This week for What Where When-sday, we feature the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival happening this Saturday in East Nashville’s Five Points district. Organized by Irish Network Nashville, their mission is to create opportunities for Irish, Irish-Americans and friends of Ireland to connect through business, cultural, and community events.

Midwest indie twang quartet Ratboys became a big internal favorite for everyone at WNXP a few years ago after their ripping Sonic Cathedral session and their equally wholesome and hilarious interview. They're back with a new album, Singin' to an Empty Chair (on the Nashville-based New West records), and it has only cemented their reputation for us and their growing fanbase. During a recent stop at the station, the band explained the deeply personal inspiration behind its title, what the "thesis statement" of the record is and how they turned a literal dream into one of the LP's standout tracks.

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature Good Neighbors Listen concert series happening this Saturday at The East Room. It takes place on the first and last Saturday of the Month until May and is hosted by Music Neighbors.The event focuses on music, wellness and community.

Venus & the Flytraps joined Jason Moon Wilkins On The Record as WNXP’s Nashville Artist of the Month. They talk about how riot grrrl and late ’80s/early ’90s rock shaped the sound of their debut album Demonette, the wave of female-fronted bands changing Nashville and what touring has taught them about community.

Science of Beer, happening at the Adventure Science Center on Friday, is a 21 and older event brings beer-lovers and science enthusiasts together featuring local, national, and non-alcoholic breweries, food trucks, themed activities, and live demonstrations. 

London born, Maryland raised Hip-hop artist idk. sits down with The Cypher to discuss his new mixtape, e.t.d.s. (Even the Devil Smiles). idk. discusses the redemption arc of his life and how that directly relates to this new project, being a rapper that really cares, working with a hip-hop legend and more. 

Missy and Maxine of Mannequin Pussy caught up with WNXP on the Modest Mouse Ice Cream Floats cruise, an indie rock festival at sea, after the two artists had hosted an Austin Powers trivia game on the ship. The band is working on new music and will soon play stadium gigs on separate summer tours headlined by Florence & The Machine and Foo Fighters. 

Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville founded in 2012 to promote the awareness and enjoyment of Chinese visual and performing arts through dance productions, educational workshops, and exhibitions for adults and children. They will host the Chinese New Year Celebration at Centennial Park Musician’s Corner this Saturday. The free, family-friendly event welcomes the community to a discovery and celebration of Chinese culture. 

This week for What Where When-sday, we feature Fat Ham happening at TPAC this Friday through Sunday February 22. Presented by Nashville Rep and Nashville Shakespeare Festival this Pulitzer Prize-winning play reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet centering on a young, queer Black man named Juicy who is visited by his father's ghost at a family barbecue and tasked with avenging his murder.

7xvethegenius (pronounce Love The Genius), the Buffalo, NY based multi-hyphenate lyricist, stops by The Cypher to give the inside scoop on her writing process, collaborating with the likes of Conductor Williams and Monie Love, and her latest albums, Self 7xve 3 and Desired Crowns.