Nashville Venues and Places – all shown on this google map or on individual map links, below

A-List Tourist Places

Country Music Hall of Fame	Downtown nr Broadway	essential
Ryman Auditorium	Downtown nr Broadway	Back stage tours, original Opry
Robert’s Western World	Lower Broadway	Best honky tonk, free
Tootsie’s	Lower Broadway	Most famous honky tonk, free

Places that should be visited

Layla’s	Lower Broadway	Third best honky tonk, free
The Stage	Lower Broadway	Fourth best honky tonk, free
Jack’s	Lower Broadway	Best barbecue on Broadway
Grimey’s	South of town, at The Basement	Best record shop
The Station Inn	The Gulch, south of Broadway	Best bluegrass; line up at 6.45pm
3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill	Downtown	for Time Jumpers on Mondays
Hattie B’s	Walkable, south of Broadway	Nashville style Hot Chicken
Grand Ol’ Opry at Opryland	North of the airport	Not the original, but new home
Historic RCA Studio B	Tour run from CM Hall of Fame	Needs CMHF platinum ticket
Third Man Records	North of The Gulch nr Cannery	Tiny shop, sometimes concerts

Places that could be visited

Johnny Cash Museum	Downtown nr Broadway	New low-key museum downtown
Belle Meade Plantation	Outer south-west suburbs	Not cotton, but nice old house
Franklin/Carter House	Half hour drive to the south	Civil war battle site
Franklin/CarntonPlantation	Half hour drive to the south	Civil war plantation house, battle
Dino’s	East side, inner suburb	Dive bar + burgers + jukebox
Bobbie’s Dairy Dip	West side, inner suburb	Best milkshakes
	Downtown location Bobbies	Same menu as the Original!
Betty Boots	Broadway
Springwater Dive Bar	SW of town at Parthenon	At park entrance
The Parthenon	South west of town	Full scale replica, in a park
Bridgestone Arena	Lower Broadway	Arena concerts, Preds hockey
George Jones Museum	Just off Broadway on 2nd	Upstairs museum above bar
Santa’s Pub	South, 1.5 miles past Grimeys	Bar in a trailer with Karaoke
Nicoletto’s	Gallatin Pike nr McGavock Pike	Best Italian Beef by Jay & Mort

Small music venues – songkick location=nashville

The Basement	South of town, below Grimey’s	events	Usually a show most nights
The Basement East	East side, spin-off	events	Little brother of the Original
The 5 Spot	East side, inner suburb	events	C&W night, 2^nd Wednesday
The Bluebird Café	South-east outer suburb	events	Queue up >2hrs beforehand
Nashville Palace	NE of centre. Near OpryLand	events	Honky Tonk; go to front bar
The Hi-Watt	Address as Mercy and Cannery	events	Smallest partner of Cannery
The Mercy Lounge	Nr The Gulch, north of railway	events	Smaller offshoot of Cannery
The Exit/In	South of town, walkable	events	Medium sized venue
Cannery Ballroom	Nr The Gulch, north of railway	events	Medium sized venue

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