Wave Country Memorial Day Kick-Off
Presented by Wave Country at Wave Country
DON'T MISS THE SPEED SLIDES! Drop from a 40 foot tower and travel 80 feet!
One of the area's only wave-action swimming pools! Ride the waves, or just let them lap at your feet. There are calm, "non-wave" periods as well. You will also have access to three water flumes and two speed slides! There's even a kiddie pool with water dropping features and a children's playground. Floats are included in your admission but the supply of floats is limited. Extensive fast-food concessions available!
Note: Children 12 and under MUST be with an adult 18 years or older.
05/25/12 - 05/28/12
$12/Adults ages 13 and older, $10/Children ages 12 and under, Free/Children ages 2 and under
- http://www.nashville.gov/parks/water/wave_country.asp
Wave Country - 2320 Two Rivers Parkway, Nashville, TN, 37214
Heaven Can Wait
Presented by Steeple Players Community Theatre at Steeple Players Community Theatre
Mr. Jordan is checking passengers who are to depart in an airplane for the Hereafter. The routine is interrupted by the arrival of Joe Pendleton, an attractive prizefighter, who refuses to admit he is dead and induces Jordan to look up the "records," which reveal that Joe is not scheduled to arrive for another 60 years! But, as Joe starts to return to earth to continue his fighting, word reaches Heaven that Max Levene, Joe's manager, thinking he had been killed, had Joe's body cremated, and Joe has no body to return to. Jordan promises to find Joe another body and is informed that the wealthy Jonathan Farnsworth is about to be murdered by his wife. So Joe suddenly finds himself in the home of the financier, visible as Joe to the audience but apparently as Farnsworth to Mrs. Farnsworth, and the public. The comedy begins when the pompous "Farnsworth" unaccountably goes into training as a fighter. In addition, "Farnsworth" decides to share his wealth and right the wrong "he" did to charming Bette Logan's father. Bette, having despised Farnsworth, finds herself falling in love with him and he with her. Just as Joe (still in Farnsworth's body) is about to get a chance to become a fighter, Jordan reports that Farnsworth does not approve of Joe's treatment of his body (and money) and is raising a fuss to have it back. While deciding on another body for Joe, Jordan receives a flash that K.O. Murdock, the champion, has been mysteriously shot. As K.O. is about to be counted out Jordan transfers Joe's spirit into the body of K.O. in time to have K.O. remain champ. There are still problems to be straightened out when Joe really becomes Murdock and loses memory of his previous existence—including Bette. Fortunately they meet and fall in love again—and Mr. Jordan is free to head for the Hereafter, his earthly task accomplished.
By Harry Segall
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
05/31/12 - 06/10/12
$15/Adults
$12/Seniors and students
$10/Children under 10
Purchase your tickets online or call the theatre for reservations today!
- http://www.steepleplayers.org/page.php?content=Season
Steeple Players Community Theatre - 264 West Main St., Hendersonville, TN, 37075
Frist Fridays: Sam Bush w/special guest Lera Lynn
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville’s most popular summertime activities, and it’s back for another year! Make plans to join your friends and fellow Frist Center members in the Turner Courtyard for live entertainment, great art and cash bars under the stars. The festivities start at 6:00pm and conclude at 9:00pm. It’s the best way to start the weekend. Rain or shine.
Performing: Sam Bush w/special guest Lera Lynn
06/29/12
Frist Center Members: FREE (Not a member? JOIN TODAY!)
General Admission: $10.00
College Students*, Seniors (65+) and Military (w/ID): $7.00
* The free college night offer does not apply for Frist Fridays
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/frist-fridays
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
2012 Music City Hot Chicken Festival
Presented by Music City Hot Chicken Festival at East Park Community Center
The annual Music City Hot Chicken Festival celebrating an original Nashville culinary tradition - hot chicken! This free event features the unique southern flare of local restaurants, amateur cooking competition, inflatables for the children, the Yazoo Brewery beer garden, and of course, legendary Nashville music. The first 500 people will be treated to free hot chicken samples from Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, The Chicken Shack and Bolton’s Spicy Chicken & Fish. After the free bird is gone, you can head over to the food garden and purchase some tasty hot chicken.
07/04/12
Free Admission
- http://www.nashvillehotchickenfestival.com
East Park Community Center - 700 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN, 37206
Frist Fridays: Band of Heathens
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville’s most popular summertime activities, and it’s back for another year! Make plans to join your friends and fellow Frist Center members in the Turner Courtyard for live entertainment, great art and cash bars under the stars. The festivities start at 6:00pm and conclude at 9:00pm. It’s the best way to start the weekend. Rain or shine.
Performing: Band of Heathens
07/27/12
Frist Center Members: FREE (Not a member? JOIN TODAY!)
General Admission: $10.00
College Students*, Seniors (65+) and Military (w/ID): $7.00
* The free college night offer does not apply for Frist Fridays
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/frist-fridays
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
Ice Day
Presented by Nashville Zoo at Grassmere at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Looking for a chilly place to pass the "dog days of summer?" Come to Nashville Zoo and chill out with the animals! This mid-summer event is ice-packed with fun activities, including: popsicle treats for the animals, free ice cream samples for our human guests provided by Blue Bell Ice Cream, an ice cream eating contest, a water slide inflatable and much, much more!
Helpful Information: This event is included in regular admission.
07/28/12
Included with general admission
Regular Zoo Admisssion:
$15/Adults and Teens
$13/Seniors ages 65 and over
$10/Children ages 3-12
Free/Children under 3 and Zoo members
- http://www.nashvillezoo.org/events/ice-day
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere - 3777 Nolensville Road, Nashville, TN, 37211
Wave Country Summer Season
Presented by Wave Country at Wave Country
DON'T MISS THE SPEED SLIDES! Drop from a 40 foot tower and travel 80 feet!
One of the area's only wave-action swimming pools! Ride the waves, or just let them lap at your feet. There are calm, "non-wave" periods as well. You will also have access to three water flumes and two speed slides! There's even a kiddie pool with water dropping features and a children's playground. Floats are included in your admission but the supply of floats is limited. Extensive fast-food concessions available!
Note: Children 12 and under MUST be with an adult 18 years or older.
06/01/12 - 08/13/12
$12/Adults ages 13 and older, $10/Children ages 12 and under, Free/Children ages 2 and under;
Season Passes Adult $75.00 resident of Davidson County; Season Passes Adult $82.00 resident outside of Davidson County; Season Passes for Children are $65.00
Rates will be half price for children Monday through Thursday from the hours of 3pm to 5pm.
- http://www.nashville.gov/parks/water/wave_country.asp
Wave Country - 2320 Two Rivers Parkway, Nashville, TN, 37214
Frist Fridays: The Dynamites & Charles Walker
Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Frist Fridays has become one of Nashville’s most popular summertime activities, and it’s back for another year! Make plans to join your friends and fellow Frist Center members in the Turner Courtyard for live entertainment, great art and cash bars under the stars. The festivities start at 6:00pm and conclude at 9:00pm. It’s the best way to start the weekend. Rain or shine.
Performing: The Dynamites & Charles Walker
08/31/12
Frist Center Members: FREE (Not a member? JOIN TODAY!)
General Admission: $10.00
College Students*, Seniors (65+) and Military (w/ID): $7.00
* The free college night offer does not apply for Frist Fridays
- http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/frist-fridays
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN, 37203
15th Annual Harvest Days
Presented by Nashville Zoo at Grassmere at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Step back to the days of yore, and help the Zoo celebrate its favorite "past" time, Harvest Days. Taking place on the lawn around the Zoo’s Historic Home and Farm, Harvest Days is a celebration of life at harvest time in the 1800s. Crafts people and artisans will be demonstrating 19th century trades, such as yarn spinning, weaving, blacksmithing, pottery, woodcarving and more.
There will be a Civil War display, storytelling and several musical groups performing throughout the weekend. Make your own fresh apple cider at our mill. Plant a seed to take home and grow. Card some sheep's wool. Create a block for the 2008 Crazy Quilt. There will be numerous educational and fun activities for the whole family!
Tours of the Croft House, which was built in 1810, will be conducted by costumed interpreters, and garden tours and demonstrations will be led by the Davidson County Master Gardeners. Join us for this fun and educational event, and see what life was like at Grassmere before elephants roamed the backyard!
09/22/12 - 09/23/12
Included with zoo admission. There will be a $5 parking fee per vehicle. Members park free.
Regular Zoo Admission
$15/Adults and Teens
$13/Seniors ages 65 and over
$10/Children ages 3-12
Free/Children under 3 and Zoo members
- http://www.nashvillezoo.org/events
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere - 3777 Nolensville Road, Nashville, TN, 37211
MACABARET
Presented by Street Theatre Company at Street Theatre
If you are tired of the same old Halloween fare, come to Macabaret for an irreverent, racy evening of gallows humor, song, and dance! This cabaret-style show will make you laugh ‘til it hurts with its outrageous look at the morbid and the macabre. Join your host, Phil Graves, and his cadaverous cohorts as they perform songs such as “Marriage is Murder,” “Grave Mistake,” and “Dead End Job” that deal with love gone bad, obsessions, and strange things that go bump in the night. If you're in the mood for a “slightly warped, slightly psychotic and extremely macabre evening of cabaret-style entertainment,” come enjoy a night of ghoulish fun with “deliciously dark songs guaranteed to tickle your funny bone.”
10/04/12 - 10/25/12
$16-$18/ticket; Group rates available
- http://www.streettheatrecompany.org/index.html
Street Theatre - 1933 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, TN, 37210
29th Annual Pumpkinfest
Presented by The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson at Historic Downtown Franklin
The family oriented street festival held around the public square is going green for Halloween with a new emphasis on recycling and sustainability, lead by presenting sponsor Waste Management of Franklin. There will still be plenty of orange, but there will be a new emphasis on recycling, sustainability and saving the environment during the free event that happens on Franklin’s historic Main Street on the Saturday before Halloween.
10/27/12
Free Admission
- http://www.historicfranklin.com/events
Historic Downtown Franklin - Main Street, Franklin, TN, 37027
Franklin's Battle of the BBQ
Presented by The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson at Historic Downtown Franklin
Historic Downtown Franklin hosts its annual Battle of the BBQ Oct. 27, as part of the 29th annual Pumpkinfest event on Main Street. The Memphis BBQ Network has sanctioned the event, and applications are being accepted for professionals and amateurs alike to compete for an impressive line-up of prizes and bragging rights to the best ‘Q!
The barbecue competition will be held at the Bicentennial Park location just two blocks from Main Street and on East Main Street between First Avenue and the Public Square. BBQ rigs will be set-up at the park as early as Thursday, Oct. 28, with judging held Saturday, Oct. 30.
The pros can choose to compete in whole hog, shoulder and/or ribs, and they can add on chicken wings, dessert and the always entertaining “anything but” category. Backyard cookers are also invited for their own categories, open to anyone with a charcoal or wood grill, and they’ll be competing for ribs, poultry and/or beef. Entry fees are $350 for professional teams or $100 for amateurs. Pro or amateur, whole hog or chicken wing, it promises to be a good time and $10,000 total will be awarded in prize money!
10/27/12
Free Admission
- http://www.franklinsbattleofthebbq.com/
Historic Downtown Franklin - Main Street, Franklin, TN, 37027
Ghouls at Grassmere
Presented by Nashville Zoo at Grassmere at Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Ghouls at Grassmere is celebrating another year of “spooktacular” family fun. Open three weekends in October: October 18 - 21 and October 25 - 28. (Ghouls is NOT open Halloween night).
Ghouls boasts a number of Halloween fun activities designed to appeal to children 12 and under. Kids of all ages will enjoy the Trick or Treat Trail packed with 20 themed treat stations. Then make your way to festival field where there is fun for everyone with games, inflatable slide, the Gypsy Mystery Maze and the best place to shake your “ghoul thing”- Monster Mash. For the more adventurous youngsters, the Haunted Hayride is back with some new “tricks and treats” of its own!
Visit the Zoo’s Historic Croft Home to learn about the dying traditions and superstitions of the Victorian era. And don’t forget to catch an animal show or sign up for the nightly kiddie costume parade at the Zoo’s amphitheater.
10/18/12 - 10/28/12
Event Admission: TBA
* Tickets required for 2 years and up
- http://www.nashvillezoo.org/events
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere - 3777 Nolensville Road, Nashville, TN, 37211
Halloween Movie Night - Featuring Nosferatu with organist Tom Trenney
Presented by Nashville Symphony at Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Thrills and chills galore! Organ whiz Tom Trenney returns for this annual tradition at the Schermerhorn — a screening of a scary silent movie classic, accompanied by the seat-shaking sound of the Martin Foundation Concert Organ. This year, we’re featuring Murnau’s vampire thriller Nosferatu. Come in costume and get ready to hold on to your seat!
10/29/12
Season subscriptions available; Individual tickets on sale July 2012
- http://www.nashvillesymphony.org
Schermerhorn Symphony Center - 1 Symphony Place, Nashville, TN, 37201
Dickens of A Christmas
Presented by The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County at Historic Downtown Franklin
The Dickens of a Christmas event on Franklin's Historic Main Street brings the joy and charm of an old-fashioned Victorian Christmas recreated from the pages of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other Dickens' tales. More than 250 volunteers participate in the event as characters from Dickens’ stories, vendors or street performers. Show up any time over the course of the weekend, and you’re sure to meet Ebenezer Scrooge, his unfortunate partner Marley (the ghost in chains), little Tiny Tim Cratchit and his family, and many more, including Father Christmas. Activities Include:
- Horse-drawn carriage rides around the Public Square for $2 per person.
- A holiday bazaar arts & crafts area encircles Franklin’s charming Public Square, where horse-drawn carriages allow visitors to see Historic Downtown Franklin at a slower pace.
- Dancers and street musicians on Main Street throughout the event. Violinists, hand bell choirs, harpists, carolers and even a water harmonica player all add to the entertaining street scene.
- Costumed characters from Dickens’ stories interacting with visitors on the street. Scrooge bellows his “Bah! Humbug” while the Cratchit Family parades the streets with Tiny Tim. Ghosts of Christmas Past and Future make regular appearances. Urchins under the direction of the nefarious Fagin from Dicken’s Oliver pester English Bobbies (who are actually Franklin Police Officers on duty in costume). Father and Mother Christmas delight children.
- Victorian treats abound, from authentic fish ‘n’ chips to turkey legs, roasted chestnuts, kettle corn, roasted nuts, sausages and sugar plums.
- Everyone is invited to join the Town Sing starting at the Public Square at the town Christmas tree from 4:30pm-5:00pm on December 12 with candles and song sheets.
Dickens of a Christmas is free and open to the public, presented by The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County and its division, the Downtown Franklin Association, which seeks to protect and preserve the architectural, geographic and cultural heritage of Franklin and Williamson County and to promote the ongoing economic revitalization of downtown Franklin in the context of historic preservation.
12/08/12 - 12/09/12
Free Admission
- http://www.historicfranklin.com/events/dickens-of-a-christmas
Historic Downtown Franklin - Main Street, Franklin, TN, 37027
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
Presented by Boiler Room Theatre at Boiler Room Theatre
Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge is a playful, cracked look at the perennial Dickens Christmas classic about mean Ebenezer Scrooge and his discovering the true meaning of Christmas through the visitation of Three Ghosts. In Duran's giddy version, the Ghost's magic is off, and Scrooge and the Ghost keep showing up at Bob Cratchit’s house way too early, where Mrs. Bob Cratchit – a long suffering saint in the Dickens – is in a state of fury, hating her life and planning on getting drunk and jumping off the London Bridge.
11/30/12 - 12/22/12
Friday and Saturday Evenings
$27/adult ticket; $25/seniors and students; $21/children under 12
Sunday Matinees
$25/adult ticket; $23/seniors and students; $19/children under 12
2-fer-Tuesdays
Two tickets for $27
Thrifty Thursdays
All tickets $15
- http://www.boilerroomtheatre.com/shows_MBC.asp
Boiler Room Theatre - 230 Franklin Road, Building Six, Franklin, TN, 37064
Scrooge: The Musical
Presented by Towne Centre Theatre at Towne Centre Theatre
book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
In 1970, renowned writer-composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the classic Charles Dickens tale A Christmas Carol into the hit screen musical Scrooge! Now available as a charming stage musical, Scrooge! has enjoyed a hugely successful tour of England and a season at London's Dominion Theatre starring the late Anthony Newly. Included are six new songs not performed in the film.
11/30/12 - 12/22/12
$16-$20/ticket
- http://www.townecentretheatre.com/production.cfm?id=2012-scrooge-the-musical
Towne Centre Theatre - 136 Frierson Street, Brentwood, TN, 37027
Handel's Messiah
Presented by Nashville Symphony at Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
soloists to be announced
The Nashville Symphony and Chorus ring in the holiday season with their annual performances of Handel’s inspiring oratorio Messiah. This Baroque-era masterpiece gives expression to universal thoughts and emotions through an astonishing range of music, with moments of tranquillity, darkness and exuberance — and there’s no better place to hear it than at Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
12/20/12 - 12/22/12
Season subscriptions available; Individual tickets on sale July 2012
- http://www.nashvillesymphony.org/tickets/event/messiah
Schermerhorn Symphony Center - 1 Symphony Place, Nashville, TN, 37201