Tom King Classic Half Marathon & 5K
Nashville, TN · Sports
- When
- February 27, 2027
- Where
- Cornelia Fort Airpark, 1101 Stewarts Ferry Pike · Nashville · TN
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A road race through Shelby Park and the Shelby Bottoms Greenway, established in 1994 by the Nashville Striders running club and named for a founding member. Proceeds fund the mayor's office anti-poverty programs in housing, education, and job training.
The history within reach
- Cornelia Airpark Concertssame spot
A free outdoor concert series in its tenth year at the old Cornelia Fort Airpark runway, with local bands, food trucks, and beer and wine on the third Saturday of the month from May through August.
- Tom King Classic Half Marathon & 5Ksame spot
A road race through Shelby Park and the Shelby Bottoms Greenway, established in 1994 by the Nashville Striders running club and named for a founding member.
A theme park built around live country music, with a dozen stages and performers who went on to real careers, drew crowds for twenty-five years.
The Opry moved to its purpose-built house by Opryland in March 1974, carrying a circle of the Ryman's stage with it..
A hundred years to the night from a 1925 radio broadcast that was not yet called the Grand Ole Opry, marked with a global livestream and more than twenty-five members on stage.