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Looking For Something Fun To Do? Red Bull’s Flugtag Is Taking Flight In Nashville On Saturday, Sep. 23rd

By on September 22, 2017 in Special Events

On Saturday, September 23rd, Red Bull’s Flugtag event comes to downtown Nashville’s Riverfront Park beginning at 11am.

What is Flugtag exactly? Thirty plus teams enter the hilarious, over-the-top competition, presented by Red Bull and sponsored by local businesses like the new entertainment venue Topgolf, to create a human-powered aircraft operated by one pilot attempting to break the 258 foot flight launch record.  Teams will help launch the aircraft off a 24-foot flight deck situated over the Cumberland River.  Crowds this year can expect to see everything from Dolly Parton, a slice of pizza, and a giant roller skate.

The last Red Bull Flugtag event in Nashville happened exactly 10 years ago and drew a crowd of over 80,000. 

There is also a panel of local celebrity judges on hand to help select the winner.

 

Topgolf Nashville will commemorate its opening on Sept. 23 by launching an honorary Red Bull Flugtag craft into the Cumberland River, sponsoring the event at Riverfront Park. Open to the public at 11 a.m. CST, Red Bull Flugtag pits competitors in homemade human-powered flying machines as they attempt to break the 258-foot distance record. Spectators are encouraged to stop by the Topgolf Nashville viewing tent for entertainment and a chance to win Topgolf-themed prizes.

 

It’s all in good fun.  Each aircraft will inevitably end up in the river, but it’s anybody’s guess which will fly the farthest before taking the plunge and who will have the most fun doing it.  Some teammates not piloting the homemade aircraft even tend to like to take a dive off the launch platform after their entry has taken off.

Head out for some family fun, a few laughs, and a good time tomorrow! Admission is free.  Gates open at 11am at Riverfront Park.  The competion goes on until 4pm.  There will be plenty of vendors on site, too.

 

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Dierks Bentley’s “Riser Bird Movement” Announces 9th “Miles & Music” On 9/28!

By on July 9, 2014 in In The Press

Miles and Music for KidsFlocks of Riser Birds began descending on Nashville this week to help announce country music star Dierks Bentley’s ninth annual “Miles & Music for Kids” celebrity motorcycle ride and all-star concert scheduled for Sun., Sept. 28 in Nashville, TN.   Randy Houser, Kip Moore, Jon Pardi  and Chris Young have been tapped as the first artists to take part in the event, which has raised over $2.5 million to date for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals across the country. Presale tickets are available beginning July 9 on www.dierks.com and general public tickets go on sale this Fri., July 11 at 10:00A CT. Continue Reading →

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The Avett Brothers To Headline Nashville’s Riverfront Park Sept. 20 As Part Of The Americana Music Association’s 15th Annual Festival & Conference

By on June 27, 2014 in In The Press

Americana Music FestivalThe Americana Music Association expands its festival and conference in its 15th year by announcing its most ambitious and eclectic lineup to date. Anchored by its 13th Annual Honors & Awards show on Wed. Sept. 17 at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the association also adds three-time Americana Group of the Year, The Avett Brothers, to a headlining slot at Riverfront Park on Saturday Sept. 20. Continue Reading →

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Dierks Bentley’s Miles and Music for Kids Rocks Riverfront Park, Sets New Record

By on November 5, 2013 in Community, Special Events

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Dierks Bentley has done it again. Sunday marked the eighth annual Miles and Music for Kids charity motorcycle ride and concert in Nashville, where Dierks led over 1,000 riders on a 40-mile ride from Columbia, TN to Riverfront Park.

The show itself featured performances by Jake Owen, Brett Eldredge, Chase Rice, Easton Corbin, Luke Bryan, Dierks and more. When you have a lineup like that, you’re going to make some money for the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. And make money they did: Over $307,000; a new record for the event.

The festival stayed true to its down-home roots, despite an estimated 10,000 people in attendance. The setup was fairly minimal (at least in comparison to the shows these guys typically put on) and the performances stayed very fun and casual.

Owen played four songs acoustically, including his smash Barefoot Blue Jean Night as well as a Hank Jr. cover. Bentley’s band was set up on stage to join Brett Eldredge and Easton Corbin, as they had the crowd singing along to their hits Don’t Ya and A Little More Country Than That respectively.

Then, all host Storme Warren had to say was, “Luke Bryan,” and the place went berserk. Bryan also played acoustically, and in true Luke Bryan fashion, was cracking jokes, sometimes in the middle of the song. He also took the time to tell the story of how he almost cut off his thumb cooking ribs on Halloween:

“It’s fun doing this with stitches,” he joked. “You always want to cut your thumb off on CMA week.”

Bryan and his guitar sounded just fine, but he ain’t got nothing on Jake Owen’s performance at BMI several weeks ago…

Finally, Dierks took the stage, although the crowd had been catching glimpses of him periodically through the night running around back stage with his daughter. The ever-grateful Bentley wasted very little time talking, only thanking everyone involved and the audience for coming. He gave everyone what they came to see, performing hits such as Am I the Only One, 5-1-5-0, Every Mile a Memory and Home.

Dierks also played a new song about partying “on the back porch” that was still a work in progress. Before he went into the bridge, he asked the audience to give him feedback on what they thought. Not surprisingly, it was met with massive applause, and even a beer tossed at Dierks from the VIP section.

In the middle of the set, Warren re-entered to present the check of $307,296 made out to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, and signed by Dierks himself.

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Thousands Drawn To Downtown Nashville For 4th Annual Music City Festival & BBQ Championship

By on August 31, 2012 in In The Press

(August 25, 2012-Nashville, TN)—The Fourth Annual Music City Festival & BBQ Championship, held at downtown Nashville’s Riverfront Park and Lawn at Riverfront on Friday and Saturday (Aug. 24-25), was a huge success. Despite an unpredicted thunderstorm that sat over downtown for several hours on Saturday afternoon, thousands of fun-loving fans turned out over the two days for great entertainment by The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Kim Wilson, country star David Ball and The Pioneer Playboys and Grand Funk Railroad, a kids zone, old-fashioned beer garden and car show.. Continue Reading →

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Making Nashville Proud

By on June 20, 2012 in Special Events

Nashville PrideThe 24th annual Nashville Pride Festival was held Saturday, June 16, at Riverfront Park from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. The annual event is a chance for the LGBT community and its allies to gather in celebration of advances made for LGBT equality.

For the first year ever, Nashville Pride started the day with an Equality Walk presented by Fifth Third Bank, a one-mile loop that will include participants from more than 20 community groups as a way to increase awareness beyond the festival gates.

This year’s festival was highly attended, and boasted an eclectic entertainment line-up that included Hello Kelly, Jenn Foster, Ian Harvie, Jermiah Clark, Antigone Rising, Kerli and Kristy Lee on the Bridgestone Main Stage. A variety of popular local acts also performed throughout the day on the Local Stage and the Tribe & Play Entertainment Stage featured DJ’s and drag performances.

Nashville Pride

Hello Kelly

There was music, food vendors, SWAG and people with no agenda other than having a good time. The crowd was as diverse as could be: I saw people ranging in age from 14 to 70-something. I saw families. I saw people from all races and backgrounds. Business people, blue-collar workers, entertainers, stay-at-home-moms… all coming together with a general sense of happiness and fun.

I was only able to attend a couple hours, but it was a great time. I got to see Hello Kelly, a hot new group I will be covering relatively frequently. I also saw the wonderful Jenn Foster, a crowd favorite. Mayor Karl Dean was also on hand to speak in the early afternoon; proudly conveying that Nashville is a diverse and inclusive city.

The purpose of Nashville Pride is to maintain a sense of community and awareness of, about, and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and culture throughout Middle Tennessee.

For more information, visit www.nashvillepride.org.

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