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Nashville Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare in the Park
Nashville, TN · Arts & Culture
- When
- August 20 – September 20, 2026
- Where
- Centennial Park Bandshell · Nashville · TN
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival stages a free production each late summer at the historic Bandshell in Centennial Park, drawing crowds who bring blankets and picnics for evening performances. The nonprofit has run the series since 1988, with a pre-show concert and talk preceding the 7pm curtain. The 2026 season presents A Midsummer Night's Dream.
The history within reach
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival stages a free production each late summer at the historic Bandshell in Centennial Park, drawing crowds who bring blankets and picnics for evening performances.
- Fall Tennessee Craft Fairsame spot
Tennessee Craft's fall fair fills Centennial Park with roughly 200 juried craft artists selling pottery, jewelry, woodwork, and fiber art alongside live demonstrations and food vendors.
Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival is a free multicultural festival held annually at Centennial Park, featuring dance and music performances on multiple stages, food from dozens of countries, and a global marketplace.
- The Parthenon builtsame spot
A full-scale replica raised for the state's centennial exposition, when Nashville called itself the Athens of the South.
- Tennessee Centennial Expositionsame spot
A six-month world's fair held a year late for the state's centennial, drawing around 1.8 million people to a fairground of temporary plaster palaces, a Parthenon, a pyramid, a Chinese pavilion, a giant seesaw.