5 Things We’re Excited About in Nashville This Week (August 2026)

This is our weekly edition of Nashville This Week — the running list your hosts at Music City Magnolia are already telling every guest about. Five things worth your time between now and next Thursday: a shop, a just-opened restaurant, a festival, an activity, and one true off-the-beaten-path spot. Pair it with the right neighborhood stay — Cumberland Retreat in East Nashville, Mockingbird in Hope Gardens near Broadway, Rocky Top in Midtown near Centennial Park — and you’re set. The full What’s On in Nashville hub has the wider live-music, sports, and event calendar this week.

01Shop · Bellevue

Bellevue · West NashvilleSanae IntoxicantsA perfumery and candle-making studio that runs small, hands-on scent workshops. Smell your way through an oil palette and walk out with a bottle you actually want to wear — the girls-trip afternoon that isn’t another rooftop.By reservationGirls-tripVisit Sanae

02New Tapas · Hillsboro Village

Hillsboro Village · BelmontNowhere SpecialJust-opened tapas lounge on Belcourt Avenue from the Make A Play Hospitality team — Philly Cheesesteak Rolls, Oysters Rockefeller, Braised Oxtail Grilled Cheese, and a fully covered patio. Dinner nightly, weekend brunch, late-night Friday and Saturday.Dinner 7 nightsWeekend brunchSee the menu

03Festival · This Weekend

East Nashville · Five PointsTomato Art FestEast Nashville’s beloved neighborhood block party takes over Five Points this Friday and Saturday. Costume parades, tomato art, local vendors, live music, and the kind of neighborhood energy you only find on this side of the river.Aug 7–8FreeSee the schedule

04Free Line Dance · Downtown

Downtown · Urban Cowboy BarUrban Cowboy Line DancingFree country swing and line dance lessons weekly at Urban Cowboy Bar downtown — across from Woolworth Theatre. Swing starts at 5pm, line dance runs 6–8pm. 21+, beginner friendly, no partner required, boots optional.5–8pmFree · 21+See this week

05Hidden Lounge · 2nd Avenue

Downtown · 2nd AvenueVinyl VaultWalk through Mel’s Drive-In, tell the host you’re there for Vinyl Vault, and go through the giant bank-vault door into a three-room hi-fi lounge — 1950s Altec speakers, vinyl-only DJs, cocktails, and no Broadway noise. The Nashville we send friends to.Fri & Sat8pm–latePlan the night

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