Mayor's Office of Children and Youth

Mayor's First Day Festival 2007

Mayor's First Day Festival

The Mayor's First Day Festival is Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at The Sommet Center (formerly the Nashville Arena). 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 Sommet 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 Sommet Center.

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.

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.

Parking Information

First Day Festival Flyer

Rocketown Flyer

First Day of School Information

FIRST DAY SPONSORS:

  • Comcast
  • American General Life & Accident Insurance
  • AmeriChoice by United Healthcare
  • Asurion
  • AT&T
  • Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon
  • Beaman Automotive
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust
  • CLARCOR
  • Dell
  • Dollar General
  • Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.
  • First Tennessee Bank
  • Gaylord Entertainment Foundation
  • Genesco
  • Gibson Guitars
  • Groovy Soup
  • Harris Teeter
  • HCA/Tristar
  • Ingram Industries
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Labels Unlimited
  • LP Foundation
  • MAPCO
  • Memorial Foundation
  • Metro Water Services
  • Nashville Electric Service
  • Nashville Gas
  • O'Charley's
  • Office Max
  • Publix
  • Purity Dairies
  • R.G. Anderson Company, Inc.
  • Sanford
  • SESAC
  • Shoney's
  • Sommet Center
  • SunTrust
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Tractor Supply Company
  • Vanderbilt University

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. View Section 4.17.

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