Upcoming Art Shows in Nashville Tennessee

Nashville and middle Tennessee offers a wide variety of Art Galleries and Museums that will interest everyone. Many have long running art exhibits & shows. You also don't want to miss the Art Crawls in Franklin on the first Friday and in downtown Nashville it is the first Saturday of each month. Below are events that are for specific periods of time.

Art Shows & Events

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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 4th Weekend of the Month

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Saturday, August 2, 2025

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.

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Friday, December 19, 2025

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

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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.

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Friday, July 4, 2025

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.

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Friday, August 8, 2025

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

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Friday, June 20, 2025

2 - 3:30 p.m. Central: Taylor Swift Education Center; Included with museum admission; Free to museum members

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Friday, June 20, 2025

7:30 p.m. Central: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater (Tickets are on sale here)

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Noon Central: Ford Theater. Included with museum admission. Program ticket required. Free to museum members.

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

2:30 p.m. Central: Ford Theater. Included with museum admission. Program ticket required. Free to museum members.

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

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

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Monday, June 23, 2025

10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Central: Ford Theater; Free; Limited Seating.

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Saturday, June 28, 2025

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

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Saturday, July 5, 2025

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

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Monday, July 7, 2025

Concertgoers everywhere are trading bracelets with fellow fans and their favorite artists to symbolize friendship and unity.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

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

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Throughout country music history, numerous artists and musicians have counted a cowboy hat as a part of their signature look. Using hats on view throughout the Museum as inspiration, attendees will make and decorate their own paper hats.

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Saturday, July 12, 2025

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.

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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Leslie Jordan is a former member of the Christian music duo All Sons & Daughters. She wrote every song for their three studio albums and received a Grammy nomination for their final album, 2016’s Poets & Saints.

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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Professional dance instructors Caitlin and J. B. Rafferty will teach the Tennessee Two-Step, a variation of the two-step dance made popular in country music. No dance skills necessary. ( All ages)

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Saturday, July 12, 2025

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

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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Viktor Krauss is a bassist, composer, producer and songwriter who has worked with Joan Baez, Harry Connick Jr., Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Fogerty, Jewel, Tom Jones, Michael McDonald, Kacey Musgraves, Graham Nash, Robert Plant, Carly Simon,

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Concertgoers everywhere are trading bracelets with fellow fans and their favorite artists to symbolize friendship and unity.

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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

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Thursday, July 17, 2025

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.

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Saturday, July 19, 2025

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

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Sunday, July 20, 2025

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

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

In This Moment
Heavy Metal

Kat Von D
Alternative

The Pretty Wild
Rock

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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Hudson Westbrook
Country

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Architects
Metalcore

Erra
Progressive Metal

Holywatr
Alternative Rock

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Friday, August 8, 2025

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

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

You Should Know
Comedy

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Saturday, August 16, 2025

d4vd
R&B

Bryant Barnes
R&B

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Friday, September 5, 2025

September 5-7, 2025

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Thursday, October 9, 2025

FLOWER magazine's Nashville showhouse enlists 23 high-profile interior design firms to create inspirational interiors within a legendary Belle Meade home that will open to the public for tours from October 9-26, 2025 (Thurs-Sun).

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