June is when Nashville’s calendar gets serious. CMA Fest takes over the city for four days. Alan Jackson plays his final concert ever at Nissan Stadium. Ed Sheeran brings his world tour here. Dolly Parton’s songs get the symphony treatment at Schermerhorn. And in between all of that, free music runs every weekend at Centennial Park, jazz fills the Fisk University area, and Juneteenth brings the community together downtown.
This is one of the strongest months on Nashville’s calendar in recent memory. Here is everything worth showing up for.
Live Music and Concerts
Musicians Corner
Every Friday and Saturday in June | Friday 5:00pm-9:00pm, Saturday 12:00pm-6:00pm
Centennial Park, Nashville | FREE
Now in its 17th year, Musicians Corner is the free outdoor concert series that Nashville residents count on all summer long. Multi-genre lineups, food vendors, local artisans, and Kidsville activities for families. It runs every weekend in June and costs nothing. Bring a blanket and plan to stay.
CMA Fest presented by SoFi
June 4-7 | Nissan Stadium and Downtown Nashville | PAID (4-day pass from $299)
Four days of country music’s biggest names. Nightly stadium concerts, the Fan Fair X interactive experience at Music City Center, and hundreds of free daytime stages and pop-up performances scattered across downtown. CMA Fest is the largest country music festival in the world and it brings 80,000 fans per day into the city. If you have never been, the daytime stages along Broadway and at various parks are free to attend even without a ticket.
Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony
June 16 – July 31, multiple nights | Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville | PAID
Dolly Parton’s catalog performed live by the Nashville Symphony. This is not a tribute act. It is a full orchestral production of the songs, running an extended summer engagement at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. One of the more distinctive things on Nashville’s schedule this summer.
Ed Sheeran – LOOP Tour
Saturday, June 20 | Nissan Stadium, Nashville | PAID (tickets from ~$100)
Ed Sheeran’s North American stadium tour stops at Nissan Stadium with special guests Myles Smith and Aaron Rowe. Tickets are available through the usual stadium channels. This one will sell the area out, so plan parking and dining around it if you are in the neighborhood that evening.
Alan Jackson – Last Call: One More for the Road Farewell Tour
Saturday, June 27 | Nissan Stadium, Nashville | SOLD OUT (resale from ~$556)
This is Alan Jackson’s final concert ever. 55,000 tickets. Guests include Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, Eric Church, and Keith Urban. It sold out the moment it went on sale. Resale tickets are available but expect to pay a significant premium. For country music fans, this is the unmissable event of the year.
Food, Drink, and Community
Brew at the Zoo
Friday, June 12 | Nashville Zoo, 3777 Nolensville Pike
Gates open 7:30pm | PAID (~$85)
Craft beers from Yazoo, Bearded Iris, TailGate Brewery, and more than a dozen others, enjoyed while walking the Nashville Zoo after hours. Brew at the Zoo is one of the more creative event formats in the city’s calendar. Adults only, tickets sell out in advance.
Fervor Cigar Festival
Saturday, June 13 | Waymore’s Guest House Rooftop, Nashville | PAID ($113)
VIP cigar pack, hors d’oeuvres, unlimited cocktails and spirits on the rooftop at Waymore’s Guest House. Fervor is a boutique event with limited capacity. Worth knowing about if cigars and rooftop cocktails are your thing.
Nashville Predators Craft Beer Festival
Friday, June 20 | Bridgestone Arena, Nashville | PAID
Unlimited craft beer samples, with a ticket that also includes a free 2026-27 Predators home game. Proceeds benefit the Predators Foundation. Tickets and details here.
Free and Outdoor
Porter Flea Summer Market
Friday-Saturday, June 12-13 | The Fairgrounds Nashville, 500 Wedgewood Ave
FREE Saturday / Ticketed Friday preview
200-plus vendors: clothing, home decor, jewelry, and independent makers. Porter Flea is one of the best independent markets in Nashville. Saturday is free and open to the public. Friday is a ticketed preview evening for early access.
Juneteenth – Music City Freedom Festival
Around June 19 | Downtown Nashville | FREE
A free community celebration of Juneteenth with live bands, food trucks, vendors, inflatables for kids, and a DJ. The Music City Freedom Festival is one of the city’s most inclusive community events of the summer. Check the event page closer to the date for confirmed location and schedule.
Nashville Jazz Festival
Saturday, June 27 | Fisk University area, Nashville | FREE
The Nashville Jazz Festival marks its 10th year with a lineup that includes Adam Hawley, Ragan Whiteside, and Ben Tankard. Hosted by WFSK Radio and held in the Fisk University corridor, this is a genuine community jazz event, free and open to everyone.
Waterfest
Friday, June 26 | Peay Park, Goodlettsville | 9:30am-12:30pm | FREE
A family-friendly celebration of Middle Tennessee’s local streams and rivers, featuring waterslides, a splash pad, snow cones, and hands-on environmental learning activities for kids. Organized by the Cumberland River Compact. A good one for families with young children looking for something free on a Friday morning.
Day Trip Worth Adding
Dollywood Flower and Food Festival
Through Sunday, June 7 | Dollywood, 2700 Dollywood Parks Blvd, Pigeon Forge, TN | PAID (park admission)
If you have not made the drive to Dollywood this spring, June 7 is the last day of the Flower and Food Festival. Over a million blooms across the park, food from Tennessee vendors, and live entertainment. Pigeon Forge is about 3 hours from Nashville. Details at dollywood.com.
Ready to enjoy this month?
June fills up quickly. A few of these events, especially CMA Fest and the Alan Jackson show, reshape traffic and hotel availability across the city for their entire run. If you are visiting Nashville for the first time, June gives you an honest picture of what the city looks and feels like at full energy. If you live here, most of this calendar is worth at least one visit. For more on what Nashville’s neighborhoods feel like beyond the event calendar, the community guides here are a good starting point.
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