Hendersonville

A city in the Nashville area

Hendersonville, a Nashville suburb in Sumner County, has long been tied to country music as a former home of Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash. That legacy still flavors the live-music options here, which tend toward intimate, community-facing settings rather than big rooms. Puckett's Restaurant is known for its live music, with shows at 6:30 pm, no cover, tips appreciated. The calendar runs toward Nashville-based Americana and country acts, including songwriters who also play the Bluebird Cafe, the Basement, and 3rd & Lindsley. Half Batch Brewing, founded in 2017 as Hendersonville's first craft brewery, has earned national recognition at the World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival. The taproom puts live music in the beer garden during warmer months and stages larger annual events like its St. Patrick's Day Party and Stumperfest. The Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center (MACC), a nonprofit launched in 2017, stages its events in Monthaven Mansion, a spectacular antebellum home built in the 1850s. Music programming includes the recurring Sweet Summer Concert Series, ArtoberFest, and a Fat Tuesday celebration.