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Day trips, seasons, game nights: what Nashville does when it is not at the table. Written by the people who do the thing, and every piece ends at a restaurant from The List.

3 pieces · Updated September 18, 2026 · The List these pieces end at →

Veterans in unit ball caps marching down Broadway in downtown Nashville on a clear November morning, brick honky tonk fronts on both sides and spectators with small American flags

Veterans Day in Nashville: the Broadway parade, the free meals, and where to eat after

By Cole Connelly · September 18, 2026

Costumed visitors waiting at night at the entrance to a haunted trail in a Tennessee hardwood forest, fog drifting between the trees under orange and red light

SEP 14, 2026Halloween

Haunted houses and Halloween nights in Nashville, and where to eat after

By Mr. Fear →

An angler on the rocky bank of the Cumberland River below Old Hickory Dam at sunrise, rod in hand, the dam and mist in the background

SEP 12, 2026Day trip

Fishing Old Hickory Lake and the dam tailwater, and where to eat after

By Ray Dodson →