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Broadway, Nashville — Lower Broadway is Nashville's most iconic entertainment district, a stretch of honky-tonks, live music venues, and neon signs along the Cumberland River. The strip has evolved from a hub of country music commerce to one of the most visited tourist destinations in the American South. Read more →

Did You Know?

...that Nashville earned the nickname 'Music City' after a WSM radio announcer called the Grand Ole Opry performers 'country music' in the 1920s?
...that The Parthenon in Centennial Park is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece?
...that Nashville is home to more than 180 live music venues, the highest concentration of any city in the United States?
...that Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873 with an endowment from railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt?
...that Hot chicken, Nashville's signature dish, was reportedly invented by Thornton Prince in the 1930s as a spicy act of revenge?