🐶 Our fave August events in Nashville

🎒 The Best August Events in Nashville

On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re chatting about all our favorite things to do in August, from summer nights out with the pups to stellar concerts and volunteer opportunities. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏗️ The Company Looking for Free Downtown Parking

Governor Bill Lee has proposed giving Elon Musk’s The Boring Company a rent-free lease to a state parking lot on Rosa L. Parks Boulevard to begin construction on the company’s tunnel connecting the airport to downtown. [The Tennessean]

• How similar tunnels have impacted life in Las Vegas [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏫 State Prepares To Lose 16% of Its Education Budget

On Tuesday, a new Tennessee legislative task force met to discuss how the state would make up for the loss of federal grants for schools with the potential elimination of the Department of Education. The state received about $1.3 billion from the federal government last year to help fund free lunches and programs for students with disabilities, who are unhoused, or are English language learners. [Nashville Banner]

🍻 The Local Bar That’s One of the Best in the Nation

USA Today’s list of the best bars in the nation includes Robert’s Western World. “If the Ryman Auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music,” the review says, “Robert’s Western World, just a stone’s throw from its back door, is the Holy Ghost.” [USA Today]

• The honky-tonk celebrated its 25th anniversary last year [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

August in Nashville means continuing heat, back-to-school excitement, and celebrating National Dog Month! It’s also a month full of festivals. Here’s your guide to having an amazing August in Nashville.

🐶 The Dog Days of Summer

August is National Dog Month! Here are ways to celebrate Nashville’s pups:

• Let your best bud play at one of our favorite dog parks.
• Make sure to keep your dogs safe in the heat.
• Take your dog out for a treat for “Yappy Hour” at the Commons Club patio, Monday through Friday from 5-7 p.m. starting August 4.
• Attend Dog Nights of Summer at Cheekwood, which runs every Thursday in August from 5-9 p.m.
• Get your very good pup a treat at Three Dog Bakery and Canine Concepts.
• Bring your best friend to a dog-friendly patio, like Redheaded Stranger, OG Tailgate Brewery, or SandBar Nashville.
• Donate to the Nashville Humane Association, Wags & Walks, and Pawster.
• Or attend Music City Brewers Fest on August 23 to support our local breweries AND the Nashville Humane Association.

🎉 More End-of-Summer Festivals

• 🐈 Cat Video Fest: I hate to bring up cats during National Dog Month, but this is one of my favorite yearly events! Watch funny cat videos and laugh with your fellow cat lovers at The Belcourt on August 1-7. My daughter and I will be there with our cat ears on. Proceeds benefit the Cat Colony Food Pantry.
• 🍅 Tomato Art Fest: Wear red and green and head over to Five Points in East Nashville August 8-9 for tomato EVERYTHING. Parade? Check. Art show? Check. Haiku contest? Double check. It’s ridiculous and fabulous. Several local eateries will be celebrating with tomato-themed menu items, too, like Turkey and the Wolf Icehouse and The Gumbo Bros.

We’re back with another recommendation from City Cast Nashville Neighbors about their fave local spots, organizations, and events in Music City, so they can become your favorites too 💞

😻 Lisa B. shouts out the staff at the Madison Library Branch, who “provide a safe place for unhoused neighbors and rebuild family villages with each storytime!”

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