Nashville is lit up and buzzing this week, so let’s dive into what listeners can actually go do in Music City over the next few days.
Tonight, country fans have some big choices. At the historic Ryman Auditorium, Kip Moore takes the stage at 8 p.m., bringing his gritty, arena-ready country sound into one of the most intimate, legendary rooms in town, according to Ryman Auditorium’s event schedule. Over at the Grand Ole Opry House, for KING + COUNTRY bring their “A Drummer Boy Christmas” show at 7 p.m., a high-energy, theatrical holiday concert packed with drums, lights, and Christmas classics, as listed on the Opry’s official site. If you want something more songwriter-focused, The Bluebird Cafe is hosting Ron Pope this evening in Green Hills, an up-close, storytelling-style show highlighted by Visit Music City.
If you’re craving a true Nashville songwriter hang, The Listening Room Cafe downtown is featuring “An Evening with Kent Blazy” at 6 p.m., followed by a writers round with Lost Saints, Braden Jamison, AJ Kross, and Taylor Austin Dye, according to the Listening Room’s live music schedule. It’s the perfect spot if you want to hear hit songs in the room where they were written, with dinner, drinks, and that classic Nashville listening-room hush.
Holiday magic is everywhere this week too. Gaylord Opryland Resort is running its all-new Christmas cirque show, “Pomp, Snow & Cirqueumstance,” through December 31 inside the Tennessee Ballroom Theater, according to coverage from Rutherford Source. Expect aerial acts, acrobatics, music, and a full holiday story with Santa in a big, Vegas-style production right here in Nashville. For more holiday spirit, The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont is hosting Michael W. Smith’s “Every Christmas” concert December 19 through 21, a full-band, orchestral-style celebration of his biggest Christmas songs, according to the Fisher Center’s event calendar.
Eric Church’s Chief’s on Broadway is keeping Lower Broadway festive too. Their Neon Steeple room is hosting “A Very Merry Brassfield Christmas” on December 18, plus Not Quite Brothers on December 20 and Christmas with Emily West on December 21, according to Chief’s official live music calendar. It’s a great way to get a curated, church-pew-and-stained-glass concert experience right above the honky-tonks.
For listeners who want something recurring and a little different, Nashville Guru highlights the Shiners Nashville cirque-and-comedy show running every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, blending Vegas-style circus, country comedy, and music in one wild night out.
Whether you’re in the mood for big country shows, songwriter stories, theatrical Christmas productions, or quirky cirque comedy, Nashville has your week covered.
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