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Nashville Tennessee Annual Events Guide

January-Nashville Boat & Sports Show
Nashville Tennessee Boats, Marine,Tackle and Most any Water Minded Activity or Sport Product can be found at the Nashville Boat & Sports Show in mid-January, held at the Nashville Tennessee Convention Center, for a whole five days.

January-Nashville Lawn And Garden Show
Nashville Tennessee Lawn And Garden Show offers over 250 exhibit booths, free lectures and floral displays. This event in held the last weekend of January at the Nashville Tennessee Fairgrounds.

January-Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville
Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville Tennessee offers approximately 150 antique,horticultural booths and landscaped gardens.Ppecial lectures are offered by experts in their fields in home and garden style. This annual event is normally held in the third week of January, although this will vary from year to year.

February-Annual Bluegrass Music Awards & National Convention
Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America Annual Bluegrass Music Awards & National Convention is held every year the first week of February.

February-Heart of Country Antique Show
Nashville Tennessee Heart of Country Antique Show is held in Mid-February and features over 150 antique dealers from across the country. It is held at the Gaylord/Opryland Hotel Convention Center.

March-Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival
Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival,held Late March-early April, spotlights the songwriters and songs that contribute so much to our lives through music. The weeklong festival is named in honor of New York's fabled Tin Pan Alley and celebrates the strength of Nashville's songwriting community. Presented by the Nashville Songwriters Association International.

March-Old Time Fiddlers Championship
Clarksville is host each year to the Old Time Fiddlers Championship. The event held in late March attracts people from around the country to one of the largest championships of its kind.

April-Gospel Music Week
Gospel Music Week is normally held the 3rd week of April in conjunction with the Dove Awards. This is a Gospel Music Industry event that attracts artist, record companies, radio and concert representitives, among others.

April-Dove Awards
The Dove Awards is a night honoring those voted Christian music’s best by the members of the Gospel Music Association, held in the 3rd week of April.

April-Mule Days
Mule Days is held the first weekend of April, in Columbia,TN. A week-long celebration of the mule. Thousands of visitors come to Columbia to take part in the numerous activities ranging from working mule and best of breed events, to horse shows, arts and crafts booths, and a flea market.

April- Franklin Main Street Festival
Franklin Main Street Festival is held annually in Downtown Franklin, TN on the fourth weekend of the month Attendance to this event is around 155,000.

April-Nashville Film Festival
Nashville Tennessee Film Festival, formally known as the Nashville Indpendent Film Festival is a five day festival celebrating independent films.

April-October Beachaven Jazz on the Lawn
Nashville Tennessee Beachaven Jazz on the Lawn concerts, held most Saturday Nights are free admission with free parking. Of course you're encouraged to buy a bottle of Beachaven wine to enjoy with the music. The music will always start at 6:30 pm and go until 9:30 pm.

May- September Tennessee Jazz & Blues Society Concert Series
Nashville Tennessee Summer “Concerts On the Lawn” at Belle Meade Plantation: from May to September TJBS sponsors Sunday evening concerts of the finest local jazz and blues in an historic and wooded setting. It's casual - families, dates, and groups bring kids, blankets, and food. Open to the public with admission, half-price for members, kids 12 and under are admitted free.

May-August Dancin' In The District
Every Summer in Nashville Tennessee, Dancin' In The District has been filling the Nashville summer air with the best in live music for over a decade.This weekly concert series is held at Nashville Coliseum in Downtown Nashville every Thursday night.

May-Iroquois Steeplechase
The Nashville Tennessee Iroquois Steeplechase is held traditionally the second Saturday in May. Horse people and spectators from all over the world congregate to see the race.

May-Colonial Fair
Nashville Tennessee 12th Annual Colonial Fair held the first week of May at Moss-Wright Park offers nearly 800 meticulous artisan craftsmen and their wares, colorful costumes and characters and period food and entertainment will be on hand The event drew approximately 7,000 spectators.

May-Market Fair at Mansker's Station
The Market Fair at Mansker's Station, held the first weekend of May is an the opportunity to meet all sorts of people, portraying all sorts of characters, as they would have acted in the 18th Century. Entertainers, Merchants and the like are only a small portion of what might show up at the fair.

May-Nashville River Stages
Nashville River Stages is held at Riverfront Park, every May, for three days of great music and great artists all weekend long with over 50 bands performing on five stages

May-Music City Championship
The Champions Tour, formerly known as the SENIOR PGA TOUR is held the last week of May at the Springhouse Golf Club. This event has raised more than $2 million for dozens of local charities including the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Boy & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Tennessee Lions Charities, and Family & Children's Services.

May-November Sumner Crest Winery Summer Festival
Sumner Crest Winery Summer Festival is held on the third Saturday of the month, this is a great way to spend a relaxing evening. Pack a picnic and your favorite blanket or lawn chair, buy a bottle of Sumner Crest wine for the evening and a couple to take home for the upcoming week, sit back and enjoy the music.

May-Renaissance Festival
Experience period entertainment and music every weekend in May at The Renaissance Festival, located in Triune. The activities are offered including; visiting Castle Gywnn, meeting costumed characters and watching mounted armored knights jousting.

May-U.S. 11 Antique Alley
A 502-Mile "Happening" Slated for U.S. 11 (formerly a 250-Mile Event)"U.S. 11 Antique Alley," The third weekend in May, a 502-mile festive roadside sale will be held on U.S. Highway 11 from Meridian, Mississippi through Birmingham, Alabama, and towns in Dade County, Georgia, then Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee, and on to Bristol, Virginia.

May-Southern Women's Show
Spend 3 DAYS pampering yourself at the Annual Southern Women's Show.This show offers make overs, shopping, gathering new decorating ideas, getting tips on health and fitness, sampling delicious foods, collecting exciting travel ideas, attending fabulous fashion shows and educating yourself on the latest in financial planning.

May-Tennessee Crafts Fair
The Tennessee Crafts Fair has been held in Nashville's Centennial Park the first weekend in May every year since 1972. A showcase for the work of craft artists living and working in Tennessee, the event also heralds the outdoor summer season and attracts 45,000-50,000 each spring.

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