Events for the Week of July 13

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This week the Nashville Symphony continues Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony both Tuesday & Thursday at Schermerhorn Symphony Center for the fifth week. While she will not be there in person, the performance includes songs and stories behind Dolly's songs and will continue through Friday, July 31st.

Franklin songbird Ava Liv Mabry will be at Cannery Hall Monday, and Paul Simon headlines the First Bank Amphitheater on Wednesday.

Rock 'n roll dreamboat Hamilton Leithauser (of The Walkmen) is playing at The Basement East on Thursday — conveniently scheduled after The Pamphleteer's New American Frontiers event at The Eighth Room. However, I personally will likely be skipping over to Skinny Dennis for "The Yodeling Country Bluesman" Vaden Landers afterwards.

On Saturday, psych-rock guitarist Kurt Vile and the Violators return to The Ryman and Saddle Creek indie shoegaze band feeble little horse play The Basement East. I am suddenly reminded of a PC game called The Emo Game where it just depicted a menagerie of Saddle Creek musicians as insane alcoholics. I suspect a lot of millenial hardship may have been caused by misinterpreting satire as aspirational.

Monday, 7/13

🪕 Ava Liv Mabry @ Cannery Hall, 8p, Info
+ pop folk from Franklin

🎷 The Jason Johnson Trio @ Rudy's Jazz Room, 6p, $12, Info
+ Nashville-native saxophonist feat. Ethan Assad on bass and Asher Humphrey on drums

🪕 Bluegrass Mondays with Kyle Tuttle @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info

🪕 Val Storey, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle & New Monday @ Station Inn, 8p, $20, Info

💀 Grateful Monday @ Acme Feed & Seed, 7p, Free, Info

🕺 Motown Monday @ The 5 Spot, 9p, $5, Info

Tuesday, 7/14

🎸 Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony @ Schermerhorn Symphony Center, 6p, $69+, Info

🪕 The Infamous Stringdusters @ Ryman Auditorium, 7p, $75, Info
+ jam bluegrass

🪕 The French Family Band @ Station Inn, 8p, $20, Info

🎸 Twang Tuesday @ Acme Feed & Seed, 7p, Free, Info

🎸 Honky Tonk Tuesday @ Eastside Bowl, 8p, $10, Info
+ two-step lessons @ 7p, The Cowpokes @ 8p

Wednesday, 7/15

🥁 The Lilliston Effect @ Vinyl Tap, 8p, Free, Info
+ East Nashville quintet

🎸 Paul Simon @ First Bank Amphitheater, 8p, $53+, Info

🎸 Songs and Stories with Larry Cordle & Friends @ Station Inn, 8p, $20, Info

💀 Tennessee Dead @ Tennessee Brew Works, 6p, Info

🎸 Kelley's Heroes @ Robert's Western World, 6:30p, Free, Info

🎸 The Cowpokes @ Robert's Western World, 10:30p, Free, Info

🪕 Bluegrass Night @ The American Legion Post 82, 7p, Free, Info

Thursday, 7/16

🌲 New American Frontiers @ The Eighth Room, 6p, $50, Info

🎸 Vaden Landers @ Skinny Dennis, 9p, Free, Info

🥁 Ben Rice Trio @ Vinyl Tap, 7p, Free, Info
+ Guitarist Ben Rice's jazz trio, joined by Anson Hohne and Patrick Atwater

🎸 Hamilton Leithauser @ The Basement East, 8p, $19.88, Info

🎸 Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony @ Schermerhorn Symphony Center, 6p, $69+, Info

🎙️ Open Mic @ Fox and Locke, 6:30p, Free, Info

🎸 Kelley's Heroes @ Robert's Western World, 6:30p, Free, Info

Friday, 7/17

🎸 Hadlie Jo & The Bourbon Cowboy @ Station Inn, 9p, $25, Info

🥁 95MP & Echo Selector w/ DJ Stephany Medina @ The Blue Room, 7p, $31.65, Info

🎸 Tori Amos @ Ryman Auditorium, 8p, $77+, Info

🎸 Country Club Day ft. The Cowpokes @ Acme Feed & Seed, 12:30p, Free, Info

🎸 Kelley's Heroes @ Robert's Western World, 6:30p, Free, Info

Saturday, 7/18

🎸 Tomahawk @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, 8p, $53+, Info
+ Mike Patton supergroup reunite for first shows in 13 years

🎸 Kurt Vile and the Violators @ Ryman Auditorium, 8p, $44+, Info
+ psych rock

🎸 feeble little horse @ The Basement East, 8p, $25, Info
+ shoegazey indie

🎸 Kelley's Heroes @ Robert's Western World, 6:30p, Free, Info

Sunday, 7/19

🎸 Anthony Da Costa @ The 5 Spot, 6p, $10, Info
+ folk/Americana singer-songwriter Sunday Summer Residency w/ special guest Cory Branan

🎸 Billy Bob Thornton w/ The Boxmasters @ Ryman Auditorium, 7p, $79+, Info

🪕 Bluegrass Jam @ Station Inn, 7p, Free, Info
+ a night for musicians and singers from all over the world to gather and enjoy making music together

🪕 Sundays Between with Easy Green @ Tennessee Brew Works, 1p, Info
+ a fusion of two beloved musical genres – Bluegrass and the iconic sounds of the Grateful Dead!