Labor Day Weekend in Nashville, TN

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Country Music Hall of Fame

The Country Music Hall of Fame is a 37 million dollar structure that spans an entire block of downtown Nashville.

Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, and many families and couples are making their plans now for an exciting extended weekend in Nashville. Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer, making it the last opportunity for many people to enjoy a summer trip as well as many outdoor activities and attractions. Nashville is the ideal destination for giving your family some magical end-of-summer memories.

Nashville is by all accounts a music city, known largely for its many country music venues as well as the country stars that call the area home. At the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, you can walk down country music's memory lane. This expansive venue stretches to the size of a full city block covering 40,000 square feet. You can spend hours exploring the rare recordings, memorabilia, traveling exhibits, Hall of Fame exhibits, and the large display showcasing all of the gold and platinum records on the country music charts across the decades.

Get out and explore the city's top attractions with a three and a half hour Discover Nashville Bus tour. This tour gives you admission to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Ryman Auditorium, and the Legends Corner Honky Tonk, and also takes up by bus passed the Tennessee State Capitol, the Parthenon, Music Row and Studio B, Fort Nashborough, Vanderbilt University, and more. You can also treat your family to a star-studded tour with the Homes of the Stars Tour. This three and a half hour bus tour combines the main attractions in Nashville with sightings of many of the top celebrities' homes. This tour takes you by the Belle Meade Plantation, historic 2nd Avenue, the Tennessee State Capitol, and the Natchez Trace, and also takes you by the homes of stars such as Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Martina McBride, Ronnie Milsap, Dolly Parton, Trisha Yearwood, Alan Jackson, Trace Adkins, and more.

Take advantage of the great Nashville weather and give your family a day at the Nashville Zoo before summer ends. At the Nashville Zoo, you can find hundreds of species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and more from across the globe. The zoo features a large aquarium, an aviary, a reptile house, and more. The Nashville Zoo has consistently been included in the top tier of zoos in the country, and after a visit here, you will know why.

Your family will love the experience of a river cruise combined with live entertainment and a delicious lunch or dinner with the General Jackson Cruise. You will travel along the Cumberland River in the General Jackson, the largest showboat in the world at 300-feet long. You can take in the sights of the city from the boat's four massive decks. Then you will be treated to a fabulous southern-style lunch or dinner as well as great live entertainment as your cruise down the river.

These and dozens of other attractions and activities make Nashville the ideal destination for your Labor Day weekend getaway. Don't delay — make plans to spend your Labor Day weekend in Nashville today!