[Note: We will be updating & adding throughout the week.]
AMERICANAFEST week in Nashville is upon us, and while the amount of showcases and events are dizzying, we highlighted select happenings that should be on your radar.
Check ’em out.
Tuesday September 17th, 2024
Grimey’s
What:Â Willie Watson In-store Performance, Signing & Record Release Celebration
Who:Â Willie Watson
When: 4:00 – 5:00 PM
BMI Rooftop
What: BMI Official AMERICANAFEST Kick-Off Party
Who: Emily Nenni, The Hanseroth Twins, Wyatt Flores, & more
When: 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge
What: The Old Fashioned String Band Throwdown Presented By WMOT
Who: AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Justin Golden & more
When: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
The Purple Building
What: East Nashville Songwriter Sessions
Who: Darrin Bradbury, Willy Tea Taylor, The Ohio Weather Band & more
When: 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Martin’s BBQ Downtown
What: 65 Years of FAME Studios Party
Who: Mike Farris, Marissa Luna, A Brother’s Fountain & more
When: 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Eastside Bowl
What: Honky Tonk Tuesday
Who: The Cowpokes, Kimmi Bitter, The Shootouts, & more
When: 7:00 PM : 1:30 AM
3rd & Lindsley
Who: Aiofe O’Donovan & Hawktail
When: 7:30 – 8:15 PM
Mainstage At Cannery Hall
Who: Iron & Wine
When: 8:00 – 8:45 PM
Wednesday September 18th, 2024
Eastside Bowl
What: AMERICANAFEST Day Stage Presented by NPR Music, World Cafe and WMOT
Who: Cris Jacobs, Oliver Wood, Paul Thorn, Shemekia Copeland & more
When: Noon – 5:00 PM
Vinyl Tap
What: Secretly Distribution X Oh Boy Records Present: Independents’ Day At AMERICANAFEST
Who: Dan Reeder, Emily Scott Robinson, Loose Cattle, Swamp Dogg, & more
When: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge
What: September Social: 3rd Edition
Who: India Ramey, Phillip Bowen, Kimmi Bitter, Low Gap, & more
When: 12:00 – 6:00 PM
City Winery
What: Songs of Yellowstone: Presented by Fort Worth Film Commission
Who: Shane Smith & The Saints, Robert Earl Keen, Brent Cobb, Mary Gauthier, & more
When: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
The Basement
What: Peach Jam: AMERICANAFEST 2024
Who: Chris Canterbury, Muscadine Bloodline, Sam Morrow, Emily Nenni, & more
When: 2:00 – 6:00 PM
Analog At Hutton Hotel
Who: Wesley Dean
When: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
The Basement East
Who: Arkansauce
When: 9:00 – 9:45 PM
3rd & Lindsley
Who: The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
When: 9:30 – 10:15 PM
The 5 Spot
Who: The Tray Wellington Band
When: 10:00 – 10:45 PM
Thursday September 19th, 2024
The Basement
What: Parking Lot Troubadours
Who: Hogslop String Band, Jim Lauderdale & The Game Changers, Brenna MacMillan & more
When: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Estelle
What: Little Saint Party at AMERICANAFEST
Who: Erin Rae, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jobi Riccio, Joshua Hedley, & more
When: 12:00 – 6:00 PM
Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge
What: No Depression Sessions at Dee’s
Who: Emily Nenni, Larkin Poe, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, & more
When: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Vinyl Tap
What: Thirty Tigers Day Party
Who: Alisa Amador, Jett Holden, Tommy Prine, Willie Watson, & more
When: 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The 5 Spot
What: New West Day Party
Who: Lilly Hiatt, Emily Nenni, Kristina Murray, Jontavious Willis, & more
When: 12:00 – 6:00 PM
Bobby Hotel
What: Lone Star Shindig
Who:Â Robert Earl Keen, Uncle Lucius, Vandoliers, Wonder Women of Country, & more
When: 12:00 – 6:00 PM
The Music Makers Stage at Delgado Guitars
What: The Get Down on Gallatin
Who: Afton Wolfe, Kevin Daniel, Jordie Lane, & more
When: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Analog At Hutton Hotel
Who: T Bone Burnett
When: 7:00 – 7:45 PM
Brooklyn Bowl
What: RELIX at AMERICANAFEST
Who: Hiss Golden Messenger, Donavon Frankenreiter, Greensky Bluegrass
When: 7:00 – 10:30 PM
3rd & Lindsley
Who: Tim Heidecker
When: 8:00 – 8:45 PM
EXIT/IN
Who:Â Vincent Neil Emerson
When: 8:00 – 8:45 PM
AB Hillsboro Village
Who:Â Kaia Kater
When: 9:00 – 9:45 PM
The Basement East
Who:Â Madi Diaz
When: 9:45 – 10:15 PM
Who: Waxahatchee
When: 10:30 – 11:15 PM
Who: Neko Case
When: 11:30 – 12:15 PM
Friday September 20th, 2024
American Legion Post 82
What: Macon, GA Breakfast & Road Show
Who: Macon Music Revue
When: 10:00 – 12:00 PM
The 5 Spot
What: Interstate 88
Who: Afton Wolfe, Hannah Fairlight, Humbird, Twisted Pine, & more
When: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Acme Feed & Seed
What: The California Country Show
Who: Cristina Vane, Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, Manda Mosher, Kimmi Bitter, & more
When: 12:00 – 7:00 PM
Analog at Hutton Hotel
What: 3rd Annual Mountain Stage/Missing Piece AMERICANAFEST Shindig
Who: Tim Heidecker, Fancy Hagood, Margo Cilker, Boy Named Banjo, & more
When: 12:00 – 4:00 PM
Vinyl Tap
What: BLOODSHOT RECORDS 30TH ANNIVERSARY “AGED 30 YEARS”
Who: Tim Heidecker, JP Harris, The Watson Twins, Lydia Loveless, & more
When: 1:00 – 5:00 PM
PSBM Nashville
What: Chickie Wah Wah: New Orleans to Nashville
Who: Kevn Kinney, Joy Clark, Grayson Capps, & more
When: 1:30 – 6:30 PM
Centennial Park
What: AMERICANAFEST at Musicians Corner
Who: Kaitlin Butts, Malena Cadiz, Tommy Prine, & more
When: 5:00 – 8:45 PM
Third Man Records
What: Bob Dylan: The 1974 Live Recordings – Listening Session and Panel with The Bob Dylan Center, Third Man Records and journalist Elizabeth Nelson ft. The Cactus Blossoms
Who: The Cactus Blossoms, Ben Blackwell (Third Man Records), Steve Jenkins (The Bob Dylan Center), & more
When: 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Saturday September 21st, 2024
City Winery
What: The 12th Annual Gospel Brunch: Presented by Thirty Tigers
Who: Brit Taylor, Melissa Carper, Swamp Dogg, The McCrary Sisters, The Oak Ridge Boys & more
When: 11:00 – 1:00 PM
The Basement
What: Commonwealth of Kentucky Party
Who: Kelsey Waldon, Wayne Graham, Nat Myers, Ben Sollee, & more
When: 12:00 – 5:00 PM
Acme Feed & Seed
What: Acme Radio Presents Acme’s Fam Jam
Who: Hannah Juanita & The Hardliners, Melissa Carper, She Returns From War, & more
When: 12:00 – 3:15 PM
Brown’s Diner
What: Fluff and Gravy Records Party
Who: Tommy Alexander, Jenny Don’t & The Spurs, Bob Sumner, & more
When: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
EXIT/IN
Who: Cristina Vane
When: 7:00 – 7:45 PM
Station Inn
Who: John Oates Acoustic Band
When: 8:00 – 9:00 PM
