Nashville live music by the numbers: December 2026

323 concerts listed at 27 venues over 30 nights, about 11 a night. The typical ticket (the median lowest price) is $23, and 61% of priced shows are $25 or less. 10 are free.

Shows listed so far; more get announced every week, so this count will grow.

323concerts

27venues with shows

$23typical ticket

20shows on the busiest night, Fri Dec 4

Busiest venues

Venue	Shows
The Bluebird Cafe	40
Ryman Auditorium	34
The Station Inn	30
Grand Ole Opry House	29
3rd & Lindsley	23
The Basement	15
The Local	14
The East Room	14
The Basement East	13
Brooklyn Bowl Nashville	12

Busiest nights

Night	Shows
Friday, December 4, 2026	20
Saturday, December 5, 2026	20
Sunday, December 6, 2026	20
Saturday, December 19, 2026	19
Saturday, December 12, 2026	16

Shows by day of the week

Day	Shows
Mon	26
Tue	51
Wed	47
Thu	45
Fri	49
Sat	56
Sun	49

Cheapest venues

Median lowest ticket price at venues with at least three priced shows this month.

Venue	Typical ticket	Priced shows
DRKMTTR	$12	11
The East Room	$13	12
The Basement	$16	10
The Station Inn	$20	18
Fox & Locke	$22	4
Hop Springs	$27	7
3rd & Lindsley	$27	23
The Basement East	$27	13

What's playing

Genre	Shows	Share
Folk + country	79	38%
Indie	38	18%
Pop	29	14%
Rock	28	14%
Punk + metal	8	4%
R&B + soul	7	3%
Electronic	6	3%
Jazz	5	2%
Blues	2	1%
Hip-hop	2	1%

Each show's main genre, as a share of the 207 shows whose genre we know.

Where the shows are

Neighborhood or town	Shows
Downtown	41
Green Hills	40
SoBro	34
The Gulch	32
Music Valley	29
East Nashville	27
West End	18
8th Avenue South	15

Other months

November 2026

About these numbers

Counted from every concert Go See Shows lists in Nashville: 27 venues' own calendars and ticket sellers, checked daily. Cancelled and postponed shows are left out. Prices are the lowest listed ticket before fees, where the seller shows one (162 of 323 shows). Free to quote: please credit Go See Shows and link to goseeshows.com/nashville/numbers/2026-12/.