After dark
Every room has a night that belongs to it. Here is the week laid out — which club runs hip-hop, which runs house, which lounge to start in, and the hours that matter.
Lower Broadway
Daily, 11:00am – 3:00am
The honky-tonk musicians themselves rate highest on Broadway — house bands play straight hillbilly country from late morning to last call.
A quieter morning set before the tourist crowd arrives.
416 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
The Gulch
Doors 7:00pm, shows 9:00pm nightly
A free, decades-old open jam in a cinderblock room that outlasted the glass towers built around it.
Western swing all-stars in a residency that draws Music Row's best players.
402 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203
Printer's Alley
Daily, 5:00pm – 2:30am
Basement-level blues and soul in the old speakeasy district downtown.
220 Printers Alley, Nashville, TN 37201
Madison
Tue–Sun, 4:00pm – 12:00am
Where working Nashville musicians drink on their nights off, well away from Broadway.
102 E Palestine Ave, Madison, TN 37115
The Gulch
Tue–Sun, 5:00pm – 12:30am
A proper listening room with New Orleans-leaning food and two sets a night.
809 Gleaves St, Nashville, TN 37203
Music Row
Mon–Sat, 12:00pm – 12:00am
The last bar on Music Row, still full of songwriters testing new material on each other.
9 Music Sq S, Nashville, TN 37203
East Nashville
Daily, 5:00pm – 3:00am
Tell the bartender a spirit and a mood; walk-in only, and the line moves faster before 8pm.
8 McFerrin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206
Printer's Alley
Tue–Sun, 5:00pm – 12:00am
Supper-club dinner service with late burlesque revues in a 1948 alley room.
222 Printers Alley, Nashville, TN 37201
Residencies and themed nights rotate seasonally — confirm the lineup and dress code with the venue before you commit a table.
