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VISITMUSICCIT Y.COMBrad Paisley,

Music City July 4th 2021

LouAnna Henton, CTIS, CSTP Director of Tourism Sales LouAnna@visitmusiccity.com 615-259-4758

Staci Flores, CTIS Senior Tourism Sales Manager Staci@visitmusiccity.com 615-259-4751

NEED LODGING ASSISTANCE?Contact the tourism sales team for access to Music City’s best hotels to suit your group needs.

NE W HOTEL PROPERT Y NAME LOCATION ROOMS OPENING DATEHyatt Centric Downtown Nashville Downtown 252 Jul 2021

Comfort Inn & Suites Nashville Bellevue 85 Aug 2021

Candlewood Suites Nashville South 91 Sep 2021

Embassy Suites Downtown Convention Center Downtown 506 Sep 2021

Home2Suites by Hilton Nashville MetroCenter MetroCenter 105 Sep 2021

W Hotel Nashville The Gulch 346 Sep 2021

Cambria Hotels Nashville Airport Music Valley 119 Oct 2021

The 1 Hotel Nashville Downtown 215 Oct 2021

Home2Suites by Hilton Nashville West End West End 76 Nov 2021

Boutique Hotel (replacing Stadium Inn) Downtown 120 Dec 2021

LaQuinta Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown Downtown 120 Dec 2021

Mainstay Suites Nashville The Gulch 80 Mar 2022

Four Seasons Hotel Downtown 236 Apr 2022

Conrad Nashville West End 237 Aug 2022

Nashville Midtown Curio Collection Midtown 199 Nov 2022

Aloft Nashville Airport Airport 100 Oct 2022

Sleep Inn & Suites Nashville The Gulch 40 Mar 2023

NEW & NOTEWORTHY

Nashville Studio Tour

Visit Fifth + Broadway, an entertainment destination in the heart of downtown Nashville with over 235,000 square feet of dining and retail space. The development’s Assembly Food Hall spans over 100,000 square feet and offers more than 30 eateries, a rooftop event space and a music venue. Meal vouchers are available in advance for visiting student groups. fifthandb.com

The long-awaited National Museum of African American Music anchors Fifth + Broadway, giving Nashville another iconic musical destination in the heart of downtown. The 56,000 square foot facility encourages visitors to discover the central role African Americans have played in shaping and creating all genres of American music. From classical to country to jazz and hip hop, the museum integrates history and interactive technology to share the untold story of more than 50 music genres and sub-genres. NMAAM.org

A true day in the life of a musician—from songwriting and performing to professionalism in the music industry—this program covers it all. Co-write and produce a song from scratch with Nashville recording artist Meghan Linsey and record producer Tyler Cain with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s newest student program, Inside Tracks. In this one-hour program, Meghan and Tyler will help your group compose a beat and write accompanying parts to an original track. countrymusichalloffame.org

Take an Opry Backstage Tour and enjoy the Grand Ole Opry’s new custom-built theater as the entire room comes to life with music, state-of-the-art special effects, 3D film images, priceless archival footage, and superstar hosts Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood! opry.com

Shake off your preconceptions and your old expectations and get in tune with Nashville’s only resort water experience, SoundWaves at Gaylord Opryland Resort. Student groups staying on property will experience energetic rides, immersive music and an indoor/outdoor oasis for people of all ages to enjoy. soundwavesgo.com

Be a part of the new, interactive guest experiences at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. See a dueling demonstration by history reenactors with the award-winning program, The Duel. Learn about Andrew Jackson’s reputation as a horseman and his involvement in thoroughbred horse racing, the most popular sport of his day, with Wager to Win. thehermitage.com

Music City Roots will play live from its new home at the Roots Barn at Madison Station starting February 2022. This authentic Nashville experience showcases Music City’s astonishing music scene, from country to Americana to more progressive interpreters of tradition – a “roots and branches” format that brings together fans of different tastes and generations. The live show will take place on Wednesday nights as well as Sunday mornings for Gospel brunch. musiccityroots.com

Spice up your Nashville visit with a performance by a Nashville songwriter from Songwriter City. Hear the inspirational stories behind the music and learn how hit songs came to life and found their way to some of the world’s biggest artists. With over thirty world-class songwriters on the roster, Songwriter City can help select the best artist for your group. songwritercity.com

Whether you’re a professional musician or a beginner just looking for something fun to do in Nashville, NashVox can provide the experience of a lifetime in a professional studio. Record your favorite original song or choose from over 19,000 songs available in the studio! nashvox.com

RECEPTIVES + TRANSPORTATION

GROUP DINING

AMERIGO

ASSEMBLY FOOD HALL

BAVARIAN BIERHAUS

DESANO PIZZA BAKERY

FIFTH + BROADWAY

GENERAL JACKSON SHOWBOAT

GINO’S EAST

THE GEORGE JONES

HARD ROCK CAFÉ

JASPER’S

JIMMY BUFFETT’S MARGARITAVILLE

JOE’S CRAB SHACK

JOHNNY CASH’S KITCHEN & SALOON

L&L MARKET

LOVELESS CAFÉ

MELLOW MUSHROOM

MONELL’S

NASHVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET

NASHVILLE NIGHTLIFE DINNER THEATER

NASHVILLE UNDERGROUND

OLE RED NASHVILLE

OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILL

OPRY MILLS

PAULA DEEN’S FAMILY KITCHEN

PUCKETT’S GROCERY

RAY STEVEN’S CABARAY SHOWROOM

REDNECK RIVIERA

ROCK BOTTOM

THE ROW

SANTA FE CATTLE CO

TOPGOLF

WILDHORSE SALOON

NASHVILLE NAMED A TOP TEN STUDENT TRAVEL DESTINATION IN 2020 –SY TA

Assembly Food Hall

Gray Line Tour Bus

BOOK CUSTOMIZED ITINERARIES FOR GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS, FIND STEP-ON GUIDES AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE WITH THESE LOCAL TOUR AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES.

RECEPTIVE TOUR OPERATORS

Art Henry’s Tour & Receptive arthenry.com

Country Music Travel countrymusictravel.com

Flair Tours flairtoursnashville.com

Let’s Go Travelin’ letsgotravelin.com/nashville

Sharin’ The South sharinthesouth.com

Southern Escape Tours southernescapetours.com

Tennessee Express Tours tnexpresstours.com

Tour Tennessee tourtennessee.com

GROUP TRANSPORTATION

Anchor Transportation anchortransportation.com

Emerald Luxury Transportation nashvilleairportlimo.com

GOGO Charters gogocharters.com/nashville-charter-bus

Gray Line of Tennessee graylinetn.com

Lux Limo lux.limo

Max Limos maxlimosnashville.com

Metro Livery metrolivery.com

National Charter Bus nationalbuscharter.com/ nashville-charter-bus

Old Town Trolley trolleytours.com/nashville

Premiere Transportation premieretransportation.com

Signature Transportation nashvillelimo.com

Wise Coaches wisecoachesofnashville.com

IMMERSE IN NASHVILLE’S CULTURAL SCENE WITH THESE STUDENT-FRIENDLY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES.

EXPLORE THESE MUSIC ATTRACTIONS SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES.

Adventure Science Center adventuresci.org

Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage thehermitage.com

Belle Meade Historic Site & Winery visitbellemeade.com

Belmont Mansion belmontmansion.com

Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park tnstateparks.com

Carnton carnton.org

Cheekwood Estate and Gardens cheekwood.org

Civil Rights Room at Nashville Public Library library.nashville.org

Frist Art Museum fristartmuseum.org

Goo Goo Cluster Shop & Dessert Bar googoo.com

Hatch Show Print hatchshowprint.org

Backstage Nashville backstagenashville.net

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum countrymusichalloffame.org

General Jackson Showboat generaljackson.com

Glen Campbell Museum and Rhinestone Stage glencampbellmuseum.com

Grand Ole Opry opry.com

Historic RCA Studio B studio.org

Imagine Recordings imaginerecordings.com

Jefferson Street Sound Museum jeffersonstreetsound.com

Loretta Lynn’s Ranch lorettalynnranch.net

Madame Tussauds madametussauds.com/Nashville

Music City Roots musiccityroots.com

Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum musicianshalloffame.com

Nashville Jazz Workshop nashvillejazz.org

Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theatre nashvillenightlife.com

Nashville Opera nashvilleopera.org

Historic Travellers Rest historictravellersrest.org

Lane Motor Museum lanemotormuseum.org

Lotz House Civil War Museum lotzhouse.com

Tennessee State Capitol tnmuseum.org/state-capitol

Tennessee State Library and Archives sos.tn.gov/tsla

Tennessee State Museum tnmuseum.org

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame tshf.net

The Carter House thecarterhouse.org

The Parthenon parthenon.org

Nashville Repertory Theatre nashvillerep.org

Nashville Studio Tour nashvillestudiotour.com

Nashville Symphony nashvillesymphony.org

NashVox nashvox.com

National Museum of African American Music nmaam.org

Patsy Cline Museum patsymuseum.com

Ray Stevens CabaRay Showroom raystevenscabaray.com

Ryman Auditorium ryman.com

Songwriter City songwritercity.com

Storytellers Museum and Hideaway Farm storytellershideawayfarm.com

Tennessee Performing Arts Center tpac.org

The George Jones georgejones.com

The Johnny Cash Museum johnnycashmuseum.com

The Music of Nashville themusicofnashville.com

Wildhorse Saloon wildhorsesaloon.com

LEARN

DISCOVER

Tennessee State Museum

Hatch Show Print

GET OUT AND ABOUT IN MUSIC CITY AND ENJOY THESE FUN STUDENT-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES.

Nashville Predators nhl.com/predators

Nashville SC nashvillesc.com

Nashville Shores Lakeside Resort & Treetop Adventure nashvilleshores.com

Nashville Sounds milb.com/nashville

Nashville Zoo nashvillezoo.org

Nissan Stadium/TN Titans titansonline.com

Old Town Trolley Tours trolleytours.com/nashville

Opry Mills oprymills.com

Paddle Up Nashville paddleupnashville.com

Photowalk Nashville photowalknashville.com

River Queen Voyages rqvoyages.com

The Adventure Park myadventurepark.com

The Escape Game nashvilleescapegame.com

Topgolf topgolf.com/us/nashville

Adventureworks adventureworks.com

Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure urbanadventurequest.com

Bad Axe Throwing Nashville badaxethrowing.com

Bike the Greenway bikethegreenway.net

Blade & Timber bladeandtimber.com

Cumberland Caverns cumberlandcaverns.com

Escape Experience escapeexperience.com/nashville

Experience Nashville Tours experiencenashvilletours.com

Fifth + Broadway fifthandb.com

Game Terminal gameterminal.com

Ghost City Tours Nashville ghostcitytours.com/nashville

Gray Line of Tennessee graylinetn.com

iRide Nashville iridenashville.com

Lucky Ladd Farms luckyladdfarms.com

Music City Indoor Karting musiccityindoorkarting.com

PLAY River Queen Voyages

National Museum of African American Music (353 Media Group)

Madame Tussauds Nashville

TAKE THE STAGE

EXPLORE VENUES WHERE STUDENTS CAN PERFORM

IN NASHVILLE.

ASSEMBLY FOOD HALL

ANDREW JACKSON’S HERMITAGE

BELLE MEADE HISTORIC SITE

CHEEKWOOD ESTATE AND GARDENS

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM

FIFTH + BROADWAY

GENERAL JACKSON SHOWBOAT

GRAND OLE OPRY

HISTORIC RCA STUDIO B

IMAGINE RECORDINGS

MADAME TUSSAUDS

MUSIC CITY ROOTS

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC

NASHVILLE SHORES

NASHVILLE SOUNDS

NASHVILLE SYMPHONY

NASHVILLE VISITOR CENTER AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA

NASHVILLE ZOO

NASHVOX

OPRY MILLS

RYMAN AUDITORIUM

THE MUSIC OF NASHVILLE

WILDHORSE SALOON

Festivals of Music April 23-24; April 30-May 1, 2022

Heart of America March 3-6, 2022 | March 9-12, 2023

Nashville Christmas Parade December 4, 2021 (Virtual) | December 3, 2022

Show Choir Nationals March 24-26, 2022

Performing Arts Consultants March 24-27; April 21-24, 2022

Worldstrides Heritage Festivals March 31-April 4; April 7-10; April 15-18; April 21-24; May 5-8, 2022

Music Festivals March 25-26, 2022; April 22-23, 2022

General Jackson Showboat Stage at Nashville Visitor Center Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Kid Politics, The Ville at BonnarooFESTIVALS

3-DAYESSENTIALNASHVILLEITINERARY

DAY TWOMORNING

Step back in time at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage: Home of the People’s President.

DAY

Step aboard the General Jackson Showboat, one of the largest showboats in the country! Your taste buds will flourish with the flavors of the South during our midday cruise followed by our country music variety show.

OR

Enjoy lunch on your own at Nashville’s Farmers’ Market, featuring exciting culinary experiences from all over the world in their Market House food hall.

After lunch, explore Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park and the Tennessee State Museum.

AFTERNOON

Travel to Belle Meade Historic Site, where 100 years of history come to life as costumed guides tell stories of plantation life.

EVENING

Dine family style at Loveless Café with all-you-can-eat homemade biscuits and preserves!

Entertain your group by taking in one of Music City’s many productions: A Tribute to the King, Music City Roots, Nashville Nightlife Theatre, Nashville Symphony, Nashville Repertory Theatre, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Ray Stevens CabaRay Showroom or The Music of Nashville.

DAY THREEMORNING

Be a Star for a Day! as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum brings it all together in this very unique package offering. Begin with a tour and group recording session at Historic RCA Studio B, where music legends such as Elvis and Dolly recorded timeless songs. Then visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for a self-guided tour.

DAY

After the excitement of touring and performing, your group will enjoy a home-style barbecue buffet and line-dancing lesson at the famous Wildhorse Saloon. After lunch, head backstage at the “Mother Church of Country Music,” the Ryman Auditorium!

AFTERNOON

Learn why Nashville is known as “the Athens of the South” at the world’s only full-scale replica of the Parthenon. Take a leisurely stroll through the beautiful landscape of Centennial Park.

Next, experience the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, the one and only museum in the world that honors the talented musicians who actually played on the greatest recordings of all time.

OR

Take a tour of the estate and walk through the gardens of Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, considered one of the finest American Country Place Era estates in the nation.

EVENING

Take in a comedy show in downtown Nashville while enjoying Chicago-style pizza at Gino’s East. Then visit some of the most haunted locations in Nashville on this nighttime walking tour with Ghost City Tours.

DAY ONEDAY

Explore Nashville’s #1 family attraction, the Nashville Zoo.

AFTERNOON

Visit Nashville’s newest museum, the National Museum of African American Music, located downtown inside the new Fifth + Broadway.

Have lunch at Assembly Food Hall before exploring the 235,000 square foot entertainment destination.

EVENING

Enjoy some leisure time strolling through Opry Mills Mall, the largest outlet, value retail, entertainment, and dining destination in Tennessee!

Next, grab a selfie at Madame Tussauds Nashville before catching a show at the Grand Ole Opry – Nashville’s must-see attraction and the world’s longest-running live radio show. Conclude your day with a post-show Opry Backstage Tour.

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NASHVILLE NEIGHBORHOODS

1. Downtown

2. SoBro

3. The Gulch

4. Marathon Village

5. Germantown/ Jefferson St

6. East Nashville

7. Opryland/ Music Valley

8. Airport/Donelson

9. Wedgewood/Houston

10. 8th Ave/Melrose

11. Music Row/Edgehill/ Demonbreun

12. West End/ Elliston Place

13. Midtown/Vanderbilt

14. Sylvan Park

15. Green Hills

16. Belmont/Hillsboro

17. 12South

18. Berry Hill

19. The Nations/Charlotte

20. North Nashville