June is possibly the busiest month in Nashville. There’s SO MUCH going on, from music festivals to movie ticket deals. Before you head outside for all these community celebrations and events, make sure you know the signs of heat stroke, and keep water with you!
🍻 City Cast Nashville Office Hours
Starting this Friday, June 5, the City Cast Nashville team will be holding summer office hours at East Nashville Beer Works. Come hang out with us while we work from 2-5 p.m. every Friday until Aug. 7. We’d love to see you! And if you become a City Cast Nashville member, you’ll get $1 off drafts.
✊🏿 Celebrate Juneteenth
Nashville has lots of ways to celebrate Freedom Day around town.
- Head to Buchanan Street on June 13 for The Equity Alliance’s 7th Annual Black on Buchanan Juneteenth block party.
- Feast at these Black-owned restaurants for Juneteenth Restaurant Week.
- Run for local charities at the 4th Annual Music City Juneteenth Freedom Day 5K Run/Walk at Cornelia Fort Airpark on June 19.
- The Tennessee State Museum’s Juneteenth celebration on June 19 will include craft activities, story times, musical guests, and historical speakers.
- Nashville’s biggest celebration, Juneteenth615, is moving to Centennial Park this year. The party runs from 5-9:30 p.m. on June 19.
- Keep the celebration going at historic Hadley Park for the Music City Freedom Festival on June 20-21, from noon to 8 p.m.
- Take the kids to a Juneteenth read-aloud at Parnassus Books on June 20.
🎶 Get Your Music on at These Festivals
CMA Fest takes over the city June 4-7, so it’s time to brace for nightly fireworks. Happily, the festival comes with a healthy slate of free concerts every year. Head down to the Riverfront stage to catch Nashville faves Kaitlin Butts and Molly Tuttle, or hit the Dr Pepper stage at Ascend to throw it back with Melissa Etheridge and Pam Tillis. Save some energy to head down to Manchester the following weekend, where Bonnaroo will try to actually happen this year. Our fingers are crossed!
🎥 Movie Ticket Deals
From family-friendly films to “Jaws,” here are the hottest local movie deals this June.
- Nashville’s newest movie theater, Hooky, has a Morning Movie Magic deal on select dates this summer, where kid-friendly movie tickets are only $1. Or check out their $99 All-In Summer Pass, which gets you a bowling game, $100 arcade game card, movie ticket, and more.
- Regal also offers $1 Summer Movie Express tickets for kids’ movies. Who wants to join me at the “K-Pop Demon Hunters Sing-Along Event?”
- AMC’s Summer Movie Camp promotion gets you discounted tickets to kids’ movies on Mondays and Wednesdays starting June 22.
- Or head outside for free outdoor movie events at Elmington Park, Tanger Outlets, and Wedgewood-Houston’s giant guitar.
🧑🏽🍼 Hats Off to the Dads
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 21. Here are some ideas for celebrating him this month.
- Find the perfect gift at CoolSpring Galleria’s Father’s Day Craft & Vendor Market on June 13-14.
- Does the dad in your life like cars? Cheekwood’s Exposition of Elegance: Classic Cars & Motorcycles exhibit runs June 20-21. Or head to Lane Motor Museum, where dads get in free on Father’s Day.
- Southall’s A Day For Dad includes falconry and a cookout.
- Love Dad jokes? Take him to Nashville's Funniest Dad Competition at Zanies.
- Toast Dad on the Cumberland River aboard a Nashville Riverboats tour.
- Get your jazz on at the free 15th Annual Jazz on the Cumberland Concert Series.
