Evening Events

Friday & Sunday — Dine Around Nashville!

Meals are taken very seriously in the South, and we encourage you to indulge three times a day. Choose from a variety of neighborhoods to dine in or simply select a dining location from the extensive menus available. Just come, and come hungry!

Saturday — Summerfest™ at Gaylord Opryland®

One cool festival. One hot time! Experience everything fun that summer has to offer under one roof…join Gaylord Opryland in a SummerFest preview! Enjoy a great party with live music, street performers, a new fountain show, cool aerialists, fabulous food, festive beverages, and more!

Monday — An Exclusive Night at the Opry

America's most famous country music show, the Grand Ole Opry, welcomes you to an exclusive ABA performance. Tonight, enjoy food and cocktails in the Grand Ole Opry House prior to the show. Then prepare to be entertained by tonight's all-star artist line-up, including the Opry's newest member and Country Music Association 2005 Horizon Award winner, Dierks Bentley.

Every week, the Opry takes its incredible mix of country music talent to the world via 650 WSM Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, GAC (Great American Country) TV, and opry.com. The Opry blends the heritage of the world's longest running radio show and the excitement of today's biggest superstars to create an American entertainment phenomenon like no other.

Tuesday — Honky Tonk Highway

We’ll start the night in the historic Ryman Auditorium®, one of the homes of the Grand Ole Opry®, now known for the best acoustics around. Then we’ll head out the back door to the famous alley where all of the stars took their breaks between sets. So kick up your boots for this private party, have fun and remember two things: wherever you land on the Highway, you never know whom you might hear on stage, and the music is always hot.

Wednesday — Gone To Texas

You Won't Want to Miss a Thing: Our "Gone To Texas" evening gives you the chance to see one of country music's true musical treasures - Country Music Star Mark Chesnutt. Mark Chesnutt was one of Billboard's ten most play radio artists of the 90's and has 14 No. 1 hits, 23 top ten singles, four platinum albums and five gold records. His string of hits include Brother Jukebox, Blame It On Texas and I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. You won't want to miss a thing either, so make sure you stick around for the Wednesday night party.

Sightseeing Tours

With eight different sightseeing tours Marketplace delegates will have two opportunities to see how Nashville has turned up the volume with more than $300 million in new product during the last five years. Register now!
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Pre-Marketplace Familiarization Tours

Tennessee has so much to offer group travelers, and these tours are wrapped in genuine hospitality, good food, comfortable accommodations and great music – just what you’d expect from our host state. Operators are invited to sample some of Tennessee’s best itineraries during the Pre-Marketplace Familiarization Tours. Register now!