Trip | A Nashville weekend with friends | Nashville, TN | 3 days
Day 1 – Downtown and Broadway
2:00 PM | Do | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, TN
4:30 PM | Do | Ryman Auditorium, 116 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN | Self-guided tour of the Mother Church of Country Music
6:30 PM | Eat | Hattie B's Hot Chicken, 112 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN | “Medium” is plenty hot
8:30 PM | Do | Lower Broadway, Broadway & 4th Ave S, Nashville, TN | Honky-tonks with live music; most have no cover
Maybe | Do | Johnny Cash Museum, 119 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN
Day 2 – Neighborhoods and the Opry
9:30 AM | Eat | Biscuit Love Gulch, 316 11th Ave S, Nashville, TN | Expect a line; it moves
11:30 AM | Do | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN | A full-size replica in Centennial Park
1:30 PM | Do | 12 South, 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN | Shops, coffee and the “I Believe in Nashville” mural
7:00 PM | Do | Grand Ole Opry, 600 Opry Mills Dr, Nashville, TN | About 20 minutes from downtown; book ahead
Maybe | Do | The Bluebird Cafe, 4104 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN | Songwriter rounds; split up if only some get seats
Day 3 – Brunch and head home
10:00 AM | Eat | Pinewood, 33 Peabody St, Nashville, TN | Brunch with bowling lanes
12:00 PM | Do | Nashville Farmers' Market, 900 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN | Food hall and market stalls
1:30 PM | Do | Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, 600 James Robertson Pkwy, Nashville, TN | Free, right next to the market
Maybe | Eat | Prince's Hot Chicken, 5814 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN | The original hot chicken, for comparison