Weekend Preview 6/–6/23

Has this rainy week got you down? Don’t worry, we’ve got just what you need to cheer you up! There are still plenty of fun activities in Nashville June 21st–23rd rain or shine. You won’t want to miss out on the festivals, music, art, and theater this weekend. Grab an umbrella and some friends and enjoy all the city has to offer!

Image Credit: Water Lantern Festival at the Parthenon

Nashville Symphony 

The Music of Queen
June 22, 2019
Ascend Amphitheater


Nashville Pride Festival

Nashville Pride Festival
June 22–23, 2019
Public Sqaure Park


The Nashville Shakespeare Festival

Pop Upright Shakespeare
June 22, 2019
Carpe Artista, Smyrna


Nashville Downtown Partnership

Block and Roll: Slinging Ink in the Streets
June 21, 2019
Hatch Show Print

MMN Play-Along: Beginner Ukulele Workshop
June 21, 2019
Country Music Hall of Fame


The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park 

Water Lantern Festival
June 22, 2019
The Parthenon

Musician’s Corner
June 1, 2019- June 29,2019
Centennial Park

Kidsville
June 1, 2019- June 29,2019
The Parthenon

Metro Parks Music: 2019 Summer Centennial jamBands Camps
June 21, 2019
Centennial Performing Arts Studio Black Box Theater

Big Band Dances
June 22, 2019
Centennial Park


Frist Art Museum

Music at the Frist: Choro
June 20, 2019

Music in the Cafe: Tim Gartland, Contemporary Blues Singer-Songwriter
June 21, 2019

Guided Exhibition Tour in Spanish
June 22, 2019

Architecture Tour
June 22, 2019

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
Ongoing through September 2, 2019
Frist Art Museum

Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s
June 21, 2019- September 29, 2019


Parnassus Books

Saturday Storytime
June 22, 2019

Author event with Devon Brown and Alana Mills authors of Superfood Cocktails
June 21, 2019

Author event with Stephen and Jessica Rose of the Peach Truck in conversation with Lisa Donovan
June 23, 2019


Jefferson Street Art Crawl

Jefferson Street Art Crawl
June 22, 2019
Jefferson Street


Belcourt Theater

The Wild Bunch: Introduction from Kin Cosner
June 23, 2019
Belcourt Theater


Scarritt Bennett Center

Drawings and Paintings of Meda and Gordon Hester Art Exhibit
Ongoing through June 25, 2019
Scarritt Bennett Center

Vespers & All That Jazz
Ongoing through June 30, 2019
Scarritt Bennett Center


Create It in Donelson

Paint Your Pet
June 23, 2019
Robin’s Gallery

Phoenix
June 21, 2019
Robin’s Gallery


Franklin Theatre

Paul Thorn Band
June 21, 2019- June 22, 2019


Nashville Children’s Theater

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
June 14, 2019- August 4, 2019
Lipscomb University


Nashville Women in Film and Television

SWIFT Summit
June 14, 2019- August 4, 2019
Ezell Center Lipscomb University


Friends of Percy Warner Park

Full Moon Pickin’ Party
June 21, 2019
Percy Warner Park


Sevier Park

Pinwheel Festival
June 22, 2019
Sevier Park


Make Music Nashville

Historic Nashville: A Celebration in Music and Film
June 21, 2019
Nashville Public Library Auditorum


Belmont University’s Department of Art & the Tennessee Arts Academy

My Blue Heaven: Works by Brooklyn-based artist Susan Bee
Ongoing through September 6, 2019
Leu Art Gallery

Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition
Ongoing through August 9, 2019
Gallery 121


Cheekwood Estate & Gardens

In Bloom: Works from Cheekwood’s Permanent Collection
Ongoing through September 1, 2019
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens

Summer Camp
Ongoing through August, 2019

Volunteer and Docent Open House
June 22, 2019

Storybook Houses
Ongoing through September 1, 2019

Childhood Classics: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustrations
June 22, 2019- July 3, 2019


Vanderbilt University Fine Arts

Refuting “Noble Savages”: Reflections of Nature in Ancient Mesoamerican Artifacts
Ongoing through September 13, 2019
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery

Don’t Slam the Door” from artist, Kristi Hargove
Ongoing through August 29, 2019
E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center

Bluebird on the Mountain Concert Series
June 22, 2019
Dyer Observatory


The Arts Company

Stacey Widelitz: Second Act & Bob Durham: Preliminary Provocations
Ongoing through June 27, 2019
The Arts Company


David Lusk Gallery

Beth Foley’s American Diversity: Homage to Grant Wood
Ongoing through June 29, 2019
David Lusk Gallery, Nashville


COOP Gallery

Terry Thacker: A Theory of /Cloud/
May, 2019- June, 2019
COOP Gallery


Red Arrow Gallery

Alexander’s Dark Band
June 22, 2019- July 28, 2019
Red Arrow Gallery


LeQuire Gallery

Juliette Aristides: Interiors and Still Lifes
Ongoing through June 22, 2019
LeQuire Gallery


Tinney Contemporary

Ashes to Snow: New Work by Jane Braddock
Ongoing through June 29, 2019
Tinney Contemporary


Locate Arts and Zeitgeist

TEXTUREXTRA: Zipporah Thompson + Richard Feaster
Ongoing through June 29, 2019
Zeitgeist


Tennessee State Museum

Between the Layers: Art and Story in Tennessee Quilts
Ongoing through July 7, 2019
Tennessee State Museum

Early Expressions: Art in Tennessee before 1990
Ongoing through June 21, 2019
Tennessee State Museum


Galerie Tangerine

Wendy Walker Silverman: An Opal Ring and the Stories that Scared Me 
Ongoing through August 9, 2019
Galerie Tangerine


Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Exhibit | The Judds: Dream Chasers
Ongoing through July 14, 2019

Exhibit | Emmylou Harris: Songbird’s Flight
Ongoing through August 4, 2019

American Currents: The Music of 2018
Ongoing through February 9, 2020

Creative Zone
Ongoing through February 9, 2020


21c Museum Hotel

The SuperNatural
Ongoing through October 2019
21c Museum Hotel, 221 2nd Ave. N.


The Rymer Gallery

Dangerously Close to Weaving
Ongoing through June 29, 2019
They Rymer Gallery


Nashville Improv Company

Friday Night Improv
Ongoing through July 26, 2019
Street Theatre Company


Nashville Jazz Workshop

Rod McGaha Art Show: Reflections
Ongoing through December 2019
Nashville Jazz Workshop

Green Daniel Exhibit
Ongoing
Nashville Jazz Workshop

Liz Johnson/Kelli Cox Quartet Live
June 21, 2019
Nashville Jazz Workshop


The Center for the Arts

Footloose
Ongoing through June 21, 2019
The Center for the Arts Murfreesboro


The Bookshop

Saturday Storytime Series
Ongoing through June 21, 2019
The Bookshop

Actors Bridge Ensemble

Act Like a Grrrl
June 20, 2019- June 22, 2019
Black Box Theater Belmont University

Ground Floor Gallery


Terra Incognita: Andy Harding and Erin Murphy
June 21, 2019
Ground Floor Gallery


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