Event Calendar

SOPHISTICATED SOCIETY

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May

12-21

NASHVILLE REP presents Violet at TPAC’s Jackson Hall (various times)

13

IROQUOIS STEEPLECHASE (see inside back cover)

17

SWAN BALL AUCTION PARTY at Belle Meade Country Club at 6:00pm

Auction Co-chairs: Natalie Clements, Delia Darst and Amy Keith

Auction Party Co-chairs: Barbara Burns and Julie Haley

17-28

STUDIO TENN’S Here You Come Again at Franklin Theatre (various times)

19

LONDON AMARA:THE ALCHEMY OF SPIRIT AND LIGHT at The Parthenon

19-20

The Scottish Ballet’s THE CRUCIBLE at TPAC’s Jackson Hall (5/19 and 5/20 at 8:00pm, May 20 at 2:00pm)

19-20, 26-28

MUSICIAN’S CORNER at Centennial Park sponsored by Centennial Park Conservancy

21

NASHVILLE WOMEN’S TRIATHALON

23-28

INTO THE WOODS at TPAC’s Jackson Hall (various times)

26-8/13

STORIED STRINGS:THE GUITAR IN AMERICAN ART and RON JUDE: 12 Hz at Frist Museum of Art

June

1-3

GUERRERO CONDUCTS Mozart’s Requiem at Schermerhorn Symphony Center (6/1 at 7:00pm)

2

BREW AT THE ZOO at Nashville Zoo

2-3, 8-10, 16-17

MUSICIAN’S CORNER at Centennial Park sponsored by Centennial Park Conservancy

3

35th ANNUAL MUSIC COUNTRY GRAND PRIX benefiting Saddle Up! at Brownland Farm at 2:30pm

3

ODE TO OTHA benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank at 1711 Sweetbriar Avenue Street party hosted by Bill Ramsey honoring Otha Turner’s lifetime of music and his legacy

3

61st ANNUAL SWAN BALL at Cheekwood at 7:00pm

Co-chairs: Elizabeth Dingess and Ashley Rosen / Swan Award Recipient: Lillian “Tooty” Bradford / Performance by: Idina Menzel

4

RADNOR IN THE ROUND benefiting Friends of Radnor Lake

6

STARS FOR SECOND HARVEST benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank at Ryman Auditorium

7

MICHAEL W. SMITH & FRIENDS CELEBRITY CLAY SHOOT benefiting Rocketown

8-11

CMA FEST 2023

10

ALIVE’S Butterfly Release at Green Door Gourmet from 9:00am-11:00am

Co-chairs: Maggie Bond and Whitney Daane with Honorary Junior Chair Balle Yagle

Please reserve your butterflies by May 31 at https://givebutter.com/2023ButterflyRelease

10

OPERA ON THE MOUNTAIN at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory (Nashville Opera)

13

DURAN DURAN at Bridgestone Arena at 7:00pm

15-18

BONNAROO MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL in Manchester,TN

16-18

AMERICAN ARTISAN FESTIVAL (Centennial Park Conservancy)

17-18

EXPOSITION OF ELEGANCE: CLASSIC CARS AT CHEEKWOOD (see p. 27)

22-7/16

STUDIO TENN AND CPA PRESENT The Sound of Music at Soli Deo Center at Christ Presbyterian Academy (tickets: studiotenn.org)

23

FULL MOON PICKIN’ PARTY (Friends of Warner Parks)

23

RICHARD MARX WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY at Schermerhorn Symphony Center

23-25

RE-SET CONCERT SERIES at Centennial Park

23-25

THADDEUS PHILLIPS’ 17 BORDER CROSSINGS at TPAC (6/23 & 6/24 at 8:00pm, 6/25 at 2:00pm)

24-25

NASHVILLE PRIDE FESTIVAL at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park

30

JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION with the Nashville Symphony