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ISSUE 002
THU JUL 16 2026
The Nashville stuff that’s here for a moment, then gone.
Food, drink, and the cool stuff to do — ranked by how little time you’ve got left to catch it.
This WeekHappening now
Short windows landing this week — here and then gone.
Thu Jul 16, 6 PMEvent
Nashville Junk Journal Club Presents: Journal Pop
Drift Nashville

One-night craft pop-up at Drift Nashville for the junk journal crowd — ephemeral and oddly specific in the best way.

Fri Jul 17, 8 PMEvent
Tori Amos
Downtown

Tori Amos at the Ryman — one night, no second chances.

Tori Amos
Saturday, Jul 19, 5:30 PMEvent
"Meet Me In Miami Edition" by Crowe Collective Club X Strykes Media
Belle Meade

Miami-themed pop at a Belle Meade beauty studio — the collab venue alone makes it a curiosity.

Sat Jul 18, 8 PMEvent
Kurt Vile and The Violators
Downtown

Kurt Vile brings his slow-burn guitar sprawl to the Ryman for a Saturday night that'll feel like the longest good song you've heard.

Kurt Vile and The Violators
Thu Jul 16, 6:30–7:30 PMMusic
Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation
Downtown

One-night community gathering at the Frist blending live music, visual art, and conversation — the kind of Thursday evening that actually earns the word 'curated.'

Woven Nashville: An Evening of Music, Art, and Conversation
Through Jul 17Event
Space: Journey Through the Galaxy
The Adventure Science Center

Limited-run immersive space experience at Adventure Science Center — gone after Friday, Jul 17.

Space: Journey Through the Galaxy
Sat Jul 18, 7–9:30 PMFood + Drink
7 Paintings Immersive Dinner Experience
Downtown

Art-meets-table concept at the Fairlane — a ticketed multi-course dinner staged around seven original paintings.

7 Paintings Immersive Dinner Experience
Jul 17, 7–8:30 PM (last July date; series ends here)Event
Family Firefly Hikes — July 17
Brentwood

Second-to-last firefly hike of the summer — guided dusk walk through the sanctuary while the field lights up.

Family Firefly Hikes — July 17
On a TimerSeasonal
Here now, gone when summer is.
Thursdays through end of July, day passes until 8 PMEvent
Summer Nights Extended Hours at Owl's Hill (Thursdays)
Brentwood

Owl's Hill is staying open until 8 PM on Thursdays through July — last chance before summer hours snap back.

Always rotatingFood + Drink
Lost & Found — the rotating container yard
East Nashville

Stacked shipping containers, natural wine, and a lineup that changes: Fortunate Son, Birdie’s, Chivanda, Retrograde coffee, The Pepper Pott. Never the same visit twice — which is the point.

Lost & Found — the rotating container yard
7 nights/week through first weekend of AugustFilm
Star Dust Drive-In — Summer Nightly Run Ending
Star Dust Drive-In Movie Theater

The drive-in's nightly summer stretch closes after the first August weekend — two more weeks of movies under the sky.

Thru Labor DayDrink
CAPRIcious — the Fairlane rooftop spritz bar
Fairlane Hotel · Downtown

The downtown rooftop turned itself into the Amalfi coast for the season — spritzes, sun, and a hard end date when summer’s over. A clean “do it before Labor Day” pick.

CAPRIcious - the Fairlane rooftop spritz bar
Just SurfacedNew
Fresh on the radar this week.
Through Jul 23Event
Dog Nights of Summer
Belle Meade

Bring your dog to Cheekwood for this short-run summer evening series — closes July 23.

Dog Nights of Summer
Jul 24–25 onlyEvent
Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy: Chapter Two
Franklin

Two-night immersive theatrical speakeasy event — if you missed Chapter One, this is the window.

Through Jul 26, 6 PMEvent
Tales at Twilight
Midtown

Free outdoor storytelling at dusk in Centennial Park — a fleeting summer series gone by end of July.

Tales at Twilight
Thu, Jul 23, 7 PMMusic
TN Shine Co. Presents: Dallas Murrae – Live in Nashville, TN
Love and Exile Bar

One-night live set from Dallas Murrae at Love and Exile, presented by TN Shine Co. — a tight room for a proper show.

Fri, Jul 24, 7 PMEvent
NashCab Amplified: A Pop Revue
2020 Lindell Ave

A one-night pop revue at an intimate Lindell Ave address — the kind of quirky Nashville original that doesn't stick around.

Mon, Jul 27Event
Chris Acker & The Growing Boys at Skinny Dennis
East Nashville

New Orleans-based Chris Acker brings his Growing Boys to East Nashville's best honky-tonk for a one-night stand.

Jul 23Event
Sustainable Life Theory Framework East
East Nashville

Nashville-based SLT community brings its sustainability framework session to the East side — niche but engaged crowd.

Jul 25Event
Songwriter Sessions: JD Shelburne
Downtown

JD Shelburne performs and talks craft at CMHOF — the title track to his 2025 album is the kind of song that writes you.

One Night OnlyTicketed
Seated and finite. When it sells, it’s done.
Jul 30Event
An Evening in River North — Free Block Party
River North

Free block party hosted by Oxbow and The Wayward in the River North corridor — the neighborhood showing its hand.

Fri 7/24Food
Edible Nashville Creek Dinner
Historic Hachland Hill · Whites Creek

A long-table creek-side dinner under the stars at Historic Hachland Hill — one night, ticketed, and the kind of thing that sells out well ahead. On sale now.

Aug 3Music
3rd Annual Robert's Western World Fan Fair
Lower Broadway

Lower Broadway gets blocked off for a free street party honoring traditional country at its home base — rare open-air version of the Broadway institution.

3rd Annual Robert's Western World Fan Fair
Jul 24–25, all dayMusic
Will Hoge's Eastside Ramble
East Nashville

Local legend Will Hoge hosts a two-day Eastside festival — the rare Nashville music event that actually feels like it's for Nashville people.

Fri, Jul 31, 10 AM — weekendMusic
Broadway Live Music Crawl Weekend
Downtown Nashville

A structured crawl along Broadway that reframes the honky-tonk strip as a curated live-music experience rather than a tourist gauntlet.

Sep 4–6Music
Music City Underground
Downtown

Deep Tropics brings a curated global electronic lineup — house, techno, bass — outdoors at the state park for two nights.

On the CalendarPlan ahead
The big ones worth planning for — so you never get caught missing it again.
Jul 18–19 · on sale nowIndyCar
Music City Grand Prix
Nashville Superspeedway · Lebanon

IndyCar comes back to the Superspeedway for a two-day weekend that finishes Sunday under the lights, with concerts stacked on top.

Music City Grand Prix
Jul 30–Aug 1Drink
L’Ete du Vin (Nashville Wine Auction)
JW Marriott · SoBro

Nashville’s marquee wine weekend: rare vintages, winemaker dinners, the city’s oldest charity wine event.

Aug 7–8Festival
Tomato Art Fest
Five Points · East Nashville

East Nashville’s gloriously weird August tradition — tomato art, costumes, music, and the whole neighborhood out.

Tomato Art Fest
Sep 15–19 · badges nowMusic
AmericanaFest
Dozens of venues · citywide

Five days, dozens of venues, thousands of artists — the year’s deepest dive into roots music. Badges sell before the lineup’s even finished.

AmericanaFest
Sep 24–30Film
Nashville Film Festival
Various venues · citywide

One of the country’s longest-running film festivals — nearly 150 films, Q&As, panels, and parties across the city’s arts venues.

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