🥾 Join a guided hike

• Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Nashville | 3-4 p.m. | This hike is on a flat and paved sidewalk and is suitable for all ages — leashed dogs are welcome.
• Long Hunter State Park, Nashville | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Bring the family for a short 1-mile hike on the Inland Trail.
• Harris Ridge Trail Project at Radnor Lake, Nashville | 2-5 p.m. | This off-trail strenuous hike to one of the park’s newest ridgetops will include a half hour segment for volunteers to learn about and pull invasive plants on Harris Ridge — the hike will conclude with a sunset view atop the ridge + hikers should bring bottled water, a headlamp, gloves, and a walking stick if desired.
• Bledsoe Creek State Park, Gallatin | 1 p.m. | This 3-mile hike on the High Ridge and Shoreline trails is considered “moderately strenuous.”
• Harpeth River State Park, Kingston Springs | 9-10:30 a.m. | Meet at the Harris Street Bridge parking lot for a “moderately difficult” 1.6-mile hike through the Narrows of the Harpeth.
• Cedars of Lebanon State Park, Lebanon | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Hike the new paved Cave Creek Trail accessible to wheelchairs and strollers — leashed dogs are welcome in the back of the hike.

🥾 Plan your own hike

• Charlie McCarter and The Tennessee Warblers | Wednesday, Nov. 23 | 6 p.m. | The 5 Spot, 1006 Forrest Ave. | $10 | Join the two bands for an evening of music on Thanksgiving Eve.

• Power Flow | Thursday, Nov. 24 | 9-10 a.m. | Small World Yoga, 1119 12th Ave. S. | Donation | Kick off the holiday with a class open to all experience levels.
• Music City Turkey Trot 5k and 1 Mile Waddle | Thursday, Nov. 24 | 8 a.m. | Nissan Stadium | $39+ | Race day offers a costume contest, largest teams competition, entertainment on the course, and finisher medals for all participants.

• Snowfest | Friday, Nov. 25 | 12-10 p.m. | Jackalope Brewing Company, 429B Houston St. | Cost of purchase | Join the brewery for a celebration of stout season marked by Jackalope’s first hand-bottled large format bottle release in three years.
• Music City Hockey Classic: Northeastern vs. Western Michigan | Friday, Nov. 25 | 6:30 p.m. | Bridgestone Arena | $32.78 | Watch two of the NCAA’s top 20 ranked college hockey teams.

• Dave Fleppard | Saturday, Nov. 26 | 8 p.m. | Skydeck at Assembly Hall, 5055 Broadway | Free | Rock out to some heavy metal at this tribute to Def Leppard.

• Tennessee Titans vs. Cincinnati Bengals | Sunday, Nov. 27 | 12 p.m. | Nissan Stadium | $125+ | Cheer on the Titans at home before the team hits the road to Philadelphia next week.
• Sunday Cider Social | Sunday, Nov. 27 | 12-3 p.m. | Diskin Cider, 1235 Martin St. | Cost of purchase | Gather your friends for an afternoon of cider and brunch specials.

• 63º | Partly cloudy | 10% chance of rain

• Boba tea company Eat Bubbles opened a brick-and-mortar location inside L&L Market — 3820 Charlotte Ave. The business got its start at local farmers markets and on Vanderbilt University’s campus. Check out the menu. 🧋

• Music City Baseball — the organization leading the charge to bring an MLB team to Nashville — is working with TSU to assess ~100 acres of the campus for a potential stadium. The $150,000 site survey is expected to take around six months to complete. (Nashville Business Journal)

• WeGo Transit will operate its buses and Access vans on a Sunday/holiday schedule in observance of Thanksgiving. Additionally, regional commuter buses and WeGo Star will not be in service. See available routes.
• TDOT will halt all construction-related lane closures beginning at 12 p.m. today and lasting through 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28. AAA predicts 1.2 million Tennessee residents will hit the road this Thanksgiving, up 12,000 people from last year.

• Miranda Lambert’s Casa Rosa is offering all local on-duty first responders a complimentary turkey dinner today and on Thanksgiving. The bar and restaurant is located at 308 Broadway. 🥘

• The annual Christmas at the Capitol celebration is set for Monday, Nov. 28 at 5:30 p.m. The tree lighting ceremony will also feature musical performances.

• Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary’s Marshmallow Hikes return on Saturday, Nov. 26 and run through mid-January. The events — offered at three times on select days — feature ~30-45 minutes of hiking (two difficulty levels) followed by hot chocolate + roasted marshmallows. Tickets are $10. See the schedule. 🥾

• 63% of first time homebuyers admitted to bidding for a home they didn’t really want. That’s nearly two in three homebuyers. Here’s why that may be.*

• Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CT
• Tickets: The game is officially sold out, including tailgate parking lots.
• How to watch: Tune in via the SEC Network.
• Vanderbilt’s record: 5-6 (2-5 SEC)
• Tennessee’s record: 9-2 (5-2 SEC)
• Outlook: Tennessee has won its last three matchups against Vanderbilt, but the ‘Dores are looking to take home the W after winning back-to-back SEC games for the first time since 2018.