November is a month for feasting and preparing for the winter holidays. Here’s my guide to spending a wonderful November in Nashville, from volunteering to Thanksgiving meal prep and must-see concerts.
🦃 Prep for Thanksgiving
Don’t feel like cooking for Thanksgiving? Here are some local restaurants where you can preorder your meal. Just order early before they sell out!
- Chef’s Market: Find candied bacon wrapped figs, Cajun fried or herb-crusted turkeys, and white chocolate banana pudding for dessert. Packages start at $160.
- Monell’s: Preorder a classic Thanksgiving meal including slow-roasted turkey, cornbread dressing, and green bean casserole starting at $75.
- Loveless Cafe: Get their world-famous biscuits along with all the Thanksgiving basics for $139.99.
- Shotgun Willie’s Tex BBQ: Mix and match the perfect feast at Shotgun Willie’s.
- Blue Aster: Their elevated Take & Bake menu features charred pumpkin soup and a caramelized onion tart, and includes reheating instructions.
- Char: With cornbread muffins and crab, shrimp and andouille gumbo, and chipotle-smashed sweet potatoes, Char’s Thanksgiving menu is as yummy as it is unique.
🥫 Find Food Assistance & Help Neighbors
- Here are 12 local food banks where you can find food assistance, as well as donate or volunteer.
- Metro Nashville has released a food resource guide, which includes food pantries for MNPS students and their families.
- Mr. Aaron’s Goods has a community pantry for those in need, and there’s a pantry behind The Lipstick Lounge.
- The Nashville Food Project and Cul2vate work with community partners to bring meals and fresh produce to food-insecure Nashvillians.
- Open Table Nashville has organized a list of daily free community meals, which includes meals at Nashville Rescue Mission and Trinity Community Commons.
- Check Hands On Nashville for volunteer opportunities.
- Know of additional resources? Email me 🫶
🗳️ Get Ready To Vote
Representative Mark Green retired from Congress in July, leaving the Tennessee 7th Congressional District seat empty. Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps won in the primaries. Register to vote by Nov. 3 to cast your ballot in the Dec. 2 general election. Early voting runs Nov. 12-26. Check to see if you’re in this district, as Nashville is divided into three districts. We’ll have a guide to the candidates later this month!
🎵 Check Out These Concerts & Events
- Sabrina Carpenter at Bridgestone Arena from Nov. 4-5.
- Ernest Live at Ryman Auditorium from Nov. 4-5.
- Disney's Beauty and the Beast at TPAC from Nov. 4-16.
- A Country Christmas and ICE! at Gaylord Opryland from Nov. 7-Jan. 3.
- Ernest Tubb Record Shop’s grand reopening on Nov. 13.
- Zoolumination at the Nashville Zoo from Nov. 13-Feb. 8.
- Holiday LIGHTS at Cheekwood from Nov. 21-Jan. 4.
- Béla Fleck & The Flecktones: Jingle All The Way at Ryman Auditorium on Nov. 26.
- Pulse: Orchestrally Energized Yoga at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Nov. 30.
