Nashville was forced to cancel last year’s July 4th celebration, due to COVID-19, but plans are already in place for a massive celebration this year, including a concert headlined by Brad Paisley. The show, Let Freedom Sing!, will also include the largest fireworks display in Nashville’s history, once again accompanied by the Nashville Symphony. “After the year that Nashville…
It’s been over a year since Home Free has been able to sing together, on stage, for a live performance, but soon that will change. The five-man group will return to performing on Saturday, May 1, as part of the Grand Ole Opry’s lineup. “Aaaaand we’re back!!,” Home Free announced on social media. “Join us for our first performance…
Athens Family Restaurant, a staple in Nashville for 16 years, will serve its last meal at its 8th Avenue location on May 30. The beloved Greek restaurant, made famous after appearing on Food Network‘s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in 2010, has lost its lease, marking the end of an era for one of Music City’s favorite restaurants. According to…
The 2021 ACM Awards will not bed open to the public, due to COVID-19, but there will be some special guests in the audience. Vaccinated staff from Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been invited to attend the show in person, as a small token of gratitude for all of the hard work they have done since the start of…
We are only a few days away from the 2021 ACM Awards, and now we know who will be performing and what songs they will be singing! It was previously announced that the show would air live from the Ryman Auditorium, the Grand Ole Opry and the Bluebird Cafe, but it was recently revealed that some performances will take…
Another beloved Nashville music venue is going away — sort of. 12th & Porter, a once-prominent music venue in downtown Nashville, is changing into Nightscape, a technology-fueled venue that is not like anything Nashville has seen, until now. According to The Tennessean, Nightscape will use video projections, as well as lights, sounds and scents to provide a “transformative event…
The beloved Exit/In is staying right where it is, says the owner of AJ Capital Partners, the development company that bought the property. “Confidentiality was waived this afternoon,” AJ Capital founder Ben Weprin said in a statement (via The Tennessean). “So we are now able to speak to the community about our plan for preserving Nashville’s beloved EXIT/IN, which…
Exit/In owner Chris Cobb is not backing down. After the property where Exit/In is located was sold to a hotel developer, Cobb launched a GoFundMe campaign, with a goal of raising $200,000 to offer AJ Capital, who purchased the property, in addition to the money he also secured with Grubb Properties Group, and is doing everything he can to…
Carrie Underwood might have been largely snubbed from the list of nominees for the 2021 ACM Awards, but she is still slated to perform. The Oklahoma native joins an all-star list of performers taking the stage during the annual show, including Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Ashley McBryde, Miranda Lambert and more. Co-hosts Keith…
Nashville is on the verge of losing one of the city’s most beloved venues to another hotel. The historic Exit/In property has been sold to a developer, with plans in place to tear the building down and build a hotel in its place. Exit/In owner Chris Cobb has launched a fund-raising campaign to raise money to save the popular…
