HOMENashville New Years Eve 2024
Things to do on new years eve in Nashville. Music City Midnight lineup, fireworks, parties & hotels for NYE 2023-2024
Nashville's Big Bash (formerly Music City Midnight) is still top billing when it comes to the New Year's Eve celebrations in Nashville. This free public event attracts crowds in their tens of thousands for an evening of live entertainment, fireworks and of course the Music Note Drop.
This year has a magnificient line up including Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson and Lynyrd Skynyrd, headlining the free concert at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park!
The joy of this event is, if you can't make it in person, it's broadcast live on CBS.
Jack Daniels Music City Midnight - Nashville's Big Bash
By far the biggest new years eve party in Nashville - Music City Midnight is still sponsored by drink legends Jack Daniels.
The event features live entertainment throughout the evening, with the headline performers taking to the main stage in Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.
Nashville's Big Bash Line Up includes: Thomas Rett, Lainey Wilson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MOrgan Wallen, Carly Pearce, Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Elle King, Grace Bowers, Jackson Dean, Bailey Zimmerman, Brothers Osborne, Parker McCollum, Cody Johnson, HARDY, Megan Moroney, Jon Pardi and Trombone Shorty
The climax of the show comes at midnight with the music note drop and fireworks display, set of course to music.
Crowds of up to 200,000 are expected at the event, making this one of the biggest new years eve parties anywhere in the country, and continuiiung to break records in Nashville itself, where attendance has almost doubled in recent years.
Get the very latest on this years Music City Midnight, including how to watch live on TV and via online stream, on our dedicated page here:
Music Note Drop
The tradition of dropping objects to mark the arrival on the new year is long established in the United States, with the ball drop in New York's Times Square the most prominent and well known example.
Elsewhere, cities tend to look for something more unique and culturally appropriate, so in Music City then the obvious choice is the music note, with a bright red 15 foot creation being droped 145 feet from a specially constructed structure at midnight, accompanied of course by the fireworks.
New Years Eve at the Opry House
The Grand Old Opry House has been a Nashville institution for many years, and always has a top peformer on new years eve, typically with a great lineup of support acts too, this years performer has yet to be announced so keep checking with the venue.
Tickets, once announced will be available here.
Ryman Auditorium New Years Eve Concert
The Ryman Auditorium has been hosting a new year concert for many years now, and in the last decade has become pretty much synonymous with Nashville act Old Crow Medicine Show and they are back again this year, along with Harper O'Neill and Willie Watson.
Details and tickets are available here
Big Night Nashville
An addition to the Big Night franchise of new years eve parties that take place in cities across the USA, the Big Night Nashville is held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and features food, drink, music and dancing, with VIP options if you really want to make the night special. If this is as good as the Big Night events in other cities you're in for a great party.
You can see all the latest on this years event, and buy your tickets online, here:
Music City Bowl
Football over the holiday season is another popular tradition in America, and here in Nashville they host the annual Music City Bowl in the Nissan Stadium on Titans Way, in a game covered live on ESPN.
Officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl the game is contested between teams from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and either the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) or the Big Ten Conference. Details here.
New Years Eve Hotels
The downtown hotels in Nashville in particular will be booked up well in advance, so it's well worth making your reservation as soon as you can.
Many of the top hotels also host their own new year parties with gala dinners and live entertainment making for an easy option to keep your celebrations all in one place, so look out for any deals and packages that may be on offer.
You can search and check availability with free online booking at the full selection of Nashville NYE hotels here.
NYE Live Stream
In 2019 the celebrations from Nashville were also included as part of 2 different new year national TV broadcasts, with segements on both NBC's New Years Eve 2024 and New Years Eve Live with Anderson Cooper. This year CBS will be airing live from downtown Nashville here
There is also usually coverage of the fireworks (but not the musical performances) on the official event website here:
New year fireworks live stream
Another viewing option is to check out any available local webcam views - in Nashville there is this excellent live streaming camera:
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