1. Peter Frampton FINALE – The Farewell Tour
Ascend Amphitheatre, 310 1st Ave South, Nashville
Thursday, August 29, 7:30pm
After 50+ years of touring Peter Frampton has announced that his upcoming tour will be his last. The British guitarist and vocalist has detailed the lengthy Peter Frampton Finale – The Farewell Tour that will feature support from Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening for the majority of the run. The multi-platinum selling musician was a member of both Humble Pie and The Heard before going on to a successful solo career highlighted by his 1976 double-live album Frampton Comes Alive!
2. Valerie June with Mick Flannery at City Winery
City Winery, 609 Lafayette Street, Nashville
Tuesday, August 27, 8 p
Valerie June: One of the most admired, genre-bending artists to breakthrough in the last decade, June’s music blends southern sounds, African rhythms, and ambient atmospherics into something altogether futuristic and new. Her 2017 release The Order of Time appeared on numerous ‘best of’ lists and received near-universal acclaim from a broad array of international media including: Rolling Stone, New York Times, NPR, The Guardian, Vice Noisey, New Yorker, ELLE, Nylon, Garden & Gun, Okayplayer, MOJO, UNCUT, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Exclaim!, Newsday, Afropunk, CLASH, Glide, Financial Times, American Songwriter, MTV News and many more. June’s rapturous, one-of-a-kind live shows have also helped her achieve a loyal, world-wide audience and are not to be missed.
Mick Flannery is an award-winning, double-platinum selling artist, Flannery has not only released his self-titled sixth album (debuting at No. 1 in Ireland), but he also oversaw the world premiere of the stage musical, Evening Train (named after his 2007 debut album). As musical influences from albums by the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Tom Waits seeped into his creative DNA, Mick absorbed, learned and honed the craft that would send him on his way into the world. The path was smoothed somewhat when, at the age of 19, he became the first Irish songwriter to win the Nashville-based International Songwriting Competition. By the time he turned 21, he had signed to a major label and released his debut album.
3. Songwriters at the Stables
Cheekwood, 1200 Forrest Park Dr, Nashville
Thursday, August 29, 6 p
Up-and-coming singer-songwriters perform at the historic Cheek family horse stable as part of their Thursday Night Out series. Grab some food, relax with a drink from the cafe, and enjoy the songs of summer.
This week, Meg McRee and Tyler David perform.
Meg McRee is a recent graduate of Vanderbilt (originally from Sugar Hill, GA), living in Nashville and pursuing her dream of becoming a songwriter. McRee claims sharing her music with the world is scary, risky, and beautiful.
Moving to Nashville from a small town in South Dakota, Tyler David’s personal style of country music takes inspiration from classic country and folk while looking forward to the genre’s future.
4. Live on the Green – 4 Day Weekend Event
(Featuring Grace Potter, Guster, St. Paul and the Broken Bones & More)
1 Public Square, Nashville
Thursday, August, 29- Sunday, September 1, 5 p
Live On The Green is a free outdoor music festival held at Public Square Park in Nashville, TN. The festival showcases the city’s emerging musical talent and highlights well-known national acts. Labor Day Weekend will mark the end of the 2019 Live on the Green season. Since its inception in 2009, over 700,000 fans from all 50 states and 13 countries have attended the event.
The four-day event will feature St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Guster, Lake Street Dive, Robert Randolf and the Family Band, Grace Potter, and many more.
See the entire four-day schedule here.
5. Rubiks Groove Labor Day Weekend Extravaganza
3rd and Lindsley, 818 3rd Avenue South, Nashville
Saturday, August 31, 8 p
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND- the Rubiks Groove 90s SHOW returns to 3rd & Lindsley on Saturday, 8/31! The best 90s songs, costumes/characters, & videos with some of your favorite 80s songs mixed.
