Music Venues

The Listening Room Cafe is one of Nashville's Top Live Music Venues

Music City is bursting with venues and rooms to play.  As you already know or will soon figure out, if there is a musician present, it becomes a music venue.  Therefore this list will and should grow.  For that to happen, NMB needs your help to make sure this list is complete… please comment when you know of a venue that needs to be included.  You can also rate them with your comments.  This will be a helpful tool as people navigate the musical corners of the city!

Different places cater to different groups or performers and audiences.  Some venues are better for acoustic songwriters while others are better for a full band.  If you have original music you should book yourself in certain rooms since some places have audiences expecting the party/cover bands.  Next to each venue is the suggested recommendation as to what the audiences are expecting to hear.  Here is the key:

• S – Songwriter
• C – Cover band
• A – Artist Showcase
• O – Open Mic
• K – Karaoke

Your opinions and recommendations are welcome.  This page is meant to be a resource and it needs to be as accurate as possible!

3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill – S / A

5 Spot

12th and Porter – S / A / C

12 South Tap Room

The Basement – S / A

BB King’s Blues Club

Beyond the Edge Bar/Restaurant

The Blue Bar

Blue Sky Court

The Bluebird Cafe is one of Nashville's most honored songwriter venues

Bluebird Café – S / O

Bluesboro Rhythm and Blues Co

Boro Bar and Grill

Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar

Broken Spoke

Buck Wild Saloon – K

Bunganut Pig – C

Cadillac Ranch

Cafe Coco – S / A

Cantina Restaurant and Nightclub

The Closing Bell

Commodore Sports Bar & Grill – S

The Copper Kettle – S

Crossroads – C

Curb Cafe – S / A

D & T Pub – K

Dan McGuinness – S

Douglas Corner is a respected artist showcase and songwriter venue

Douglas Corner Café – S / A / O

Edgehill Studios Cafe – S

The End

Exit/In – A

F. Scott’s Jazz Restaurant

Family Wash – S / A

French Quarter Cafe – S / C

Fuel – A

Hotel Preston

Layla’s Bluegrass Inn – C

Legends Corner – C

Limelight

The Listening Room Cafe – S / A

The Loveless Barn

Lonnie’s Western Room – K

The Millennium Maxwell House – S

Mercy Lounge

Mickey Roos is just south of Nashville in Franklin, TN. Mickey's is the place where everyone knows your name and the food rocks!

Mickey Roos

The Muse

Music Row Cafe – S / A

Nashville Palace – S / A / C

Pub of Love

Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant – A / S

Red Rooster

Red Carpet Bar & Lounge

Richard’s Cafe – S / C

Robert’s Western World – C

The Rutledge – A

Second Fiddle – C

The Stage – C

The Station Inn is the mecca for Bluegrass lovers and musicians from across the country

The Station Inn – A

Tin Roof – A / C

Tin Roof II – A / C / S

Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge – C

The Wheel – C

Wildhorse Saloon – C / A