Kids Events & Activities in Downtown & Midtown
The core of the city — museums, parks and big family festivals.
Serving families in Downtown, The Gulch, Midtown, Germantown, SoBro and nearby communities. Listings are reviewed by a human and updated every week.
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More filtersNashville Symphony Pied Piper Family Concert
An hour-long orchestral program written for young ears, with narration and plenty of movement allowed. Come early for the instrument petting zoo in...
Pumpkins in the Park at Cumberland Park
Metro Parks' free riverfront Halloween afternoon with pumpkin decorating, games and trick-or-treat stations. Costumes welcome. Free parking under t...
Halloween at Adventure Science Center
Spooky-science demonstrations, dry-ice experiments and a costume-friendly day of programming across all three floors. Planetarium runs a seasonal s...
Christmas Village Nashville
A long-running charity holiday market with hundreds of vendors, kids' activities and photos with Santa. Proceeds go to Nashville-area nonprofits. W...
Thanksgiving Break Camp at Adventure Science Center
Three days of hands-on science camp covering the school break before Thanksgiving. Grouped by grade band with before and after care available. Regi...
Holiday Lights at the Fairgrounds Drive-Through
A mile-long drive-through light display you tour from the warmth of your own car. Tune the radio to the show's soundtrack on the way through. Weekn...
Nashville Christmas Parade
Marching bands, floats and Santa roll through downtown on the first Saturday of December. Free to watch from the curb; grandstand seats are tickete...
Nashville Public Library Wishing Chair Holiday Puppet Show
The library's professional marionette company stages a holiday production in the downtown puppet theater. Free, first-come seating that fills 20 mi...
Nashville Ballet's Nashville's Nutcracker
The company's Nashville-set staging of the Nutcracker, complete with a Tennessee Centennial Exposition first act. Two hours with intermission — mat...
Adventure Science Center
Three floors of hands-on science with the Adventure Tower climbing structure, a body-systems gallery and daily live science demonstrations. The Sud...
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
An open-air history lesson at the foot of the Capitol: a granite state map, a 200-foot timeline wall and 31 fountains kids can run through. The adj...
Centennial Park
Nashville's central park: a one-mile walking loop, a duck-filled lake, a sunken garden and the Parthenon in the middle of it all. The Cockrill Spri...
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Nashville's signature museum tells the story of country music with instruments, stage costumes and listening stations kids can work themselves. Wee...
Cumberland Park
Riverfront play park across the bridge from downtown, with a splash pad, climbing wall, sand play and skyline views. Shaded seating for parents and...
Elmington Park
Sloping West End green space with a fenced playground and open fields for kites and pickup soccer. Handy stop before or after Centennial Park. Free...
Fort Negley Park & Visitor Center
The largest inland Civil War fortification in the country, with an elevated boardwalk loop and skyline views. Free interpretive center explains the...
Frist Art Museum
Kids 18 and under are always free, and the upstairs Martin ArtQuest Gallery has thirty hands-on art-making stations. Rotating exhibitions land ever...
Hadley Park
Historic North Nashville park with a community center, indoor gym, pool and playground. Youth athletics and after-school programs run year round. F...
Lane Motor Museum
A warehouse full of the strangest cars in the world: amphibious vehicles, micro cars and one-of-a-kind prototypes. Kids can sit in a few designated...
Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum
Instruments and studio gear from the session players behind the records, plus the interactive Grammy Museum Gallery. Kids can mix a track and play...
Nashville Children's Theatre
The oldest professional children's theatre in the country, staging full seasons written for specific age bands. Pre-show activities in the lobby ea...
Nashville Public Library - Main Library
The downtown main branch is worth a trip on its own for the Wishing Chair Productions marionette theater and the second-floor children's room. Stor...
Nashville Sportsplex
Metro's big indoor athletic complex beside Centennial Park: ice rink, three pools, tennis and a fitness center. Swim lessons and learn-to-skate cla...
Nashville Symphony at Schermerhorn Symphony Center
The Pied Piper family series is built for young listeners, with short programs and an instrument petting zoo in the lobby beforehand. The hall itse...
Rocketown
Downtown youth center with an indoor skate park, all-ages concert venue and art programs. Lessons and lock-ins for beginner skaters. Nonprofit with...
Tennessee State Museum
Free state history museum with a Children's Gallery, mammoth skeleton and hands-on discovery carts. Exhibits run from prehistoric Tennessee through...
The Parthenon at Centennial Park
A full-scale replica of the Athenian Parthenon holding a 42-foot statue of Athena that stops kids in their tracks. The surrounding park has a lake,...
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
A creative-reuse art center where donated materials become supplies for making. Drop-in family art days and pay-what-you-can workshops. Cheapest cr...
W.O. Smith Music School
Music lessons for children from low-income families at $1 per lesson, taught by volunteer professional musicians. Instruments are loaned free. Enro...
YMCA of Middle Tennessee
Two dozen branches across Middle Tennessee running swim lessons, youth sports leagues, after-school care and school-break day camps. Financial assi...
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