Shit To Do This Week in Nashville

Two Rivers Mansion, Other

TODAY 11:00 AM • Free

“Korean street food at $10 or less, plus free baking, cosplay and art contests. Come hungry.”

Nashville Farmers' Market, Germantown

TODAY 12:00 PM • $45

“Cask ale, no carbonation, all the beer nerds you've been avoiding”

New Heights Brewing Company, Other

TODAY 7:00 PM • Free

“Free improv in a brewery. Worst case, you drink through it.”

Rudy's Jazz Room, The Gulch

TODAY 11:00 PM • $10

“Gritty NYC-style jazz at 11pm Saturday. Ten bucks, tiny room, top Nashville players.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

TODAY 11:00 PM • See venue

“The Play Mates do three Saturday drag shows: 9pm, 11pm, 1am. This is the 11. Dance floor after.”

Belcourt Theatre, Hillsboro Village

TODAY 11:59 PM • See tickets

“Chow Yun-Fat, butterfly knives, exploding cars. '90s Hong Kong sleaze at midnight.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

TMRW 1:00 AM • See venue

“Third Play Mates drag show of the night, 1am. Bed is a Sunday problem.”

Nashville Farmers' Market, Germantown

TMRW 10:00 AM • $35

“Pour hot wax into a jar on a Sunday morning and call it a personality”

Assembly Food Hall, Broadway

TMRW 11:00 AM • Free

“Free fall festival in a food hall. Eat your feelings, they are seasonal now.”

Harding House Brewing Co., Other

TMRW 12:00 PM • $25.44

“Sides only: a cornbread cook-off, a plate to rank, then the Wobble once you've eaten.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

TMRW 11:00 PM • See venue

“DP House Party's 11pm set on Church St. Monday is a rumor started by people who left early.”

Belcourt Theatre, Hillsboro Village

MON 3:15 PM • See tickets

“The Band's final gig, played loud at 3:15 on a Monday. Call it a long lunch.”

Kingdom Café & Grill, Other

MON 5:00 PM • $20

“Real jazz on Jefferson Street, twenty bucks, zero bachelorette parties”

Darkhorse Theatre, Other

MON 7:30 PM • $23

“Three women from Bogota make more noise than your whole Monday deserves”

Brooklyn Bowl, Germantown

MON 8:00 PM • See Website

“OKC noise-sludge that sounds like a panic attack in a parking lot. Who Loves the Sun tour.”

Belcourt Theatre, Hillsboro Village

TUE 2:15 PM • See tickets

“1972: Harlem Renaissance legends at one party, arguing and drinking on 16mm. A Tuesday matinee.”

Butterfly Rooftop Bar, Other

TUE 4:00 PM • Free

“Rooftop tacos and tequila on a Tuesday, because Monday was a lie”

Close Company Bar, Germantown

TUE 6:00 PM • Free

“Bingo, but loud and slightly hostile. Germantown's Tuesday problem.”

Em & Me Cafe, Germantown

TUE 6:00 PM • Free

“An hour of house jazz trio, then the jam opens up. Free RSVP, and they validate your parking.”

14TENN, Other

WED 3:00 PM • Free

“Wednesday afternoon holiday market at 14TENN. Buy local, keep it for yourself.”

Bar Mar, The Gulch

WED 5:00 PM • Free

“Seafood happy hour in the Gulch. Oysters, spritzes, zero cover.”

The Green Light Bar, Other

WED 7:00 PM • Free

“Free comedy in a dive bar. Riley Lemons hosts. Bring your drink money.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

WED 11:00 PM • Free til 9pm, cover after

“Free with a college ID til 10. The Play Mates drag set hits at 11. Do the math on arrival.”

Belcourt Theatre, Hillsboro Village

THU 3:15 PM • See tickets

“Lorca homage where three men's love stories collide across eras. Operatic weepie, 3:15pm.”

Lowbar Nashville, East Nashville

THU 7:00 PM • Free

“Free standup in an East Nashville basement bar. Low bar, low brow, high hit rate.”

Exit/In, Midtown

THU 7:00 PM • See Website

“Yes, the Home guy. Stripped-down and surprisingly great in a 500-cap room”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

THU 11:00 PM • Free for 21+ til 9pm

“Cast show at 11pm on a Thursday. Free for 21+ if you got there before 9. You did not.”

Killjoy Booze-Free Beverage Shop, East Nashville

FRI 11:00 AM • Free

“Self-serve samples of booze-free wine, with a pen and paper for notes. Play sommelier, sober.”

Zaytinya, The Gulch

FRI 3:00 PM • FREE

“Free mezze hour from a José Andrés joint. Eat first, apologize later.”

Lykke Haus, East Nashville

FRI 8:30 PM • $14

“Stand-up in a vintage furniture store. Heckle from a $900 armchair.”

Rudy's Jazz Room, The Gulch

FRI 11:00 PM • $10

“A Chicago-born sax player who came to study with Jeff Coffin takes the 11pm set. Ten bucks.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

FRI 11:00 PM • $22-$42

“Salina EsTitties works the 11pm Play Mates show. Standing room only, so wear the sensible heels.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

SAT 1:00 AM • See website

“The 1am Play Mates drag set, the third show of a Friday night at Play. For the committed”

Parnassus Books, Other

SAT 9:00 AM • $27.78

“Craig Conover does storytime at 9am Saturday. Ticket includes a pre-signed copy of Patch Work”

Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown, Other

SAT 10:00 AM • Free-$48.86

“Authors, signed books, and a hotel ballroom full of people who read the acknowledgments.”

Canvas, East Nashville

SAT 7:00 PM • $25

“A beauty pageant where the talent is being funny and the crown is plastic.”

Brooklyn Bowl, Germantown

SAT 8:00 PM • See Website

“Austin's feral all-women punk crew who swap instruments mid-set. WNXP presents.”

Play Dance Bar, Midtown

SAT 11:00 PM • See website

“The 11pm Play Mates set, the one you actually make it to. Dance floor open after.”

Rudy's Jazz Room, The Gulch

SAT 11:00 PM • $10

“Sax legend meets young piano brilliance, no holds barred. 11pm, ten bucks, the Gulch.”