Every bar on Lower Broadway plotted on one map, with the same categories and rankings you’ll see on the rest of this site — honky-tonks, celebrity bars, rooftops, the historic classics, and the Printer’s Alley spots locals count as Broadway-adjacent. Use the filters below or click any pin for the full venue write-up.
If you only have time for one of these on Broadway, here’s where to go.
Lower Broadway runs from 1st Avenue at the Cumberland River up to about 5th Avenue. Bars cluster heaviest in the 200, 300, and 400 blocks. Here’s the layout:
Acme Feed & Seed is the anchor here — it’s a destination rooftop with views over the river. This block is quieter than the rest; mostly tourist foot traffic walking up from the riverfront.
Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk, The Redneck Riviera, Bootleggers Inn, Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie. Higher density of celebrity-branded venues. Loud, party-energy block on weekend nights.
Jason Aldean’s, Luke’s 32 Bridge, Ole Red, Kane Brown’s, Honky Tonk Central, Casa Rosa, Whiskey Bent, Margaritaville. This is the photo block — Broadway’s most-Instagrammed stretch. Most crowded after 8 PM.
Robert’s Western World, Tootsies, Legends Corner, Layla’s, The Stage, The Second Fiddle, Nudie’s, Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row. This is the block locals respect most. Tootsies and Robert’s back doors open onto the Ryman alley.
Skull’s Rainbow Room, Sinatra Bar & Lounge, Lonnie’s Western Room, Alley Taps. Locals count these as Broadway-adjacent. Different crowd — more cocktails, more conversation, less bachelorette energy. See Broadway vs Printer’s Alley.
End to end, Lower Broadway is about 0.4 miles (six blocks) of walkable strip. You can hit every honky-tonk on foot in under 10 minutes of pure walking time — the rate-limiter is crowds, not distance.
Driving to Broadway on a weekend is the single worst decision you can make in downtown Nashville. Garage rates run $50-$80 on Friday and Saturday nights, and finding a spot near the strip after 7 PM is mostly luck. The play: rideshare to Demonbreun Street or Korean Veterans Boulevard, then walk in. Full details in our parking + transportation guide.
Most visitors to Broadway stay within a 10-minute walk of the strip. The closest options are along Lower Broadway itself and on the adjacent blocks of 2nd/3rd Avenue. Top picks (within 2 blocks of the strip):
Booking note: prices spike 2-3x during CMA Fest week (June 4-7, 2026), the Wednesday-Saturday of Bonnaroo weekend, and home football weekends. Book at least 60 days ahead for those windows.
There are 37 bars on or directly adjacent to Lower Broadway as of 2026. The count includes the Printer’s Alley bars one block north, which locals consider part of the same nightlife district.
The bar-and-honky-tonk strip of Lower Broadway runs roughly 0.4 miles, from 1st Avenue at the Cumberland River up to about 5th Avenue. Most of the action is concentrated in the 200, 300, and 400 blocks.
Yes, easily. End-to-end walking time without stopping is about 7 minutes. The real limit is crowd density on weekends after 9 PM — expect to weave.
You shouldn’t — rideshare to Demonbreun Street or Korean Veterans Boulevard and walk in. If you must drive, garages around Bridgestone Arena and the Country Music Hall of Fame run $50-$80 on weekend nights.
The Joseph, Bobby Hotel, and Drury Plaza Downtown are all within a 4-5 minute walk of the strip and consistently top-rated. The Hilton Nashville Downtown is the closest single property to the heart of Broadway.
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