Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Takin A Walk Nashville Concert Calendar 11-24-Music History

8 min
Nov 24, 20255 months ago
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Summary

Sarah Harrelson and Buzz Knight discuss Nashville's concert calendar for the week of November 24-30, highlighting upcoming shows including Steven Wilson Jr. at the Ryman, Dylan Altman's Soul Stew at the Analog, and a unique orchestra-synchronized yoga event at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Insights
  • Nashville's music venue ecosystem supports diverse event formats beyond traditional concerts, including hybrid experiences combining music with wellness and culinary elements
  • Intimate venues like the Analog Hotel attract established songwriters and create opportunities for unique, experiential performances that differentiate from larger venues
  • Cross-promotional partnerships (e.g., ticket discounts at partner restaurants) enhance venue value propositions and drive traffic to hospitality partners
  • Artists with multi-platform presence (YouTube shows, TV appearances, songwriting credits) command stronger audience engagement and touring appeal
  • Nashville's music tourism market extends nationally, with the podcast actively positioning local events to out-of-state audiences planning visits
Trends
Experiential music events blending performance with wellness, culinary, or interactive elements gaining traction in mid-size venuesIntimate venue experiences positioned as alternatives to large-scale concerts, emphasizing acoustics and audience proximityCross-venue and cross-industry partnerships (hotels, restaurants, fitness) creating bundled event experiencesMulti-platform artist development (music, YouTube, television, songwriting) becoming standard for touring musiciansRegional music tourism marketing leveraging podcast platforms to reach national audiences planning destination travel
Topics
Nashville concert venues and live music eventsIntimate venue experiences and acousticsArtist songwriting and publishing creditsMusic tourism and destination marketingExperiential events combining music with wellnessCountry music and Americana genresYouTube and digital music platformsVenue partnerships and cross-promotionsConcert film tributes and historical eventsMulti-platform artist developmentNashville hospitality and restaurant partnershipsYoga and wellness event programmingSymphony orchestra programmingIndependent artist touringMusic community support and promotion
Companies
Ryman Auditorium
Major Nashville venue hosting Steven Wilson Jr. and Noah Guthrie performances during the week of November 24-30
The Analog at the Hutton Hotel
Intimate Nashville venue hosting Dylan Altman's Soul Stew event on November 26th with restaurant partnership
Evelyn's Restaurant
Restaurant at the Hutton Hotel offering 15% discount to Dylan Altman's Soul Stew ticket purchasers
The Hutton Hotel
West End Nashville hotel housing the Analog venue and Evelyn's restaurant, hosting Dylan Altman's Soul Stew
Nashville Theater
Venue hosting Rock and Roll Playhouse's The Last Waltz tribute on November 23rd
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville venue hosting Orchestra Lee Energized Yoga wellness event on November 30th with Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony
Orchestra performing live accompaniment for synchronized yoga class at Schermerhorn Symphony Center
People
Sarah Harrelson
Host of Takin' A Walk Nashville podcast discussing weekly concert calendar and Nashville music events
Buzz Knight
Co-host from Taking a Walk podcast joining Sarah to discuss Nashville events and concert calendar
Steven Wilson Jr.
Artist performing second night at Ryman Auditorium on November 24th, returning to Nashville
Dylan Altman
Nashville-based songwriter since 1990s with three number-one songs, hosting Soul Stew event November 26th
Noah Guthrie
American singer-songwriter from South Carolina performing at Ryman on November 23rd with Nathan Graham
Nathan Graham
Performer joining Noah Guthrie at Ryman Auditorium on November 23rd
Tim McGraw
Country artist who had number-one songs co-written by Dylan Altman
Jake Gowan
Country artist who had number-one songs co-written by Dylan Altman
Jason Aldean
Country artist who had number-one songs co-written by Dylan Altman
Chris Stapleton
Country artist whose sound is compared to Noah Guthrie's musical style
Jason Isbell
Musician whose authenticity is compared to Noah Guthrie's artistic approach
Ed Sheeran
Major artist for whom Noah Guthrie has opened as supporting performer
Willie Nelson
Major artist for whom Noah Guthrie has opened as supporting performer
Dwight Yoakam
Major artist for whom Noah Guthrie has opened as supporting performer
Martin Scorsese
Director of The Last Waltz concert film being tributed at Nashville Theater on November 23rd
Joni Mitchell
Artist who performed at the original Last Waltz concert at Winterland in San Francisco
Quotes
"There's music every corner that you turn in Nashville. Always so much going on, so much happening."
Sarah Harrelson
"It never ceases to amaze me or surprise me. Everything that's going on here in Nashville."
Sarah Harrelson
"Every time you go through this list, it makes me want to head to Logan Airport and hop on a plane."
Buzz Knight
"He's known for playing Roderick Meeks in the final season of Glee."
Buzz Knight
"Instead of sitting down, just listening to music, you can move and flow with the music."
Sarah Harrelson
Full Transcript
Taking a Walk Nashville. Hi all, this is Sarah Harrelson, your host of Taking a Walk Nashville. Today, joining me is Buzz Knight from Taking a Walk, and we're going to discuss some upcoming events and shows happening here in Nashville. How are you, Buzz? I'm doing great. Thanks for letting me pop my head in, far away from outside of Boston, but close enough to be with you on Taking a Walk Nashville. Thanks, Sarah. Yeah, close enough to be peeking about what's coming up here in Nashville. Oh, you know what? When you, every time you go through this list, it makes me want to head to Logan Airport and hop on a plane. It's only one flight away, but definitely have a lot of great events coming up this week for November 24th. We mentioned last time that Steven Wilson, Jr. is playing at the Ryman, and he's back on the 24th for a second night concert. Well, Steven Wilson is, sounds like a force to be reckoned with, and it sounds like he is coming back home for these shows to really just sort of say, I'm back and I'm bigger than ever. And, you know, if anybody's listening that is in the Steven Wilson camp, come on, Steven, be on Taking a Walk and Taking a Walk Nashville. We'd love to have you. Yeah, please join us. There are so many other events happening this week, too, though. One that I'm really looking forward to is Dylan Altman's Soul Stew. This is happening November 26th at the Analog and the Hunt Hotel. I love this venue. It's cozy. It's intimate as couches all around the stage, and it always sounds really good in there. But Dylan Altman's, he's a songwriter. He's been here in Nashville since the 90s. He would be another great guest on Taking a Walk Nashville. But he said three number one songs with Tim McGraw, Jake Gowan and Jason Aldean. But he also hosts a YouTube show. And if you haven't seen it, it's truly great. He performs with the band and then he takes a break, cooks something, teaches everyone a recipe and then goes back to performing. So that's the name of this event at the Analog, Dylan Altman's Soul Stew. And if you purchase a ticket, you also get 15% off your meal at Evelyn's, the restaurant and the Hutton Hotel. All right. Well, where's the Hutton located? It's on West End. All right. It sounds like I have not been there and it sounds like it's a place I got to check out. So it sounds perfect. It's a fun venue. Yeah, I've performed at the Analog a few times and it's truly a great intimate venue. I think what's so cool about doing this is we're not only celebrating those that might be in and around the Nashville area listening to this, but there's so many people from all over the country that have either been to Nashville or planning a trip. So we like wetting your appetite wherever you are to get to Nashville quickly, check these venues out, support these artists and support that music community. Absolutely. Yeah, there's music every corner that you turn in Nashville. Always so much going on, so much happening at the Rhymen, like we talked about. It looks like we have Rock and Roll Playhouse, the Last Waltz at the Nashville Theater on November 23rd. Is there anything that's sticking out to you, Buzz, for what's on this week's concert calendar? Well, the Last Waltz event sounds interesting. So I'm gathering since the Last Waltz occurred right around Thanksgiving, the famous event at Winterland in San Francisco with so many great artists, the band and Joni Mitchell. And if it allows all different aspects of celebrating that concert, one of the great concert films to this day, Martin Scorsese, by the way, is the director of that. But it sounds like a great take. And I think people should check it out. And oh, there's another event at the Rhymen on Sunday, November 23rd with Noah Guthrie and Nathan Graham. Buzz, what do you know about Noah Guthrie? Well, let's see. I'm going to go to Claude.ai and see. I don't know if he's related to Arlo and Woody, but OK. Noah Guthrie is an American singer, songwriter from South Carolina, who's sound has been compared to Chris Stapleton with his country rock grit with the authenticity of Jason Isbell. Here's some highlights about him. He was he's released three critically acclaimed albums, built a strong following through powerful live performances, performs both as a solo artist and with his band Good Trouble. And he's open for major artists, including Ed Sheeran, Willie Nelson and Dwight Yocum. Wow. Yeah. Definitely going to have to check him out. That that's a major list of people he is open for. Oh, I got one more about him, Sarah. He's known for playing this one. This one really blows me away. He's known for playing Roderick Meeks in the final season of Glee. Really? Yeah. I'll have to go back and watch that. It's been a while since I've seen that show. So he's he's developed a real persona here. So this sounds like a good one to single out. Yeah. And there's one more event I have to tell you about Buzz. This looks very interesting. If you like intertwining fitness and music, this one is for you on Sunday, November 30th at the Schirmer Horn Symphony Center at 7 p.m. They're doing an event called Orchester Lee Energized Yoga. So they're doing like a wellness series where the the symphony is playing. And then you can, I guess, bring your yoga mat and do a Vinyasa class synchronized with the Nashville Symphony. So that's pretty interesting. Instead of sitting down, just listening to music, you can move and flow with the music. I think it sounds like the person, the perfect recipe from having too much turkey around Thanksgiving. Yeah, I guess that's why they're doing it after Thanksgiving. That makes sense. Very smart. OK. Well, maybe maybe that will become maybe it is an annual event, but that sounds like a good take as well. Yeah, yeah, definitely check that out. It looks like they've done it before. But yeah, bring your yoga mat and grab a ticket. Well, there you are once again, proving how great Nashville is and what it brings to the table, even when we have never imagined such a thing. Absolutely. And it never ceases to amaze me or surprise me. Everything that's going on here in Nashville. So everyone, that's your weekly concert calendar for the week of November 24 to 30. Thank you, Buzz, for coming on and talking all about Nashville events with me. Well, thanks for having me on, Sarah. And thanks for taking a walk. Nashville.