Nashville Bars with Live Music

Nashville Live Music Honky Tonks

Guide to Nashville's best live music venues! The stages range from intimate settings to the legendary loud honky-tonks on Nashville's famous downtown strip of Broadway. Music plays here 7 days a week and all hours of the day and night that why it is called Music City! Come enjoy the live performances from the world's best singer songwriters and musicians you will ever hear. Nashville might be famous for Country Music, however that is not the only genre you can hear in the local bars. Rock, Country, Bluegrass, Jazz and Blues can all be found nightly and the talent will amaze you!

Nashville Live Music

Located in the heart of Music City USA in the historic Lower Broadway District and in the shadow of the Mother Church of Country Music (The Ryman Auditorium), Robert’s Western World is Nashville’s undisputed home of traditional country music.

Robert’s Western World
416 B Broadway
37203 Nashville , TN
Phone: (615) 244-9552

Honky Tonk Central is Nashville's latest and greatest honky tonk legendary Lower Broadway. 3 stories (that's right 3 STORIES) of live music, great food and the best time in Nashville!

Honky Tonk Central
329 Broadway
37201 Nashville , TN
Phone: (615) 742-9095

Anyone who has seen a show at 12th & Porter will probably tell you it is one of the best sounding rooms in Nashville.

12th & Porter
12th Avenue North
37203 Nashville , TN
Phone: 615-369-6474

Nashville’s first fully operational winery, City Winery Nashville produces and serves house wines from grape varieties sourced from the finest vineyards around the world including California, Oregon, Washington State and as far south as Argentina.

City Winery
609 Lafayette Street
37203 Nashville , TN
Phone: (615) 324-1010

Ascend Amphitheater located near Riverfront Park in downtown Nashville.

Ascend Amphitheater
100 1st Avenue North
37201 Nashville , TN

The 2015 ‘SHE HYPE’ Summer Music Series is a live music event that takes place monthly from May to August at The Contemporary Music Center (pictures attached) in Brentwood, TN.

The 5 Spot is East Nashville's live music venue and Musician's Hangout in East Nashville. We have multiple acts every Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun... dance party every Monday night

The 5 Spot
1006 Forrest Ave
37206 Nashville , TN


The Basement East - All shows are 21+ with ID unless otherwise specified.

The Basement East: Parking is available across the street at Fireman’s Credit Union from 6PM-3AM and at East Nashville Self Storage from 6PM-3AM. Please do not park in the East Station parking lot. All violators WILL BE TOWED. There is also legal street parking on McFerrin Ave. and 9th Street S.

The Basement (8th Avenue): Parking is available in front of The Basement (behind Grimey’s) and in the gravel strip next to dumpsters off of Alloway St. Legal street parking is also available on the surrounding streets. Please do not park in the fenced in gravel lot behind Grimey’s Too as it will be locked at 8pm.

Tornado caused serious damage to The Basement East early morning on March 3, 2020 - Venue is currently closed.
Donations can be made here

The Basement East
917 woodland St
37206 Nashville , TN
Phone: 866-468-7630

As the home of one of the best music scenes in the country, there’s no better place for a Hard Rock Cafe than Music City, U.S.A.

Hard Rock Cafe
100 Broadway
37201 Nashville , TN
Phone: (615) 742-9900

The Valentine Nashville, an original concept from the South Capital Partners restaurant group is an upscale saloon with a 1920s and 30s Prohibition-era vibe.

The Valentine
312 Broadway
37201 Nashville , TN

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