10.05.2023

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🎶 Celebrate good times

Your guide to the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival

Check out the World Bazaar. | Photo by NASHtoday

Centennial Park will host Nashvillians for a day filled with music, dancing, art, and culinary delights at the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival. The free event on Saturday, Oct. 7 takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Beyond the festivities, it’s an open invitation for residents to connect with their neighbors and celebrate the many cultures that make up Music City.

Performances

Find a spot on the lawn for 60+ performances across multiple stages. Some stages are located in new areas this year, so bookmark the event map for easy navigation.

Visit the festival’s five stages located throughout the park. | Photo by NASHtoday

The Asurion Stage | Traditional song and dance performances by the Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville, Ballet Folklorico Sol de Mexico, Nashville Irish Step, Music City Soul, and more

Metro Parks Performs | Highlights Metro’s 20+ community centers with live music and dance, arts and crafts stations, and interactive sports demos

Kidsville | Imagination Library, Frist Art Museum, and other groups will host kids activities near Lake Watauga. Bonus: It’s also NPT’s Be My Neighbor Day.

Teens United | Origami and bracelet making, a language wall, and all-day performances

Cafe Stage | Live music in the food area

Other activities include a new animal scavenger hunt and international sports field.

Come to the festival ready to eat. | Photo by NASHtoday

Food + shopping

Visit the World Bazaar for handcrafted items and plan your festival feast with 30+ food pop-ups to choose from. Located directly behind the food vendors is a picnic area and beer garden with lawn games. Some of the vendors include:

Egg Drip | Egg sandwiches and musubi
Mama Yang and Daughter | Bao buns, boba tea, dumplings
Maria’s Snacks | Spicy snow cones and fruit juices
Nelly’s Peruvian Sweets | Alfajores, pionono, empanadas
The Pepper Pott | Jackfruit and fried sweet plantains, fried wings, coconut bundt cake

Pro tip: Find free parking in HCA lots accessible from Park Plaza.

Events

Thursday, Oct. 5

Nashville Predators vs. Carolina Hurricanes | Thursday, Oct. 5 | 7 p.m. | Bridgestone Arena, 501 Broadway | $15+ | The Preds take home ice in this pre-season matchup.
Authorfest | Thursday, Oct. 5 | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Landmark Booksellers, 114 E. Main St., Franklin | Free+ | Visit the bookstore for author talks and book signings.

Friday, Oct. 6

The Puppy Gulch Market | Friday, Oct. 6 | 4-7 p.m. | Noble Park, 333 11th Ave. S. | Free+ | Shop from local vendors and artisans, enjoy free treats for you and your pup from NashBowls Açaí (while supplies last), and play with adoptable puppies from Nashville Humane Association.

Saturday, Oct. 7

Bobby Bones | Saturday, Oct. 7 | 7:30-10 p.m. | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S. | $55+ | Radio and TV personality Bobby Bones brings his “Comedically Inspirational” tour to the CMHOF.

Sunday, Oct. 8

TASTE: A Food and Drink Festival | Sunday, Oct. 8 | 3-8 p.m. | GEODIS Park, 501 Benton Ave. | $75+ | This 21+ event benefitting Tennessee Pride Chamber Foundation features 30+ food and drink vendors, drink-pouring aerialists, stilt walkers, drag queens, DJs, a silent auction, and more.
Ruben Studdard & Clay Aiken | Sunday, Oct. 8 | 7:30 p.m. | Schermerhorn Symphony Center, 1 Symphony Pl. | $39+ | The “American Idol” alums reunite 20 years later for show favorites and other tunes.

Events calendar here

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News Notes

Coming Soon

Midtown’s The 1865 building (612 21st Ave. N.) will house the 1865 Club, a basement-level cocktail lounge with speakeasy vibes. The club plans to offer memberships to 75-100 people initially, with day passes possibly made available to the public. (Nashville Post)

Development

A 12-acre master-planned community is eyeing an early 2024 groundbreaking at 1411 Dickerson Pk. The Pike will offer a mix of apartments and townhomes + 15,000 sqft of retail space. See renderings of the development’s park area and resort-style pool. (Nashville Business Journal)

Plan Ahead

Start your engines and save the date. The Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series returns to Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday, June 30, 2024 — the grand finale of a tripleheader race weekend. Renew your Ally 400 tickets now or wait until the general public sale begins on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

Ranked

The Nashville Predators landed the No. 6 and No. 8 spots on StubHub’s rankings of the top in-demand NHL teams + top trending teams, respectively. Of note, Preds tickets sales are up 150% on the platform compared to this time last year. Bookmark our 2023 season guide.

Featured

No. 8. That’s what Nashville ranks on Condé Nast Traveler’s “The Best Big Cities in the US” list as part of the magazine’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards. The list lauds Nashville as a “southern city with a small-town feel” and shouts out local spots like Prince’s Hot Chicken and Hatch Show Print.

Gallery

Union Station’s recent makeover of guest rooms, suites, and hotel corridors transports guests to the “golden age of railway travel.” Swipe through this gallery to view designs that blend the station’s art-deco style from its heyday with the building’s original Romanesque Revival architecture.

Number

Touchdown. Last month’s Tennessee Vols vs. Virginia Cavaliers game attracted 41,268 visitors to Nashville who spent a collective $20.3 million during their stay, per the Nashville Sports Council. The game broke the stadium’s sporting event attendance record with 69,507 fans. (WSMV)

Family

Calling all tiny Titans fans — Tennessee Titans Junior Cheer program is back. Fans ages 6-14 will work side-by-side with the 2023 Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders to create an amazing pregame performance on the 50-yard line during the Spirit Week game on Sunday, Dec. 3. Boys + girls are welcome. Register your youngster.*

Travel

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Asked

🎤 We pass the mic to you

Who would be on your Mt. Rushmore of Nashville music?

An image of Mt. Rushmore with questions marks replacing the faces of the four boulders.

Switch it, change it, rearrange it — what rocking four belong here? | Graphic by 6AM City

Last week, we asked you to submit your recommendations — we chiseled down the results and gathered the top 10 names submitted.

Here are your finalists:

Chet Atkins
Johnny Cash
Vince Gill
Loretta Lynn
Reba McEntire
Willie Nelson
Dolly Parton
Charley Pride
Taylor Swift
Hank Williams

Vote for your top four by filling out our finalist survey by Monday, Oct. 9. The winners from this ballot will then be featured in a special newsletter celebrating their achievements.

Choose wisely

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The Wrap

Today’s edition by:
Dylan

From the editor

Black Tap’s Nashville location is serving up a milkshake inspired by Freeform’s annual “31 Nights of Halloween” film lineup. The “Halloween Graveyard CrazyShake” is a mud pie shake with a chocolate frosted rim, an M&M cookie pie, gummy worms, and a gravestone-shaped cookie

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