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🛍️ Where to go thrifting in the New Year
December 30, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Tuesday! If you’re looking for some unique ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve tomorrow, here are some suggestions 🪩 It’s been a great year, Nashville! Can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!
One thing I know I’ll be doing in the New Year is thrift store shopping. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we're revisiting our conversation between host Marie Cecile Anderson and her mom, Linda, the queen of thrift. From housewares to fashion, they’ll help you find the bargain of your dreams.
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What To Do
Tuesday, Dec. 30
- ☕ Cocoa and a Campfire | Beaman Park Nature Center | 9 a.m.-Noon
- 🚶 Marshmallow Hikes | Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary | Various times
- 🧒 Special Indoors Winter TOTS! ends | Cheekwood | 10 a.m.-Noon
- 👶 Sort Baby and Children's Clothes Volunteer | Mother To Mother | 1 & 3 p.m.
- 💈 End of the Year Haircuts | Richland Park Library Branch | 1:30-4:30 p.m.
- 🏈 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Illinois | Nissan Stadium | 4:30 p.m.
- 🍞 Free Community Dinner | Trinity Community Commons | 4:30-6:30 p.m.
- ✍️ Writer's Showcase featuring Lauren Freebird / Top Shelf Tuesday | Tennessee Brew Works | 6-8 p.m.
- 😆 Chris Porter | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 🎵 Old Crow Medicine Show | Ryman Auditorium | 8 p.m.
- 🫏 Borrowed Mules | Station Inn | 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 31
- 🚶 End of Year Hike | Bells Bend Outdoor Center | 10:30 a.m.-Noon
- 🥳 Noon Year's Eve Party | Edmondson Library Branch | 11 a.m.-Noon
- 🎪 Pomp, Snow & CIRQUEumstance ends | Gaylord Opryland | 11:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
- 🍴 New Year's Eve Suckling Pig Feast | Maiz De La Vida | Various times
- 🎉 Jack Daniel's New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash | Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park | 5:30 p.m.-Midnight
- 🥂 Le Réveil: A New Year’s Eve Soirée | Pont Neuf | 6 p.m.
- 🎛️ New Years Eve | Ernest Tubb Record Shop | 8 p.m.
- 🎹 New Years Eve "The Get Down" with the Wooten Brothers! | Rudy’s Jazz Room | 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
- 🎵 Old Crow Medicine Show | Ryman Auditorium | 9 p.m.
- ✨ The Astral Hour: New Years Eve | White Limozeen | 9 p.m.
- 🎸 The Weird Sisters New Years Eve! | Eastside Bowl | 10 p.m.
- 🏛️ Eminence Ball | The Parthenon | 9 p.m.
- 🎶 New Year's Eve Karaoke Party | Killjoy | 8-10 p.m.
- 🪩 My So-Called Band: 90's New Year's Eve | The Basement East | 10 p.m.
- 🎤 Moon Taxi | Brooklyn Bowl | 10 p.m.
We’ll be back in your inbox on Friday! Until then, if you’re hunting for more restaurant recs, check out Nashville’s best restaurant openings from 2025 🍽️ Happy New Year!
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