Aug - Oct
Jazz on the Lawn
Free open air concerts featuring regional jazz groups. Held on various Saturdays. Call for schedule
Beachaven Winery-Clarksville - Contact: 931-645-8867

Every Tuesday in Sept
Buy one Get one Free Admission & Fish Food at Stingray Reef
Stingray Reef-Opry Mills - Contact: 615-514-3474

Every Wednesday in Sept
Kids night in the Jungle
From 5pm to close-face painting, silly clowns, magicians and the Rainforest Café Wild Bunch Characters. Kids eat for $1.99 with purchase of an adult entree.
Rainforest Café-Opry Mills - Contact: 615-514-3000

Every Thursday in Sept
Kids Eat for $1.99 with the purchase of an adult entree
Nashville Aquarium Restaurant-Opry Mills - Contact: 615-514-3474

9/1-12/31
Spotlight Exhibit of the 80th Anniversary of the Historic Bristol Sessions
Recording event hailed as the "Big Band of Country Music." The sessions
provided a revealing snapshot of early country music, from gospel songs, fiddle and banjo tunes and mountain ballads to rural comedy, vintage pop songs and vaudeville numbers.
Country Music Hall of Fame - Contact: 615-416-2001

9/1-10/7
Lyrical Traditions: Four Centuries of Chinese Painting from the Papp collection.
Drawn from the collection Phoenix residents Marilyn and Roy Papp, comprises 60 evocative handscrolls, handing scrolls, fans and albums produced during the Ming and Qing dynasties
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/1-10/7
Whispering Wind: Recent Chinese Photography.
Featuring works by 20 contemporary artists from China.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/1-10/7
Sylvia Hyman: Fictional Clay
Featuring 22 meticulously crafted trompe l'oeil sculptures created over the last eight years.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/1-9/9
Backpack Adventures
Young visitors pick a backpack filled with interactive and fun activities to enhance the experience in each of the storybook settings.
Cheekwood - Contact: 615-615-353-9827

9/1-9/3
Summer Season at Fall Creek Falls
Softball, nature hikes, cave trips, canoe floats, campfires, horseback riding, and good bluegrass music are just some of the weekly events scheduled weekly
Fall Creek Falls State Park - Contact: 423-881-57088/1-8/4
29th Annual International Grand Champion Pleasure and Colt Show
One of the greatest walking horse shows in Tennessee
Tennessee Miller Coliseum, Murfreesboro - Contact: 615-494-88229

9/1-9/16
Music City Picks
Choices from Cheekwood's Collection. Members of Nashville's sports, business, political and entertainment communities browse the collection and chose a piece of art that spoke to them.
Cheekwood - Contact: 615-353-9827

9/1-9/28
Temporary Contemporary: Pradip Malde
In the series "Looking at God" area artist Pradip Malde presents portraits that suggest a comparison between how people perceive photographs and their understanding of God
Cheekwood - Contact: 615-353-9827

9/1-10/28
Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure 1895-1925
Exhibit organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/1-9/2
Fighting for Home and Hearth
Confederate infantry demonstrations and stories of local soldiers and their families
Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro- Contact: 615-893-9501

9/1
Dove Shoot
2nd Annual President Andrew Jackson Dove Shoot is held on the grounds of the Hermitage on the opening day of Dove season
Historic Carnton Plantation - Franklin - Contact: 615-794-0903

9/1
Kids Club: Eric Carle Collages
Kids will create their own character collages inspired by the timeless illustrations of Eric Carle
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/6
Music in the Grand Lobby
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/7-9/9
Pioneer Power Days
South's largest antique tractor and gas engine show with over 700 tractors, exhibits, parades, races, tractor pulls
Chapel Highway, Eagleville - Contact: 615-274-6987

9/7
Music in the Grand Lobby
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/7
Artists Forum
Local and regional emerging and recognized artists discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/8-9/10
Riverfest
Musical entertainment, children's activities, arts and crafts, boat races and more held on the Cumberland riverfront
McGregor Park, Clarksville - Contact: 931-645-7476

9/8
Kids Club: Eric Carle Collages
Kids will create their own character collages inspired by the timeless illustrations of Eric Carle
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/13
Off the Wall Lecture Series, Part 3: Hidden Dragons: Chinese Landscape Paintings from the Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection
Dr. Corinne Dale, Professor of Literature at Belmont University in the areas of Chinese aesthetics and literature, will discuss the the traditional Chinese
landscape as a harmonious balance of dynamic engergies.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/13
Music in the Grand Lobby
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/14
Music in the Grand Lobby
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/14
Architecture Tour
Learn more about the landmark Frist Center building
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/15
Gladefest
Annual festival in Gladeville
Gladeville - Contact: 615-443-2626

9/15
Kids Club: Eric Carle Collages
Kids will create their own character collages inspired by the timeless illustrations of Eric Carle
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/16
Q & A with Sylvia Hyman
Sylvia Hyman will answer questions and talk about her work
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/17
Senior Monday
Reduced admision and special parking fee, plus gift shop and Café purchase discounts. Live broadcast from WAMB's Larry Stephenson
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/20
Music in the Grand Lobby
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/21
Gallery Talk
Curator Katie Delmez discusses the exhibition Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan
Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/21
ARTini
Tonya Clarkson-McCain will lead a fun, informal conversation about the Whispering Wind: Recent Chinese Photography exhibition
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/22
Kids Club: Eric Carle Collages
Kids will create their own character collages inspired by the timeless illustrations of Eric Carle
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/27
Music in the Grand Lobby
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/28
Frist Fridays: Afinke Orchestra
Live music in the courtyard with light appetizers and cash bar
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/29
Mile Long Yard Sale
Bargins galore
Watertown - Contact: 615-237-1777

9/29
Kids Club: Eric Carle Collages
Kids will create their own character collages inspired by the timeless illustrations of Eric Carle
Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Contact: 615-744-3332

9/29
Exursion Train
A great way to see the Middle Tennessee countryside
Willow Street, Nashville - Contact: 615-244-9001