Mayor's Office of Children and Youth

Mayor's First Day Festival 2006

Mayor's First Day Festival

The Mayor's First Day Festival is Sunday, August 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. Mark your calendar, and plan to attend a fun-filled celebration of our schools, our children and our parents.

This year's Festival will again feature family fun, educational entertainment, and free school supplies and snacks. The Festival will also cover more space, with the entire Gaylord Entertainment Center concourse opened to create easier and more open access to all your favorite booths. There will also be outdoor activities as well as live music in the park adjacent to the GEC.

For general First Day of School celebration information, including how to become a corporate sponsor or how to volunteer to help with the Mayor's First Day Festival contact us at firstday@nashville.gov.

FIRST DAY SPONSORS:

  • American General Life and Accident Insurance Company
  • Asurion
  • Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon, Inc.
  • BellSouth
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
  • Comcast
  • Creative Artists Agency
  • Dell
  • Dollar General
  • Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.
  • Education Networks of America
  • Gaylord Entertainment Foundation
  • Genesco, Inc.
  • Gibson Guitar
  • Harris Teeter
  • HCA/TriStar
  • Ingram Industries
  • LP Foundation
  • MAPCO Express
  • The Memorial Foundation
  • Metro Water Services
  • Nashville Electric Service
  • Nashville Gas
  • Nissan
  • O'Charley's
  • Office Max
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners
  • Publix
  • Sanford
  • SESAC
  • SunTrust
  • Tractor Supply Company
  • Vanderbilt University

View the MAYOR'S HONOR ROLL for a list of businesses who allow and encourage their employees to take their children to school on the First Day.


Visit our previous First Day Festivals!!


In 2000, Metro Government adopted the following civil service rule (Section 4.17) to provide leave for city employees on the First Day of School. Click here to view Section 4.17.

For more information or questions, please contact firstday@nashville.gov or call 862.6000.