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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. click here for more information on the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Music Row in Nashville TN
Music Row in Nashville developed in the 1950s as a center of the recording industry."Nashville was rapidly becoming one of the nation's major music centers. Business was so brisk that when WSM announcer David Cobb casually referred to Nashville as 'Music City U.S.A.' during a 1950 broadcast, the term stuck."
Today, Nashville is home to many recording studios and record labels recording music in all styles...from country to rap, hip hop and rock & roll. click here for more information on Music Row.
Flights to Nashville
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City of Nashville
Nashville is a metropolitan area with approximately one million people, and is centrally located in the eastern part of the United States with excellent travel accessibility. It can be reached by three major interstate highways, Interstates 24, 40, and 65, and the Nashville airport is serviced by most of the major domestic carriers.
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MUSIC VENUES IN NASHVILLE
Ryman Auditorium
Originally built as a church this is a historic auditorium. 116 Fifth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219. 615-889-3060. During the winter - January to Feb. 25, 2006, the Ryman Auditorium is home to the Grand Ole Opry.
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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