Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, is known for its country music and is home to the famous Grand Ole Opry broadcasts. Nashville has numerous live music venues and music clubs, making this a particularly exciting and vibrant city for visitors and natives alike. Nashville attracts over six million tourists a year. The Nashville area has become one of the most progressive areas in the country to work, live and raise a family.
The Grand Ole Opry- "shrine of country music." is the long-standing variety show where older country music stars first got their start. Some of the biggest names in entertainment are associated with the Opry and perform there.
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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has been the home of America’s music since 1967. It is located in Nashville on the west bank of the Cumberland River near the historic Ryman Auditorium. The Museum has a vast collection to illustrate country music’s evolution. There are historic country video clips and recorded music, dynamic exhibits and state-of-the-art design, a regular menu of live performances and public programs, a museum store, live satellite radio broadcasts and on-site dining

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The Grand Ole Opry
Every Friday and Saturday evening year-round. 615-889-3060 for more information. 2802 Opryland Drive Nashville,TN 37214. (Performances take place at the Ryman Auditorium during the winter).

AmSouth Amphitheatre
(formerly Starwood and First American Center)
3829 Murfreesboro Road, Antioch, TN 615-641-5800
This is a true outdoor amphitheatre featuring national acts with an impressive capacity of 18,000 (standing room only) and an additional 4,000 in the premium pavilion seating area.

Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Avenue, Nashville TN; 615.383.9140. For over 75 years, The Belcourt Theatre has provided a space for premiere entertainment in the heart of Nashville's Hillsboro Village. During this time, The Belcourt has existed in many incarnations - each of which has furnished a home for some of the city's best and most unusual performing arts. The theater is leased to Belcourt YES!, a grassroots, not-for-profit group dedicated to the preservation and successful operation of The Belcourt Theatre in its historical roles as a home for film, theatre and music.

Country Music Hall of Fame
222 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203. 615-416-2001.

Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville Arena
501 Broadway
615-880-2850
Hosts concerts, family shows, and sporting events. Home to the Nashville Predators and the Nashville Kats. This state-of-the art arena is is linked to the Nashville Convention Center, Renaissance Nashville Hotel and Church Street Centre Mall by a climate controlled walkway.

TPAC: (Tennessee Performing Arts Center)
505 Deaderick Street 615-782-4000
TPAC is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, occupying an entire city block between 5th and 6th Avenues and Deaderick and Union Streets. Also housing the Tennessee State Museum, the cultural center adjoins the 18 story James K. Polk Office Tower. The performance venues at TPAC are Andrew Jackson Hall (2,472 seats), James K. Polk Theater (1,075), Andrew Johnson Theater (288) and War Memorial Auditorium (1668), the historic landmark located across 6th Avenue and the plaza from the Center.

Texas Troubadour Theatre
2416 Opryland Drive, Nashville TN; 615.885.0028 The free midnight jams, featuring Opry acts and country music newcomers alike, are a country music lover's dream. Audiences can attend the live broadcast of the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree each Saturday night (America's second longest-running radio show, broadcast live on Nashville's WSM AM 650, following America's longest-running radio show - the Grand Ole Opry.

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