10 Things to Do in Nashville at Night

In summer and winter, hot and cold, day and night, Nashville has many attractions to discover, especially when the sun goes down and the city of festivals and concerts shows off one of its best features: bars open around the clock with country music shows.

Among the best activities you can do in Nashville at night are taking a comedy and singing tour on a tourist bus, visiting the iconic Bluebird Café, taking a ride on the city tram, going on a haunted bar tour, and joining a pub crawl to experience the best of Nashville's nightlife.

The best way to get to know Nashville's bars and nightlife is to join a pub crawl through the most iconic spots of Music City's nightlife. Depending on the tour route , you can visit the picturesque Printers Alley, where you'll experience a trip back in time to the first half of the 20th century, or the best bars in the city center.

On a pub crawl, you can also discover the corners of a city that at night becomes a universe of country music and other genres from the American South, and immerse yourself in the main shows and concerts of the capital of Tennessee, even those only known to locals, as these excursions are usually led by Nashville guides.

If you want to discover the city at night, a pub crawl can be one of the best tours of Nashville, especially if the excursion includes a tour of the Honky Tonks on Broadway and the restaurants on 2nd Ave.

Details of interest

• Price... A pub crawl tour with tickets and drinks included has an approximate starting price of €76.
• Duration... Pub crawl tours last between 2 and 3 hours.
• Please note… These tours are generally for people over the age of 21.

If you want an alternative way to enjoy music and entertainment in Nashville, you can opt for a nighttime singing and comedy bus tour. These tours are very popular in the capital of Tennessee and consist of a guided tour of the city while you participate in a musical and comedy show.

These experiences are interactive, as in addition to attending the show as a guest, you can also sing, dance, and be part of the show. This musical bus tour usually also includes stops in the Music Row district, at the Antique Archeology antique store, and at some of the city's main honky-tonks.

During these tours, in addition to musical performances and stand-up shows, you can also visit bars and experience the festive spirit of the city, especially if you plan to visit Nashville during Christmas or other holiday celebrations.

Details of interest

• Price... These experiences have an approximate starting price of €47 per person.
• Duration... Interactive bus tours with comedy and singing shows last approximately 2 hours.
• Please note... These tours are generally for people over the age of 21.

The small Bluebird Café lounge is one of Nashville's most traditional venues, offering nightly shows with a varied schedule. It is also the city's emerging stage, where artists who later became global music stars such as Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, and Keith Urban performed .

Bluebird Café is also the ideal place for aspiring professional musicians because it is where agents and producers go in search of new talent. So , if you want to get to know Nashville nightlife in depth, you can't miss this bar, which sells out every day, so I recommend booking your visit in advance online. The venue has space for 90 people during each show.

If you plan to visit Nashville in April, you can attend the talent fair held at Bluebird Café, which brings aspiring artists face to face with music producers. Not only will you be able to visit the stage where great stars have performed, but you may also be lucky enough to meet the future Johnny Cash in person.

Every day at Bluebird Café there is a different show, such as open mic Mondays, where you can participate in the singing show, writers' Sundays, independent artists' Wednesdays, and stand-up comedy Saturdays.

Details of interest

• Price... Admission to the bar is free; you only pay for what you consume.
• Where**...** 4104 Hillboro Pike, Nashville.
• Please note... The lounge is small, so I recommend booking your visit in advance.

One of :::link|text=the best city tours you can take in Nashville|element=sc-49-1676::: is a nighttime helicopter tour, as the capital of Tennessee has a wealth of attractions to see, such as the Ryman Auditorium, the Capitol, and Nissan Stadium, one of the most modern stadiums in the United States, which you can see lit up during your nighttime visit.

Helicopter tour itineraries vary depending on the service provider, but you can usually fly over Vanderbilt Stadium, Belmont University, Broadway, and the Parthenon, giving you a panoramic view of the entire city.

Helicopter tours are available year-round, but you can enjoy the clear city skyline if you visit Nashville in July or during the summer months. In addition, during the warm seasons there is no wind and the flights are more enjoyable, so you can relax and enjoy the lights of one of the most representative cities in the southern United States from above.

Details of interest

• Price... Helicopter flights have an approximate starting price of €93 per person.
• Duration... Helicopter tours last approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

In Nashville, bars, restaurants, and music theaters are open all day long, but it is at night when the colors and lights of the city come to life, transforming the capital of Tennessee into a magical place. One of the best ways to experience Nashville's nightlife, as well as its monuments and historic sites, is on a tour of the local tram.

These tours are usually accompanied by a guide, who will accompany you throughout the tour and tell you about each of the sites so that you can get the most out of your nighttime visit. During the tour, you can also enjoy stops at Nashville's bars and honky-tonks.

The duration of these tours depends on each tour operator, but they usually last between 1.5 and 2 hours. It is also one of the most effective ways to experience the city's nightlife, especially if you are planning a short stay, as you can visit several places in a short amount of time. If that's the case, here is a list of the best activities for discovering Nashville in 3 days.

Details of interest

• Price... Helicopter flights have an approximate starting price of €93 per person.
• Duration... Helicopter tours last approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Nashville is a very large city and walking around it can be uncomfortable and slow down your visit, but if you want to take a short walk through the city, you can start at the Capitol and walk to Centennial Park, one of the city's most characteristic green spaces, where you can see the Parthenon.

The Nashville Parthenon is a replica of the original in Greece and was built temporarily for an exhibition, but it was so successful that the organizers decided to reinforce the structure and keep it standing. At night, this full-scale replica is artificially lit in the center of the park, providing one of the most beautiful images of the city.

If you don't want to walk from the Capitol and just want to see the Parthenon lit up after sunset , you can get to Centennial Park on Nashville's tourist buses, which in some cases run until the early hours of the night.

If you want an alternative tour, you can opt for excursions that offer a tour of Nashville's haunted bars and sites and attempt to recover the city's dark side, which has nothing to do with concerts and musical performances but rather with the role of the Tennessee capital in the Civil War and its relationship with the old red-light district.

On these tours, you can visit old morgues, hotels, abandoned sites, haunted bars, and other places in the city that are included in the best ghost tours of Nashville. You can also hear the most terrifying stories during the guided bus tour.

Haunted bar tours are generally for those over 21, but if you plan to visit Nashville with children , you can opt for other similar nighttime excursions, such as walking tours to learn about ghost stories, which do not have age restrictions.

Details of interest

• Price... These tours have an approximate starting price of €29 per person.
• Duration**...** The tours last approximately 2 hours.
• Please note... These tours are generally for people over the age of 21.

One of the best ways to see a different side of the city is from the Cumberland River, as Nashville is built on its banks and the tributary is central to its success as an industrial hub. You can take a night cruise with dinner included and enjoy one of the city's main water activities.

These night cruises are available year-round, but you'll find the best weather and views if you visit Nashville in August or during the summer or spring months. In any case, during these tours you can take a ride on the river and also enjoy dinner on the deck of the cruise ship.

The cruises usually start before sunset, so you can watch the sunset from the water, and then enjoy dinner while taking in the night views of the city.

Details of interest

• Price... Dinner cruise tours have an approximate starting price of €100.
• Duration**...** Excursions last between 3 and 4 hours.

If you really want to enjoy and experience Nashville's nightlife, you can't miss the honky tonk bars, which are typical southern US venues where live country and bluegrass music concerts begin when the sun goes down . You can take a guided tour of these bars, visit them on your own , or include them in Nashville's food tours, as most of them also offer food.

You can find honky tonks in different parts of the city, although the main ones are located on Broadway, one of the central arteries of the Tennessee capital and the epicenter of nightlife. There you can visit Honky Tonk Central or Nudie's Honky Tonk, two of the largest and most famous, although any of the bars in the city will offer you good music and a Southern experience.

Keep in mind that while admission to these bars is free during the day, many of them charge a cover charge at night, and some are exclusively for those 21 and older, something to consider if you plan to visit Nashville with your family or children.

Nashville is a city of traditions, and one of the most famous is the Grand Ole Opry country music radio show, which is the oldest in the United States, with almost 100 years of history. This show is broadcast live every week from the Opryland theater and draws large crowds, so if you want to be part of the event, you must book in advance.

Since its inception, the Grand Ole Opry has featured the most prominent artists in country music and has become a benchmark for the genre. In addition, the history of the program is closely linked to that of the city, as for more than 50 years the event was broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium, one of the most famous venues in the American South.

If you are a fan of country music and want to experience one of the best shows in town, you definitely can't miss the Grand Ole Opry and its nightly shows.

Useful information

• Price... Tickets to see the live radio program start at approximately €30.
• Duration**...** The show lasts approximately 3 hours.
• Where**...** 2804 Opryland Dr, Nashville.