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Your ticket to Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in downtown Nashville

The IndyCar race temporarily moved ~30 miles east of Music City, but SiriusXM and Freedom Friday festivities will keep you in the action this weekend.

September 10, 2024 • 
Skylar Webb
Race cars driving over a bridge during the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix.

The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix makes its stop at Lebanon’s Nashville Superspeedway from Friday, Sept. 13-Sunday, Sept. 15. | Photo provided by Nashville Superspeedway

Don’t wave the checkered flag just yet. Whether you opted not to drive to the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix race this weekend after its temporary relocation to Nashville Superspeedway, or you didn’t buy tickets, you’re still in the driver’s seat.

What to see

Race weekend revs up with free Freedom Friday activities. The Hy-Vee Battle on Broadway begins at 5 p.m. between 1st and 2nd avenues with an NTT IndyCar Series pit stop competition. Burnouts follow at 6 p.m. along with military activations (6:45 p.m.), a seven-artist performance headlined by Brian Kelley (7 p.m.), and Brantley Gilbert’s “Tattoos” album release party at 9:30 p.m.

Where to tune in

Championship programming takes over SiriusXM’s “Music Row Happy Hour with Buzz Brainard” on Friday, Sept. 13 from 2 to 7 p.m., followed by a special edition of “The Highway with Ania Hammar.”

For live racing coverage all weekend long, tune in to SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation on channel 218.

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