LOWER BROADWAY · NASHVILLE
412 Broadway, Nashville, TN
A long-running Lower Broadway honky-tonk with a big main stage.
The Stage on Broadway sits at 412 Broadway and has been a fixture of the strip since around 2001, though an exact founding year is not firmly documented. It is owned by Ruble and Brenda Sanderson, the same family behind Legends Corner, so it comes from the independent old guard of Broadway rather than the celebrity or corporate wave.
The venue runs multiple floors with a main stage, additional bars, and a rooftop patio. Its signature feature is the dance floor, which is unusually large for Broadway and means people actually dance here rather than just stand and watch. Live music runs seven days a week with no cover charge. One detail worth looking up for: an original oil painting of The Highwaymen hangs over the front door, a piece that once belonged to Waylon Jennings and hung in his Nashville home. The room is all ages earlier and turns 21 and over after 6pm.
The Stage is the pick if you want a classic, family-owned honky-tonk where the dance floor is the point. Come earlier if you have anyone under 21 in your group, and come ready to actually dance rather than spectate.
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