Nashville’s prolific landscape legacy includes significant historic sites, stately antebellum estates and gardens, carefully designed campuses, and vibrant public squares, plazas, and municipal parks. Join TCLF for a weekend of free, expert-led tours that will reveal the history and cultural heritage that make Nashville much more than just the Music City.

What’s Out There Weekend Nashville and its accompanying City Guide are made possible in large part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works and Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp., and in partnership with the Nashville Advisory Committee, led by Ann Roberts, Lee Ann Anderson, Eleanor L. Willis, Judson Newbern, and Christine Kreyling.

Tour Schedule

SATURDAY, April 13

Morning

7:30 - 9:00 AM

• Radnor Lake | Steve Ward, head ranger, and Dr. Douglas Heffington

9:00 - 10:00 AM

• Belmont Mansion | Mark Brown

9:00 - 10:15 AM

• Nashville City Cemetery | Fred Zahn

9:15 - 10:30 AM

• Fisk University | Dr. Reavis Mitchell

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• Fort Negley | Tim Netsch and Tim Walker
• Music Row | Carolyn Brackett
• Shelby Park and Greenway | Michael Kreyling and Denise Weyer

Afternoon

1:00 - 2:15 PM

• Travellers Rest Plantation | Tonya Staggs

1:00 - 2:30 PM

• The Hermitage | Howard Kittell
• Public Square | Gary Hawkins

1:00 - 2:45 PM

• Vanderbilt University and Peabody College | Judson Newbern

3:00 - 4:15 PM

• Mt. Olivet and Calvary Cemeteries | Christine Kreyling

3:00 - 4:30 PM

• Tennessee State Capitol | Jim Hoobler

3:15 - 4:30 PM

• Clover Bottom | Patrick McIntyre

3:30 - 4:30 PM

• Scarritt Bennett | Carole Bucy and Jim Douglas

SUNDAY, April 14

Morning

9:15 - 10:30 AM

• Temple Cemetery | Leona Fleischer

10:00 - 11:30 AM

• Bells Bend Conservation Corridor | Keith Loiseau

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

• Tennessee State University | Joel Dark and Lea Williams

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

• Upper Broadway and The Gulch | Christine Kreyling and Kem Hinton

Afternoon

1:00 - 2:00 PM

• Belle Meade Links | Emily Evans

1:00 - 2:30 PM

• Seigenthaler Bridge and Riverfront from East Bank | Kim Hawkins
• Glen Leven Farm | Ophelia Paine and Liz McLaurin

2:00 - 3:30 PM

• Cheekwood | Jane MacLeod and Peter Grimaldi

3:00 - 4:30 PM

• Centennial Park | Chris Barkley and Chloe Hawkins

3:15 - 4:30 PM

• Belle Meade Mansion | Erica Gahlren

3:45 - 5:00 PM

• Warner Parks | Tara Armistead and Bob Parrish