Five stage and concert picks for Nashville this weekend

Events desk
Friday, Oct. 16, 2026In the Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 edition

NASHVILLE - Three TPAC productions, garden music at Cheekwood and a Ryman concert fill this weekend's calendar, according to the venues' own event pages. Ticket prices are not stated on the pages.

The Sound of Music, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, closes its Oct. 13-18 run in TPAC's Jackson Hall; the page lists performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Nashville Repertory Theatre's John Proctor Is the Villain, a dramatic comedy in which a high school English class reexamines The Crucible, ends in TPAC's Johnson Theater at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Urban Bush Women: This Is Risk plays TPAC's Polk Theater at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17.

Cheekwood's Harvest Weekends music runs noon to 2 p.m., with MERJ on Saturday and Tim Gartland on Sunday; timed-entry tickets are required.

Ryan Bingham and The Texas Gentlemen play Ryman Auditorium, 116 Rep. John Lewis Way North, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18.

Source: TPAC https://www.tpac.org/events/detail/the-sound-of-music-15137, https://www.tpac.org/events/detail/john-proctor-villain-15315, https://www.tpac.org/events/detail/urban-bush-women-15393; Cheekwood https://cheekwood.org/calendar-events/harvest-weekends-251017/; Ryman https://www.ryman.com/event/2026-10-18-ryan-bingham-and-the-texas-gentlemen-at-7-30-pm

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