Upcoming Art Shows in Nashville Tennessee

For the Love of Art plan to attend the First Saturday Art Crawl in downtown Nashville art galleries. One of the most popular monthly events. Enjoy both local and world-renowned artists in our amazing art galleries.

3rd Weekend of December
Indoor/Outdoor Market
Merry & Bright

Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville. Held each month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

First Friday of Each Month
The first Friday of each month, the Franklin Art Scene includes dozens of sites dispersed through an area thriving with spots listed on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Franklin.

The Boro Art Crawl is a bimonthly event, that meets the second Friday of every EVEN month from 6-9pm in Murfreesboro, TN.

The magic that happens when a photographer captures a precise moment in a performing artist’s life – on or off stage – is on view in Jazz Greats: Classic Photographs from the Bank of America Collection.

10 a.m. - Noon Central: Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members.

Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members.

Country music artists and musicians can win special awards for their music. Attendees can dream up and design an award of their own for a personal achievement.

Songwriter Session: Jon Decious and Aaron Raitiere
Noon Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Guests will explore the connection between personality and style through the stage wear on view in the museum’s galleries — including in the exhibition Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock, which includes many pie

Musician, writer and actor Rodney Dillard is the founder and lead singer of the Dillards.

Family Program: Friendship Bracelets
10 a.m. - Noon Central: Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members.

In This Moment
Heavy Metal

Kat Von D
Alternative

The Pretty Wild
Rock

Hudson Westbrook
Country

Search for your greatest fortune and test your fates at Kindling Arts Festival 2025, featuring a spellbinding array of 19 original performance projects created by Nashville's most daring artists.

Architects
Metalcore

Erra
Progressive Metal

Holywatr
Alternative Rock

Poets and Prophets: Salute to Songwriter Dennis Morgan
2:30 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

1 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Family Program: Design Your Own Instrument
10 a.m. - Noon Central: Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members.

Songwriter Session: Cameron Bedell
Noon Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Music and Conversation: The Fairfield Four
2:30 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Musician Spotlight: Andy May
1 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Music and Conversation: The Fairfield Four
2:30 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

“THE TOMATO: A Uniter, NOT A Divider! - Bringing Together Fruits & Vegetables.”

Songwriter Session: Rob Williford
Noon Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

You Should Know
Comedy

d4vd
R&B

Bryant Barnes
R&B

Musician Spotlight: Natalie Murphy
1 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Family Program: Butterfly Bonanza
10 a.m. - Noon Central: Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members

Hatch Show Print; $75 per adult; Limited to 12 adults; No experience necessary.

Family Program: Design Your Own Bell Bottoms
1 - 3 p.m. Central: Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members

Interview: Chris Hillman and Dwight Yoakam
3:30 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

Musician Spotlight: Chris Leuzinger
1 p.m. Central: Ford Theater; Included with museum admission; Program Ticket Required; Free to museum members.

September 5-7, 2025

The 56th Nashville Film Festival, hosted over seven days from September 18–24, 2025, presents an electrifying celebration of film, music, and culture at some of Nashville’s most iconic arts venues.