Cannery Hall on Cannery Row in Nashville reopened in the historic 1883 mill that housed Mercy Lounge, with four stages spanning 325 to 1300 capacity under one roof.
Tip: Tickets via the box office on cannerynashville.com. The Mil holds 625, Mainstage 1300, Row One 325, and Amaranth is the rooftop events floor.
Address: 1 Cannery Row, Nashville, TN 37203
Marathon Music Works on Clinton Street in Nashville is the 1,500-capacity room in Marathon Village, booking indie, rock and electronic touring acts most nights.
Tip: Box office runs Fridays 10:00 to 16:00 or buy online. Venue is cashless. Doors typically 19:00, show at 20:00, floor is general admission.
L.A. Jackson is the indoor-outdoor rooftop on the Thompson Nashville in the Gulch, a wraparound terrace voted Nashville Scene's Best Rooftop seven years running.
Tip: Walk-ins welcome, first come first served. Weekends bring resident DJs from 21:00; the south terrace is the better skyline seat.
Rare Bird on the 13th floor of the Noelle hotel in downtown Nashville pours craft cocktails on a wraparound deck above the Cumberland River and State Capitol.
Tip: Weekend hours run to midnight, weekdays close at 22:00. Cabana seating books out by 19:00; the bar rail walks in easy.
Acme Feed & Seed on Broadway in Nashville is the 1890 feed-store turned four-floor music hall, with a top-floor rooftop framing the Cumberland and Nissan Stadium.
Tip: Rooftop runs 12:00 to 20:00 Sunday to Friday, 11:00 to 22:00 Saturday. No cover; arrive before sunset to catch the skyline turn.
White Limozeen on the Graduate by Hilton rooftop in midtown Nashville is the pink Dolly Parton bar with a nine-foot Dolly bust, a pool deck and rhinestone booths.
Tip: Reserve via the hotel for the cabana pool deck. Cocktails like the Queen of the Rodeo run $16; the kitchen serves until 22:00.
The Nash Rooftop Lounge above Printers Alley in downtown Nashville is the ten-story backyard with a retrofitted 1956 Scenicruiser bus, cabanas and a bag-toss lawn.
Tip: Open to the public except the pool. Live music on the backyard stage runs most weekend afternoons; Friday closes at midnight.