and neighborhoods...Read the guide

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Lower Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Lower Broadway

The neon-lit stretch of Broadway between the Cumberland River and the convention center is Nashville's honky-tonk row, where live...
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Ryman Auditorium

Built in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle by riverboat captain Thomas Ryman, this red-brick hall became known as the Mother Chu...
The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

The Grand Ole Opry

Born as a radio barn dance in 1925, the Opry is the longest-running radio broadcast in American history and still mixes country le...
The Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

The Bluebird Cafe

This unassuming room in a Green Hills shopping strip, opened in 1982, is the city's most famous listening venue, where songwriters...

Museums 3

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The museum's building in the SoBro district is full of musical symbolism, with tall windows that recall piano keys and a sweeping...
Johnny Cash Museum and the National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Johnny Cash Museum and the National Museum of African American Music

Two music museums downtown make a fine pairing. The Johnny Cash Museum, opened in 2013 on Third Avenue South, gathers the Man in B...
Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Frist Art Museum

Housed in Nashville's former main post office, a 1930s building with polished marble halls and Art Deco aluminum grillwork, the Fr...

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John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

Built in 1909 as the Shelby Street Bridge, this steel truss span over the Cumberland River closed to cars and reopened in 2003 for...
Tennessee State Capitol and Bicentennial Mall, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee State Capitol and Bicentennial Mall

Crowning a hill above downtown, the Greek Revival Capitol was completed in 1859 to a design by architect William Strickland, who i...
The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

The Parthenon in Centennial Park

Nashville's nickname, the Athens of the South, comes to life in this full-scale replica of the Athenian Parthenon, first built for...

History 2

Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Andrew Jackson's Hermitage

About a dozen miles east of downtown, the home of the seventh president spreads across hundreds of acres of farmland and woods. To...
Belle Meade and Cheekwood, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Belle Meade and Cheekwood

Two grand estates on the west side of Nashville show the city's genteel past. Belle Meade, once a world-famous thoroughbred horse...

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