Music, Sports, Art, and Culture: A Nashville Summer Adventure

Nashville pulses with energy for every traveler, combining legendary music with culinary creativity, outdoor adventure, and Southern hospitality. Today, July 25, Alabama Shakes electrify the stage at Ascend Amphitheater, a riverside open-air venue where listeners can soak in skyline views and world-class sound. For roots lovers, the Ryman Auditorium—once home to the Grand Ole Opry and dubbed the Mother Church of Country Music—ushers in Blackberry Smoke, The Dirty Knobs, and Mike Campbell tomorrow night, promising a genre-crossing show in a historic setting that’s hosted artists from Johnny Cash to Lizzo. Tours of the Ryman run daily and offer a walk through Nashville’s living history, a must for music fans according to the Ryman’s own history.

This Sunday, blues and soul group Southern Avenue lights up 3rd & Lindsley, one of Nashville’s iconic listening rooms, while Monday spotlights The Time Jumpers’ Western swing—a rare treat and a nod to Nashville’s musical roots. Local venues layer the city with nightly surprises, and The Basement features New Faces Night, letting listeners discover emerging Nashville talent in an intimate club environment.

Beyond live music, Nashville’s sports scene is on full display with the Nashville SC soccer team playing through their record-breaking MLS season. Listeners can catch them competing for the top of the league, while baseball lovers have First Horizon Park, where the Nashville Sounds deliver minor league thrills. Summer’s also prime time for youth tournaments like the Nashville Finale II, attracting teams and fans from around the region for spirited high school play.

Art, food, and culture are woven into daily life. Nashville’s many outdoor murals, especially those in the Gulch and 12South neighborhoods, double as both open-air galleries and Instagram gold. Midtown’s Frist Art Museum, housed in an art deco post office, features changing exhibitions ranging from avant-garde to Southern classics. For culinary adventurers, Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack or Hattie B’s serve Nashville’s fiery signature dish. Head to the Loveless Cafe for biscuit breakfasts or hone in on gourmet at Fifth + Broadway’s Assembly Food Hall, where listeners can taste everything from sushi to empanadas under one roof.

Hidden gems abound: Plaza Mariachi on Nolensville Pike isn’t just a marketplace but a cultural hub. This Sunday, its flea market bustles while the evening brings Mexican rodeo and a concert with Los Admirables Del Norte and Karen Valencia. The event is perfect for those searching for Latino flair, shopping, and community celebration, all in one spot. For free outdoor fun, Centennial Park’s bandshell offers local music most summer evenings, while the park’s full-scale replica of the Parthenon remains a genuinely unique Nashville selfie stop.

Outdoor adventure thrives in and around the city. Kayak the Cumberland River for downtown views, pedal the greenways stretching from Shelby Bottoms to Percy Priest Lake, or hike Warner Parks’ forested trails. The Green at JW Marriott sometimes hosts open-air movie nights or local food pop-ups, ideal for experiencing Nashville’s modern side. Saturday morning cartoon screenings at the Franklin Theatre, often featuring special filmmaker Q&A sessions, invite families and animation fans of all ages.

For listeners looking to dance, Plaza Mariachi’s free salsa nights and the upcoming Lucha Libre wrestling-and-michelada party crank up the rhythm. And live music, from honky-tonk bars on Broadway to listening rooms like the Bluebird Cafe, creates the soundtrack of each Nashville night, whether the act is a chart-topper, a songwriter, or a surprise A-lister sitting in.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your Things to Do in Nashville podcast, and
here is what we know for this week. Nashville pulses
with energy for every traveler, combining legendary music with culinary creativity,
outdoor adventure, and Southern hospitality. Today July twenty fifth, Alabama
Shakes electrify the stage at as send Amphitheater, a riverside

(00:21):
open air venue where listeners can soak in skyline views
and world class sound for roots lovers. The Ryman Auditorium,
once home to the Grand Ole Opry and dubbed the
mother Church of country music, ushers in BlackBerry Smoke, the
Dirty Knobs, and Mike Campbell Tomorrow Night, promising a genre
crossing show in a historic setting that's hosted artists from

(00:42):
Johnny Cash to Lizzo. Tours of the Ryman run daily
and offer a walk through Nashville's living history, a must
for music fans, according to The Ryman's own history. This
Sunday Blues in Soul Group's Southern Avenue lights up Third
and Wendsley, one of Nashville's iconic listening rooms, while Monday
spotlights the Time Jumpers, West and Swing, a rare treat
and a nod to Nashville's musical roots. Local venues layer

(01:05):
the city with nightly surprises, and The Basement features new
faces night letting listeners discover emerging Nashville talent in an
intimate club environment. Beyond live music, Nashville's sports scene is
on full display. With the Nashville SC soccer team playing
through their record breaking MLS season, Listeners can catch them
competing for the top of the league, while baseball lovers

(01:26):
have First Horizon Park, where the Nashville Sounds deliver minor
league thrills. Summers also prime time for youth tournaments like
the Nashville Finale, Too, attracting teams and fans from around
the region for spirited high school play. Art, food, and
culture are woven into daily life. Nashville's many outdoor murals,
especially those in the Golch and Twelve South neighborhoods, double

(01:48):
as both open air galleries and instagram Gold Midtown's first
art museum, housed in an Art Deco post office, features
changing exhibitions ranging from avant to Southern classics for Colin
Mary adventurers, Prince's Hot Chicken Shack, or Hattie Bee's Serve.
Nashville's fiery signature dish. Head to the Loveless Cafe for
biscuit breakfasts, or hone in on Gourney at Fifth plus

(02:11):
Broadway's Assembly Food Hall, where listeners can taste everything from
sushi to Ampenada's under one roof hidden gems Abound. Plaza
Marich On Nolansville Pike isn't just a marketplace, but a
cultural hub. This Sunday, It's flea market bustles, while the
evening brings Mexican rodeo and a concert with Los Admirables

(02:32):
del Norte and Karen Valencia. The event is perfect for
those searching for Latino flare, shopping and community celebration all
in one spot. For free outdoor fun, Centennial Parks Band
Show offers local music most summer evenings, while the park's
full scale replica of the Parthenon remains a genuinely unique

(02:52):
Nashville selfie stop. Outdoor adventure thrives in and around the city.
Kayak the Cumberland River for downtown views, pet all the
Greenways stretching from Shelby Bottoms to Percy Priest Lake, or
hike Warner Parks Forested Trails, The green at JW. Marriott
sometimes hosts open air movie nights or local food pop ups,

(03:12):
ideal for experiencing Nashville's modern side. Saturday morning cartoon screenings
at the Franklin Theater, often featuring special filmmaker Q and
A sessions, invite families and animation fans of all ages.
For listeners looking to dance, Plaza Marici's free salsaites and
the upcoming Lucha Libre Wrestling and Michelada Party. Crank up

(03:32):
the rhythm and live music from honky Tonk bars on
Broadway to listening rooms like the Bluebird Cafe creates the
soundtrack of each Nashville night, whether the act is a
chart topper, a songwriter, or a surprise a lister sitting in.
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(03:53):
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