Shit Under $20 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.”

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.”

Assembly Food Hall, Broadway

TMRW 11:00 AM • Free

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

Kingdom Café & Grill, Other

MON 5:00 PM • $20

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

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.”

Lowbar Nashville, East Nashville

THU 7:00 PM • Free

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

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.”

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.”

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.”

Butterfly Rooftop Bar, The Gulch

NOV 22 8:00 PM • FREE

“Rooftop Sunday for people who work weekends. Free in, bartenders everywhere.”

Verna, Midtown

NOV 23 5:00 PM • Free

“Coloring for grown-ups, free, 18+, from 5pm on a Monday. Stay inside the lines or don't.”

Cobra Nashville, East Nashville

NOV 23 7:00 PM • $14

“Three bands, fourteen bucks, a Monday. East Nashville's whole deal in one room.”

The Green Light Bar, Other

NOV 23 7:00 PM • FREE

“A podcast taping with actual songs in it. Free, loud, and slightly unhinged.”

The 5 Spot, East Nashville

NOV 23 9:00 PM • $5

“Swing dancing at 9, party dancing at 10, Motown and disco till around 2am. Five bucks.”

Bar Mar, The Gulch

NOV 24 5:00 PM • FREE

“Free happy hour seafood in the Gulch. Show up hungry, leave smug.”

Fat Bottom Brewing Co., Other

NOV 24 6:30 PM • FREE

“Family Feud but everyone is drunk and wrong on purpose”

The Cobra Nashville, East Nashville

NOV 24 7:00 PM • $13.66

“Emma Martin, Skylar Love and IRYS on one Tuesday bill at The Cobra. 18 and up, cheap ticket.”

Play Playground, Broadway

NOV 25 6:00 PM • Free

“Thanksgiving Eve at a rooftop lounge: drink deals, big games, free with RSVP. 21+.”

The Green Light Bar, Other

NOV 25 7:00 PM • FREE

“Songwriters spill the story behind the song. Free, and the stories get messy.”

Illusions the Drag Queen Show Nashville, Broadway

NOV 26 7:00 PM • $12.24

“Celebrity impersonators on Thanksgiving night, because your aunt was doing a bit too”

Flamingo Cocktail Club, Other

NOV 26 8:00 PM • $7.88

“Escape your family, pay eight bucks, let strangers make the jokes instead”

Grimey's New & Preloved Music, East Nashville

NOV 27 10:00 AM • Free

“RSD exclusives sold out the back door off a menu. One per title, line on the neighbor's lawn.”

Rudy's Jazz Room, The Gulch

NOV 27 11:00 PM • $10

“Two saxes, piano, bass, drums. A Vanderbilt-trained Nashville native leads the 11pm set.”

Acme Feed & Seed, Broadway

NOV 28 11:00 AM • FREE

“Rivalry Saturday on Broadway. Free, loud, and yelling at the same TV makes you friends”