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The Nashville stuff that's here for a minute, then gone. Food, drink, and the cool stuff to do - ranked by how little time you've got left to catch it. |
You're one of the first people getting this, so - welcome. Fleeting is the weekly heads-up on the pop-ups, one-night menus, and can't-miss dates the "10 best" lists never catch in time. Not a directory. Just the handful of things worth moving your week - or your month - around for. Here's your week on a timer. |
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THE COUNTDOWN Four things worth moving your week around for. The clock's loudest at the top. |
01 | Harry Connick Jr. at the Ryman - Show - Ryman Auditorium, Downtown - TONIGHT, Thu 7/9, 8:00 PM The crooner and his big band inside the Mother Church, for exactly one night. It's the 9th or it's not at all - and you're reading this the morning of. |
02 | Supper Club at Nelson's Green Brier - Food - The Gulch - TONIGHT, Thu 7/9, 6:30 PM Four courses, family-style, straight whiskey pours, and a brand-new theme every Thursday. Tonight it's Bastille Day; next Thursday, Prime Rib. Either way it's a one-seating, never-repeated thing - seats are capped, booked through Tock. |
03 | The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - Show - 3rd & Lindsley, Wedgewood-Houston - THRU SUN, 7/9-12 The '90s Nashville rockers reunite for a four-night stand at the city's best listening room. Four nights, then it's over again - catch one before Sunday's the last. |
04 | Food Truck Friday at Arrington Vineyards - Food + Drink - Arrington, 30 min south - THIS FRI, 7/10, 4:30 PM This Friday it's Rice to Meet You and Dough Box parked at the vineyard, live music from Johnson Jay, estate wine at golden hour. Next Friday is a different lineup entirely - you go for this one. |
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THE RYMAN, THIS FORTNIGHT The Mother Church is stacked. Every one of these is a single night - miss it and it doesn't come back around. |
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ON A TIMER Here now, gone when summer is. |
CAPRIcious, the summer spritz rooftop - Drink - Fairlane Hotel, Downtown - THRU LABOR DAY The Fairlane's rooftop went full Isle of Capri: Aperol-bright spritzes, a shareable Tower of Spritz, coastal bites, downtown at golden hour. Thursday to Sunday only, and the whole thing comes down at Labor Day. |
Music in the Vines at Arrington - Drink + Music - Arrington Vineyards, Williamson Co. - SAT-SUN, THRU OCT Free jazz and bluegrass on the vineyard lawn every weekend, a different bill each time, glass of estate wine in hand. A summer-evenings ritual with a hard October clock on it. |
Lost & Found - Food + Drink - East Nashville / Inglewood - THU SPRITZ, FRI TRUCKS The open-air shipping-container yard: low-intervention wine at Birdie's, cocktails at Fortunate Sun, and a rotating Friday food-truck lineup that's never the same twice. Time your visit to the Thursday golden-hour spritz or Friday's trucks. |
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ONE NIGHT ONLY Seated and finite. When it sells, it's done. |
Nourish 2026 - Food - Marathon Music Works, Marathon Village - THU 7/16 Six of the city's most talked-about chefs, six courses, one collaborative dinner - the Nashville Food Project's 15th-year benefit. One night, one seating, real sell-out risk. On your radar? Buy now. |
Super Tuscans at Yolan - Drink - Yolan, at The Joseph, SoBro - SAT 7/18, 4:00 PM One hour, four bold Tuscan reds, cheese pairings, led by the wine team at one of the city's best Italian rooms. Small seating, reservations required, $85 - it caps out. |
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ON THE CALENDAR The big ones worth planning for - so you never get caught missing it again. |
Music City Grand Prix - IndyCar - Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon - NEXT WEEKEND, 7/18-19 - on sale now IndyCar under the lights Sunday the 19th, deadmau5 headlining, a World Cup Final watch party stacked on top - all in with race admission. New home this year: the Superspeedway oval, not downtown. Tickets are live. |
47th l'Ete du Vin - Drink - JW Marriott, SoBro - JUL 30 - AUG 1 Nashville's biggest wine night: rare Roederer and Pichon Comtesse pours, a seated dinner, and a live auction - one black-tie weekend a year, for cancer research. Want a seat at the Aug 1 gala? Buy now. |
AmericanaFest - Music - Dozens of venues, citywide - SEP 15-19 - wristbands now Five days, dozens of rooms, the deepest dive into roots music anywhere - plus the Americana Honors & Awards. Wristbands are on sale and the price only steps up from here. |
Iroquois Steeplechase 2027 - Tradition - Percy Warner Park, Belle Meade - MAY 8, 2027 - watch this space The spring racing-and-tailgate tradition everyone means to do and then forgets to buy tickets for. 2027 lands Saturday, May 8; sales open later this year. We'll tell you the day they drop - so you finally make it. |
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Fleeting Nashville - Issue 001
Jul 9, 2026
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