Live music and bubbly will be aplenty at The Twelve Thirty Club. | Photo by Daniel Meigs via The Twelve Thirty Club
If you’re not heading to Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park for Nashville’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration headlined by Lainey Wilson and Jason Aldean, here are 15+ other places to ring in the new year.
Move to the music
The Twelve Thirty Club, $375+
Sam Fox and Justin Timberlake’s venue will once again host an all-inclusive party featuring live music, bottomless drinks, and food stations. If you’re going with a group, take things up a notch with your pick of five VIP tiers.
The Parthenon, $250+
Dance around the Athena statue at this celebration featuring live performances, an open bar, and curated bites. Black tie attire is encouraged.
Midnight champagne toasts
COA at Canopy by Hilton, $165+
Be among the first to experience The Gulch’s newest rooftop before it officially opens in March. Tickets include open bar service and chef-curated tapas.
Grand Hyatt Nashville, $275
Ring in the new year at Bubbles Over Broadway, the rooftop celebration at lou/na, with a welcome drink, light bites, desserts, and a midnight toast.
Ladybird Taco lands in the Gulch on Wednesday, Dec. 17, and the team is throwing a proper welcome party with free food for the first 150 guests, a Cowboy Cannolis pop-up, and giveaways throughout the day.
Watch
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia just made program history by becoming the university’s first Heisman Trophy finalist. Tune in to the ceremony on ABC this Saturday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. CT.
Traffic
Heading to the airport this month? Expect traffic shifts on the outbound road connecting Terminal Drive to I-40 between 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and potentially Saturdays for the next two weeks. There will also be overnight lane closures along Terminal Drive + BNA Park Drive through Friday, Dec. 12.
Stat
If it seemed like everyone was in town this fall, this explains it. Nashville hit 91.5% hotel occupancy Oct. 17-18, making it the busiest weekend for visitors in 2025 with more than 77,000 rooms booked — in part due to the Vandy-LSU + Titans-Patriots games and a Keith Urban concert. See the other top weekends. (WKRN)
Plan Ahead
Kane Brown is shifting gears from the stage to the racetrack as he brings his “Miles On It Tour: The Ultimate Automotive Experience” to Nashville Superspeedway next spring. The event set for April 10-11 will feature thousands of custom vehicles, racing demos, drifting exhibitions, and awards handed out by Brown.
Gallery
Meet Alexander “Xander” Hamilton and Theodore “Theo” Roosevelt, two serval kittens born Oct. 26 at Nashville Zoo. They’ve been growing behind the scenes with their mom, Cleopatra, and are now training to become ambassador animals. Watch their 10 a.m. training sessions at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center.
Giveaway
Have you entered our Antiques & Garden Show Giveaway in partnership with Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville? There are still 6 days left to grab your chance to win a pair of tickets to the 2026 show + all four Antiques & Garden Show lectures. Enter to win on our Instagram.*
Try This
We recently toured the newest major exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and wow — we were blown away. See our reel from the visit.*
Seasonal
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Beauty
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Music City tea lovers, you’re in luck. A new teahouse and pottery studio named Potluck just opened in East Nashville at 3210 Gallatin Pk.
The menu features blends from High Garden, Tea for Tea, and Spirit Tea + there’s a membership-based pottery studio in the back with weekly workshops also offered if you want to try the wheel or make a piece of your own.
When it comes to lining up at In-N-Out Burger, our readers are… pacing themselves. As the Antioch and Lebanon locations open today, Dec. 10, here’s how you’re timing your visit:
Gift idea alert: For the person who has everything and loves animals, consider giving them a clouded leopard, flamingo, giraffe, sloth, or tiger for the holidays — well, the plush versions. The Nashville Zoo recommends symbolically adopting these animals by Dec. 15 to ensure delivery of the animal plush, official certificate of adoption, frameable photo, and animal fact card.
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