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January 2012
Nashville, Tennessee
 January 2, 2012: One of Nashville's all-time favorite athletes, Eddie George, will be returning to the public arena this month in a new role. He'll be playing Julius Caesar, in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's winter production, Jan. 12-29.
December 2, 2011: Vince Gill will serve as the Grand Marshal of Nashville's 59th Annual Christmas Parade tonight. The event is expected to be the biggest yet, with more than 80 floats, marching bands, and performing groups. At 6:30 p.m., a tree-lighting ceremony will held at Public Square Park (1 Public Square). The parade will begin at 7 p.m. at LP Field, crossing the Woodland Street Bridge, and going west down Second Avenue and continuing up Broadway to Seventh Avenue. Prime parade watching area is along Second Avenue and Broadway.
November 1, 2011: Crisp, lovely weather makes this an inviting time for observing the night sky. A Fall Star Party is scheduled for this Saturday, Nov. 5 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Special Events Field in Edwin Warner Park. Local astronomers will be on hand with telescopes. Please call the Warner Park Nature Center to register for this stellar happening: 615-352-6299. Free and open to the public.
October 29, 2011: Halloween weekend is shaping up to be a good time to take in the Farmers' Market, a Titans' home football game, and a host of delightfully spooky events, including ghost tours, corn mazes, haunted houses, and a special muscial treat on Halloween night by the Nashville Symphony featuring the 1925 silent movie classic, Phantom of the Opera with organist Tom Trenney.
October 14, 2011: Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word begins today and runs through Sunday at the War Memorial Plaza and Tennessee Capitol. It's free and opened to the public. Schedule of readings and events can be seen here.
October 12, 2011: The 10th Annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards ceremony will be presented live at the Ryman Auditorium Thurs., Oct 13 at 7 p.m.
October 8, 2011: In the last week, Nashville (particularly the West End area around Centennial Park), has been the site of two activist gatherings. The first happened last Sunday with SlutWalk Nashville, a local version of an international movement dedicated to spreading the word that those who experience sexual assault are not at fault, without exception. The second was a populist rally on Oct. 6 by the Nashville arm of Occupy Wall Street and a General Assembly meeting by the same group today. Occupy Nashville voted to begin an occupation of Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville Saturday evening around 6 p.m.
October 5, 2011: Steve Jobs, 1955–2011.
October 3, 2011: It's autumn and the weather in Nashville is just about perfect. Blue skies, sunshine, and crisp (but not cold) temperatures offer an apt reminder that Oktoberfest and Germantown Street Festival are approaching. Both events are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8 in Nashville's Germantown.
September 23, 2011: Tennessee Arts and Crafts (TACA) 33nd Annual Fall Festival begins today in Centennial Park and runs through Sunday. Don't let the rainy day weather discourage you from getting out to this popular Nashville event. The forecast is for an absolutely lovely day tomorrow with a high of 76º F and only a 20% chance of precipitation. There'll be more than 200 artisans from across the country presenting their crafts, special hands-on activities for children, and skewers of delicious food. Admission is free, as is parking. Fri. & Sat. hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. , Sun. hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adding to the festivities on Saturday, the weekly Musicians Corner in Centennial Park will provide a free concert 3 to 6 p.m.
September 13, 2011: CMA Awards Show hotel/ticket packages for the Nov. 9, 2011 show in Bridgestone Arena are now available.
September 11, 2011: Ten years ago tomorrow, on Sept. 12, 2001, Nashvillians came together in Centennial Park to hold a candlelight vigil in honor of those lost in the attacks on 9/11.
September 1, 2011: Big tents are being pitched in Bicentennial Capitol Mall in preparation for the National Folk Festival Sept. 2 - 4. A large-scale outdoor event presented free to the public, the National Folk Festival features an array of music and dance performances, workshops, children's activities, regional and ethnic foods, storytelling, parades, craft exhibits, and demonstrations. The three-day September event marks the first year of a three-year tenure of the Folk Festival in Nashville (it will return in 2012 and 2013).
August 29, 2011: After a summer break that began on July 2, Musicians Corner in Centennial Park returns for its fall season with a live concert this Saturday, Sept. 3 from 3 to 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The concerts will continue every Saturday through Nov. 5.
August 9, 2011: Ah, wondrous jet stream that has brought Nashville a break in the weather. It's cooler, drier, and the sun is shining. August has turned suddenly beautiful, just in time for the annual Tomato Art Festival (coming up on Saturday, Aug. 13).
July 24, 2011: We haven't crossed the threshold to the dog days of August yet, but Nashville temperatures have been practicing, it seems, in anticipation. It's hot. Gardens, kids, and shirt collars are wilting. This may be the time to explore the great indoors and take in a museum or art gallery.
July 1, 2011: Nashville is celebrating the Fourth of July weekend with an array of concerts, free events, fireworks, a hot chicken festival, and 10k and 5k races. See a list of things to do. A few U2 ticket/hotel packages for the big musical event at Vanderbilt Stadium on July 2 are still available.
June 28, 2011: The National Folk Festival announced today that the 73rd annual event will be held in Nashville's Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 2-4, 2011. This will be a major event for Nashville, which has been selected to host the Festival for the next three years. A broad array of music and dance performances will be featured and tens of thousands of people are expected to attend.
June 15, 2011: U2 ticket/hotel packages for the big event on July 2 at Vanderbilt Stadium go on sale here June 17. U2 will be making its first appearance in Nashville since Dec. 2, 1981. At about 50,000 capacity for the show, Vanderbilt Stadium will be one of the smallest-capacity venues to be played on the 360 tour.
June 14, 2011: The 41st Annual American Artisan Festival is opening this Friday in Centennial Park and runs for three days (June 17–19). One of the most renowned and respected crafts fairs in the country, the American Artisan will be honoring its founder and local arts pioneer, Nancy Saturn. Nancy passed away on March 9, 2010, after a valiant battle against breast cancer. In Nancy's honor, ten percent of all profts from the Festival will be donated to local arts organizations and Gilda's Club Nashville.
June 12, 2011: The fourth and final night of a fantastic CMA Music Festival ends this evening with the JaneDear girls, The Band Perry, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Swift.
June 11, 2011: Chris Young, Little Big Town, Josh Turner, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, and Rascal Flatts take to the big stage tonight at LP Field.
June 10, 2011: The CMA Music Festival lineup for LP Field tonight is tremendous: Ashton Shepherd, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, and Reba.
June 2, 2011: Musicians Corner in Centennial Park at 2600 West End Avenue will have another live concert this Saturday, 3 to 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
May 6, 2011: One of Nashville's most enduring and popular crafts festivals begins today in Centennial Park and runs through Sunday afternoon. Tennessee Arts and Crafts Festival (TACA) offers up original and well-made crafts, jewelry, clothes, hand-thrown pottery, furniture, and even musical instruments. An array of food booths, activities for children, and interesting artisans make this an event not to be missed. The blue and white oak/hickory chair at the left is by master furniture-maker Tim Hintz of Smithville, Tennessee.
April 4, 2011: We're on the eve of Redbud Winter, it seems. Furious storms bringing high winds and buckets of rain blew through middle Tennessee today, presaging a cold front. Spring cold snaps in the South have a tradition of being named a kind of winter after the flowers blooming at the time. In early April, there's Redbud Winter and at the end of April, comes Dogwood Winter, followed by Locust Tree Winter. Blackberry Winter arrives in early to mid-May and then, unrelated to blooms of any sort, we have Cotton Britches Winter and finally, Whipporwill Winter in late May to early June. It's a wonder, isn't it, that for a decidedly warm-weather climate, Tennessee can boast such an abundance of "winters."
Mar. 27, 2011: Despite the relapse to cold, wet weather, Nashville is beginning to thaw from the long winter and the temptation is to venture outdoors and see what's stirring. You never know what legendary talent you might encounter when you're out and about.
 Mar. 20, 2011: It's officially the first day of spring and the weather here in Nashville is obligingly lovely.The thermometer is reaching 79° F, the sun is shining, and a mild breeze is blowing from the south. What a wonderful day to take a walk in the park. We're updating our TN Guide to Wildflowers and new hikes and botanical events will be available shortly.
Mar. 6, 2011: Tin Pan South, Nashville's annual songwriters' festival, will be celebrating its 19th year Mar. 29 - April 2. For those who love music—all kinds of music—this is one of the standout events on the Nashville calendar. Staged in small clubs and venues around the city, the performances by the songwriters offer an inside perspective on the creation of the music that has made Nashville famous. Festival passes will go on sale March 9.
Feb. 1, 2011: The city has a new theatre company, Theatre Ensemble of Nashville, and their inaugural production is Romeo and Juliet, running now through Feb. 20. Located in East Nashville, TEN (as they call themselves) charges a reasonable $10 for admission. For more information on this promising addition to the Nashville theatre scene, see their website or call 615-255-7715.
Jan. 29, 2011: The Grand Ole Opry hosts two big artists tonight, and we mean "big" literally. Tracy Adkins and Toby Keith take the stage at the Ryman Auditorium for two shows. At last year's Tin Pan South Songwriters' Festival, Trace sang a song he said he and Toby were recording. It's a comic piece called "If I Was a Woman" and we're hoping it will be part of the evening performance.
Jan. 17, 2011: “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. See events scheduled for MLK Day in Nashville.
Jan. 13, 2011:"Imagine: here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy; just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship; just starting to glimpse the fact that someday she too might play a part in shaping her nation's future. She had been elected to her student council; she saw public service as something exciting, something hopeful. She was off to meet her congresswoman, someone she was sure was good and important and might be a role model. She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted. I want us to live up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as she imagined it. All of us — we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations." President Obama, speaking at the memorial service in Tuscson last night for the six people, including 9-year old Christina Green, who died in last Saturday's shooting.
Jan. 3, 2011: The Frist Center is one of three venues worldwide hosting The Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée D'Orsay. The exhibition is open through Jan. 23 and includes paintings by Gustave Courbet, Édouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Adolphe-William Bouguereau, Edgar Degas, Henri Fantin-Latour and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
Dec. 27, 2010: It's a big holiday week in downtown Nashville, beginning with a free concert on Lower Broadway by Little Texas on Dec. 29 at 5 p.m. Immediately following Little Texas, SEC and ACC bands and cheerleaders will square off for the Battle of the Bands. Zac Brown then takes the stage at Bridgestone Arena at 7 p.m. The next day, Dec. 30, the Music City Bowl will fill up LP Field with University of Tennessee and University of North Carolina fans. The end of the week and the end of the year converge with the Music City New Year's Eve Bash on Broadway on Dec. 31.
Dec. 16, 2010: CMA Music Festival 2011 Gold Circle packages at the Hilton Garden Inn debut today for online booking. These hotel/ticket packages are for five nights for two people and feature Gold Circle seating in Section B Row 33 or Section C Row 38.
Dec. 1, 2010: U2 ticket/hotel packages for the 5-star Hermitage Hotel will go on sale here on Dec. 18. Packages feature premium seats at Vanderbilt Stadium for the July 2, 2011 performance and two nights hotel at The Hermitage (July 1 & 2).
Nov. 19, 2010:Welcome back to the Opryland Hotel! On Nov. 15, this Nashville landmark reopened its doors for business six months after the May flood inundated it and forced an emergency evacuation of the guests and staff. The reopening, after extensive repairs and renovations, comes in time for the hotel's 27th annual Country Christmas celebration.
Nov. 1, 2010: Tootsies celebrates their 50th anniversary this coming Sunday (Nov. 7) at the Ryman Auditorium with performances by Kris Kristofferson, Terri Clark, Mark Chesnutt, the Grascals, Mandy Barnett, and Little Jimmy Dickens.
Oct. 30, 2010: Halloween weekend is here and there's plenty to do in Nashville, including free community trick-or-treats, flashlight tours of Belmont Mansion, and a 7th Annual Halloweast Pub Crawl. Consider all the spooky options here.
Oct. 22, 2010: There's a fall foliage report for Tennessee available online at Fall TN Vacation, featuring suggested drives and hikes and color updates for various regions. The Smokies, the Upper Cumberland, the Natchez Trace in middle Tennessee, and Land Between the Lakes are all, according to reports, putting on a brilliant autumn show.
Oct. 8-10, 2010: Southern Festival of Books takes place on War Memorial Plaza in downtown Nashville between Charlotte and Union and 6th and 7th Avenues.
October 3, 2010: Surprisingly cool air arrived overnight in Nashville and the forecast for this evening is even chillier: temperatures are expected to drop into the thirties, with a frost advisory for Davidson County. The average first freeze date for Nashville is Oct. 28 so this nippiness is a bit out of the ordinary. Let's see if the autumn aura will hold for Germantown's Oktoberfest next Saturday, Oct. 9 (or if we'll have a relapse of the summer heat).
September 24, 2010: Tennessee Arts and Crafts (TACA) 32nd Annual Fall Festival begins today in Centennial Park and runs through Sunday.
The outlook for the weather is promising--the high temperature for Saturday is predicted to be only 83! So if you need an inspiration to get outdoors, TACA offers a delightful open-air destination in sight of the Parthenon. The artisans you'll encounter are talented and their offerings unique and lovely. And, of course, they'll be plenty of food vendors.
September 5, 2010: After the long, hot summer we've endured here in Nashville, autumn beckons like a prize. Already the days are gentler and the sky bluer. If you're looking for yet another reason to visit Music City during one of its loveliest times of the year, consider that The World of Bluegrass Fan Fest is scheduled for Oct 1-3 at the Nashville Convention Center.
September 1, 2010: A 3-hour special on the 2010 CMA Music Festival airs tonight on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central.
The performance to watch for is Keith Urban's cover of Joe Cocker's arrangement of "With a Little Help from My Friends."
Urban dedicated the song to the people of Nashville who pulled together to help their neighbors during the terrible flooding in early May. With film footage of flood scenes playing on the stage screen behind him, Urban was joined by Tony Brown on the piano, Sarah Buxton, Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman. It was one of the most masterful and moving performances of the entire Festival.
August 18, 2010: BlueShoe's CMA Awards Show 2010 Platinum and Gold Level Packages go on sale today at 2 p.m. Central Time.
August 13, 2010: Are you ready, country music lovers? BlueShoe is about to launch its "Best of the Fest" packages for the 2011 CMA Music Festival.
August 7, 2010: Learn the tango tonight at the Big Band Dance at the Centennial Park Event Shelter. Lessons are free and dance music will be provided by The Usual Suspects. Lesson begins at 7 p.m. and the music runs from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.
The evening is part of a Nashville summer tradition—free dance lessons and big band music are offered up each Saturday night through the end of August.
August 1, 2010: For our CMA Music Festival clients this year, we created an annotated list of some of our favorite restaurants in Nashville. We thought our recommendations might be of interest to other visitors so we're republishing them here on BlueShoe Café, our dining guide to Nashville. There are nine select restaurants on the list and we'll unveil them one at a time. We'll begin with a "destination" ice cream shop that's been in the same location on Charlotte Avenue for nearly 50 years.
July 29, 2010: Our Deluxe Gold Circle Grand Ole Opry Package is now on sale. These 2-night packages feature the splendid 5-star Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville and Gold Circle seats for your Night at the Opry. Summer performances of the Opry will be held at the Ryman Auditorium, located within walking distance of the Hermitage. This package is an exclusive offering through BlueShoe Nashville--you won't find it anywhere else.
July 22, 2010: The third Full Moon Pickin' Party of the season is Friday (July 23) at the Equestrian Barn near the steeplechase in Percy Warner Park. You can enjoy food, beverages, and splendid bluegrass music performed live under the stars. The proceeds go directly back to the parks to help mitigate flood damage and to insure preservation of the Percy and Edwin Warner Parks.
 July 12, 2010: It's the height of summer and a bounty of locally-grown produce is nowon sale at the Nashville Farmers' Market. You'll find peaches and blackberries, an array of vegetables like squash and corn and green beans, and what warrants a trip in their own right--heirloom tomatoes that are sweetly succulent and artistically colorful (arrange them on a platter to create a still life worthy
of Cézanne). The next food events on the Nashville calendar include the Soul Food Festival on July 17
and the Music City Brewers Fest on July 31.
July 7, 2010: Getting around downtown Nashville has become easier and greenerwith the advent of a new serviceproviding free transportation. The Music City Circuit runs 6 days a week on two separate loops (one goes to the Farmers' Market and Bicentennial Mall and the other serves key destinations between the Gulch and Riverfront Station).
Two of the new 40-foot buses and smaller vans utilized on the Circuit are powered by a diesel hybrid electic propulsion system that produces fewer harmful emissions and uses less fuel. A YouTube video has been produced by the Nashville MTA showing the ease of Riding the Music City Circuit.
July 1, 2010: The summer weather today could hardly be lovelier in Nashville or more tempting for an evening stroll at Cheekwood. Start off your long holiday weekend
with a visit to their outdoor exhibit featuring handblown glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly. The display in the botanical gardens will be illuminated for nighttime viewing (and naturally enhanced, we suspect, by the flickering of native fireflies). Read more about Chihuly Nights (offerered on certain Thursday and Friday nights through the summer) and the two current exhibits gracing Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Cheekwood.
June 30, 2010: We're not Paris yet, but Nashville is simulating the City of Light with a new bike sharing program. The original launch date for the free program was scheduled for early summer, but was pushed back because the entire fleet of bikes was submerged in the May flood. Repairs were needed to get the pretty yellow and blue models back in shape. The initial program will begin with a fleet of 30 bikes in two locations (Music City Star riverfront train station and Shelby Bottoms) and expand to thousands of bikes citywide by next spring.
June 29, 2010: Free music, fireworks, and a hot chicken festival are featured this weekend in Nashville as part of Music City's Fourth of July Celebration. Trace Adkins will be headlining the roster of musicians performing at Riverfront Stages on Sunday.
June 23, 2010: The second Full Moon Pickin' Party of the season is this Friday, June 25 at the Equestrian Barn, 2500 Old Hickory Blvd (next to the Steeplechase at Percy Warner Park). The Pickin' Parties are a Nashville summer tradition featuring live bluegrass music under the stars and food and drink.
June 19, 2010: Coming in July--our Best of Nashville Gold Circle Grand Ole Opry Package. Offered only by BlueShoe Nashville, this package features the 5-star Hermitage Hotel in Nashville and Gold Circle seats at the Opry. Summer performances of the Opry will be held at the Ryman Auditorium, located downtown and within walking distance of the Hermitage. Call 615-383-3012 for more details.
June 15, 2010: The 2010 CMA Music Festival wrapped up four days of extraordinary country music Sunday night, June 13. Performances by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, Trace Adkins, Reba, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, and Brad Paisley were among the highlights on the big stage at LP Field.
June 5, 2010: The CMA Music Festival is just days away. If you love country music, there is indeed only one place in the world to be June 10 to 13: Nashville!
May 27, 2010: The first Full Moon Pickin' Party of the season is tonight at the Equestrian Barn near the steeplechase in Percy Warner Park. You can enjoy food, beverages, and splendid bluegrass music performed live under the stars. The proceeds go directly back to the parks to help mitigate flood damage and to insure preservation of the Percy and Edwin Warner Parks.
May 7, 2010: We're coming back from the deluge and there's a raft of special events this weekend to raise flood relief funds. There's also a number of free entertainments being offer to help Nashvillians relax and rejuvenate. Tonight the Nashville Symphony is hosting a free performance in the public square at 8 p.m. Christopher Cross will be the special guest performer and parking is free at the Metro Courthouse/ Public Square Garage. See a list of events here.
May 6, 2010: The days are now lovely in sunshine and Nashville is mopping up. If you have time to lend a hand, volunteers are needed at the Farmers' Market tomorrow to help prepare for a reopening of the market on Saturday. In the wake of the flood, there are many, many places around Nashville in need of volunteers to pitch in and help clean. You can see a complete list of opportunities at Hands On Nashville.
May 5, 2010: Wet but not whipped! The Show will go on. The Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Country Music Association have released statements regarding the floods in middle Tennessee and the status of the Music Festival in June. The short version: the CMA Music Festival will happen! More details here: Nashville CVB issues statement and the CMA reassures Festival goers.
May 4, 2010: The sun is shining and we're coming up for air. But the last four days have been harrowing: between May 1st and May 2nd, 2010, Middle Tennessee received the greatest amount of rainfall in recorded history. The resulting floods have killed 10 people in Davidson County (this is the count as of 6 a.m. this morning and the fear is that more bodies will be found as the waters recede). Honky tonks on Lower Broadway, beloved Nashville landmarks like the Country Music Hall of Fame and LP Field, and other music venues in the historic district of downtown Nashville have taken on water. Countless private homes have been damaged or destroyed. This is a weather event that was epic in its intensity and indiscriminate in its range of destruction. Nashville is still reeling. We'll be posting photos soon.
April 1, 2010: Happy hoax day. Check out some of the memorable April Fool's pranks of recent vintage. Google, keeping with its tradition, is up to its own wry brand of folly.
March 24, 2010: Tennessee is coming into all its amazing botanical glory with the blooming of a wide variety of woodland wildflowers. We've updated our Wildflower Guide with lists of wildflower hikes and festivals across middle and east Tennessee. This weekend there are multiple hikes right here in Nashville at Percy Warner Park.
March 3, 2010: It's just a bit over three months until Nashville's biggest annual event -- the CMA Music Festival. The roster of performers announced thus far includes Brad Paisley, Jason Aldean, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Zac Brown Band, and Carrie Underwood. More names will be revealed throughout the spring. Opening day for the Festival is June 10.
Feb. 28, 2010: Tin Pan South, sponsored by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), is scheduled for March 30 to April 3 right here in Nashville at area music venues. Known as the world's largest all-songwriter festival, the gathering of songwriters and music fans will celebrate its 18th anniversary this year. According to NSAI, more than 9,000 people attended the event in 2009. Tickets will go sale on March 10.
Feb. 1, 2010: After Friday's snowfall (the biggest in Nashville since 2003), the bright sunshine on Sunday was welcomed. It was still cold (only reaching the low 30s), but the sun started the town to thawing. Let's see if the warming trend continues this week.
Jan. 12, 2010: Free WiFi is coming to downtown Nashville. The Nashville Technology Council has announced that it is spearheading a project to provide free public wireless Internet service. The initial network, running along Broadway from approximately the Hard Rock Cafe to the Sommet Center, will go live by early February.
Jan. 6, 2010: According to forecasts, snow is on the way to Nashville, along with high winds. If you prefer to view meteorological drama rather than be immersed in it, stay tune for the Nashville Shakespeare
Festival's production of The Tempest at Belmont's Troutt Theatre. Opening on Jan. 16, the play will run through the end of January and should offer a cosy, warm way of watching the elements rage.
 Jan. 1, 2010: We've turned the corner of the year and the countdown has begun for the new wildflower season in Tennessee. Last year we found Harbinger-of-Spring (Erigenia bulbosa) opening its tiny petals in the snow on March 1. So it's only a couple of months and counting before the wonderful botanical show begins. We're still processing photos from last year's wildflower hikes and have just put up a new series of images shot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (with some pretty photos of Painted Trillium and Creeping Phlox).
Dec. 31, 2009: A lot of twang and sparkle will liven up New Year's Eve in downtown Nashville this evening. There'll be four to five hours of free live music performed at First and Broadway in front of the Hard Rock Cafe, with Rodney Atkins headlining the cast of musicians. There'll even be a midnight drop, but instead of the famous ball in Times Square moving inexorably to mark the start of a brand new year, Nashville will drop an 80-foot guitar. As an exclamation mark, there'll be fireworks. The street party starts ata 7:30 p.m. See schedule of performers here.
Dec. 19, 2009: We're pleased to announce the addition of a lovely new hotel in a splendid location for our CMA Music Festival 2010 Packages. The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel is located at 1713 Broadway Avenue in midtown Nashville. The 2010 CMA Music Festival will be the inaugural one for the hotel and to commemorate this milestone we're matching Gold Circle tickets with a limited number of our Hilton Garden packages. See more details on our CMA Music Festival 2010 page.
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photo: The Bellsouth "Batman Building,"
one of the landmarks in downtown Nashville, overlooks the old brick
storefronts of Lower Broad--a row of cowboy apparel stores and honky-tonks
such as Tootsie's Orchid Lounge.
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Editor: Cheryl Hiers
BlueShoe Nashville Travel Guide is located in Nashville, Tennessee.
Copyright ©2011, Cheryl Hiers.
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