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August 28, 2025

Nashville’s Best Free Music Festival

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Nashville’s Best Free Music Festival

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For 15 years, Musician’s Corner has brought an all-star lineup of artists to Centennial Park for a series of free concerts twice a year. As their fall series kicks off tomorrow, Aug. 29th, host Marie Cecile Anderson is talking to executive producer Justin Branam about this year’s lineup, how the festival endures, and the massive rock star who once got tossed from backstage.

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