Top 5 Ways to Ring in 2017 in Nashville

The holidays are in full swing and while we can’t help make your New Year’s resolutions, we can assist on ways to celebrate. As 2017 creeps closer and closer, so does the decision on how to ring in the New Year. If you live in Music City or are thinking of making a trip to Nashville before the year comes to an end, here are five music-filled options guaranteed for a memorable New Year’s Eve in Tennessee.

1. Headlining set by Keith Urban at Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight Party
What better way to ring in 2017 than with a performance in Nashville by Keith Urban? Say goodbye to 2016 with a midnight toast and plenty of guitar slinging from the singer. He won’t be the only one performing, though. Head to Nashville’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park early to catch sets by Styx, A Thousand Horses, Moon Taxi, Charlie Worsham and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. At midnight, the celebration will include the Music Note Drop and a fireworks display with a view of the Nashville skyline and State Capitol in the distance. (Learn More)

2. New Year’s Eve at the Opry House
Country music fans are in for a very special treat on New Year’s Eve at the Grand Ole Opry. The legendary stage will host performances by country icon John Prine as well as Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves. The show begins at 8 p.m. at the Opry House and we’re betting that Musgraves will perform a song or two from her recently released A Very Kacey Christmas holiday album. (Learn More)

3. Old Crow Medicine Show at The Ryman
Old Crow Medicine Show bring the party wherever they go and what better way to kick off the New Year than by watching this energetic band perform live? Old Crow will surely impress any partygoer with their foot stomping rhythms, contagious vigor and sing along anthems. The historic church will also make a beautiful backdrop for that special kiss at midnight! (Learn More)

4. City Winery New Year’s Eve Party with Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives will be hosting not one, but two concerts on New Year’s Eve at City Winery. The Grammy-award winning artist will bring songs from his four-decade career to the venue for the occasion. Get to the winery early for its Intimate Champagne Dinner before the show and enjoy a champagne (or wine) toast at midnight. (Learn More)

5. New Year’s Eve at the Bluebird Cafe
The famed venue where Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift were discovered will host its annual In the Round show. The evening will include two performances by Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame inductees Thom Schuyler and Tony Arata as well as hit songwriter Fred Knobloch and award winning instrumentalist Jelly Roll Johnson. The men have penned hits for Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Rogers and Randy Travis, among others, and will share the stories behind many of their songs up close at an intimate show at the Bluebird. It’s a perfect way to start the New Year for music fans and songwriters alike. (Learn More)