Nashville is known the world over as the birthplace of Country Music.
To find a calendar of regular events across Nashville visit NowPlayingNashville.com: visual arts, theatre, film, fashion, local food and products!
Jump in and discover our Athens of the South!
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Art Centers and Museums
Visitors can explore many of our stores and neighborhoods including 5Points, SoBro, 12South, Edgehill, and more.
Nashville offers a wide range traditional and contemporary art and culture at: Germantown and Marathon Village or take in a self-guided gallery walk.
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
Art Crawls
Frist Art Museum
Choral Groups
Dance
Festivals
Literary Arts
Nashville pens more than songs. A diverse community of poets, authors and avid fans of the written word thrive here.
Theatre and Film
Nashville has numerous equity theatre companies and dozens of community playhouses that showcase the depth of local writers, actors, and designers that call Nashville home. Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), a 5,000 seat venue is the home stage to the Nashville Opera, The Nashville Ballet and the Nashville Repertory Theatre. Check out a dazzling array of new works and repertory works in film and theatre: