Nashville KOA Resort Events

It just isn't a trip to The Music City without hearing live music by some of Nashville's best performers! Conveniently for our campers, you won't have to go far - The Nashville KOA Resort hosts over 250 live music performances each year! While the band line up varies, you can expect a schedule similar to this on most weeks: 

• Singer/Songwriter Chelsie Sorenson performs every Monday night
  
• Songwriter & guitarist Aaron Helvig hosts an Open Mic Night every Tuesday evening
  
• Nashville recording artist Tyler Camp performs every Wednesday night
  
• Folk pop duo Emberland performs each Thursday evening
  
• An exciting variety of bands perform every Friday & Saturday night
  
• Feb 21st Kelley Jeanne
  Feb 22nd Will Sarver
  Feb 28th Ryan Groth
  March 1st Ryan Groth
  March 7th Annalisa Gallo
  March 8th Gil Gann
  March 14th Annalisa Gallo
  March 15th Will Sarver
  March 21st Ryan Groth
  March 22nd Ryan Groth
  March 28th Annalisa Gallo
  March 29th Miki Zip
  

Subject to change. Campers will receive a detailed schedule of events upon arrival.

No matter when you visit Nashville KOA Resort, you can expect some great campground activities and plenty of live music.  We offer these events on most weekends in the Summertime, though the activities may vary slightly for holidays or special events. Be sure to check out our schedule of Themed Weekends for even more camping fun!

• "Dive-In" Movies shown at our Outdoor Pool every other Friday in the Summertime
  
• Fun Train Rides through the campground on Fridays and Saturdays in the Summertime
  
• Make-your-own Tie Dye Souvenirs on Saturdays in the Summertime 
  
• A fun Foam Party to cool off during the Summer heat
  
• An incredible line up of live music, with musical performances every Monday-Saturday!
  
• Trivia and Karaoke rotating each week
  
• Yoga
  
• Water Aerobics
  

The Earth gives us so much, let's remember to give back. Celebrate Earth day with us (a little late) by making bird feeders and seed bombs, create art with recyclables, paint flower pots and plant seeds.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Nashville KOA Resort is partnering with Blood Assurance to give back to our community. The Blood Assurance bus will be here on April 26th from 9:30 am-1:30 pm. Scan the QR code in the picture to be taken to the sign up form and pre-screening. We would love to see you there. (a free shirt and snacks come with the blood donation while supplies last) All donations stay here in the Nashville community.

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Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with us! We will be holding a guacamole making contest, make papal picadas and maracas, plus we'll have live music, crafts, fun train rides and make-your-own tie dye souvenir.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Help us raise funds during the annual Big Weekend for Care Camps!

Stay with us on May 9 & 10, 2025, and 50%* of the cost of the site on the second night will be donated to Care Camps! (Book Your Stay Here!)

Throughout the weekend, we'll have special events to raise funds for Care Camps. Plus, we'll have lots of fun events planned for Mother's Day Weekend, including make-your-own cards, fun train rides, tie dye souvenirs, Mother's Day tile painting and live music.

Your stay will make a difference in the lives of children with cancer, by helping raise funds for medically supervised Care Camps across North America. Funds raised from the Saturday, May 10 campground donation support the KOA Care Camps Trust, which distributes more than $1 million annually to support 125+ Care Camps. Learn more at carecamps.org.

Restrictions apply. See full offer details. Event details subject to change. Some activities require a small purchase.

KOA's got Talent! It's talent show weekend. We will be holding a talent show Friday and Saturday! Be sure to sign up in the office when you check in.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Make the most of your long weekend with a camping getaway in Nashville! Spend Memorial Day Weekend with us and enjoy a flag-inspired craft, fun train rides, and tie-dye souvenirs. On Saturday, in the morning we will be hosting a Chopped Challenge (proceeds benefit Care Camps). In the afternoon, you won't want to miss our awesome Pool Party! We'll have poolside music provided by a live band, with food & drinks available for purchase. After dusk, we'll have a "dive-in" outdoor movie at the pool!

Be sure to book your stay early for this popular kickoff to summer!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

The Music City will come alive with excitement during the massively popular CMA Fest, June 5-8. Join us the weekend before for a "warm up weekend." We will have artists performing all throughout the weekend as well as train rides, tie dye, and many other activities. You won't want to miss this!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

The CMA Fest returns to Nashville on June 5-8, 2025! We'll celebrate the annual festival during our Country Music Weekend! Campers will enjoy making a guitar-inspired craft, ceramic painting, live music at the pool, fun train rides, tie dye, and a "dive-in" outdoor movie at our beautiful resort pool.

Looking for places to stay during CMA Fest in Nashville, TN? The Nashville KOA Resort offers affordable RV Sites, Deluxe Cabins, Tent Sites and more. Hop on the highway to head downtown, or inquire about our campground shuttle which can take you to the heart of the action.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Celebrate Father's Day with a weekend spent around the campfire! On the campground, we will have make-your-own cards for Father's Day, fun train rides, tie dye souvenirs, crafts to celebrate Father's Day, a BBQ, chili cook-off, and live music.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Do you love to paint? Draw? Or just do art your way? Our Artist Weekend is for you! We will be holding a paint and sip, as well as playing Pictionary and Pictionary with a twist. We will paint ceramics, and have a sidewalk chalk art show.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Has anyone told you that you look like a celebrity? Come show that off for our celebrity impersonators weekend! We will hold a celebrity look-alike contest as well as have music from some impersonators and a celebrity trivia night.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

There's no better place to celebrate Independence Day Weekend than with friends & family at the campground! At Nashville KOA Resort, we'll have multiple musical groups performing live music, BBQ at the pool, costume and site decorating contests, fun train rides, and a "dive-in" movie at the outdoor pool!

Be sure to book your stay early for this popular camping weekend!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Get set to get wet! During our Water Wars Weekend, campers can battle in a massive water gun fight, dance at our foam party and then cool off with our giant slip'n slide. We'll also have live music right on the campground!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Do you make the best chili around? Put it to the test and enter our Chili Cookoff. Make sure to sign up at the front desk when you are checking in. We will have train rides, tie dye, plenty of live music, and of course the competition. May the best chili win.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Are you a Hero or a Villain? Come show off your stuff this weekend. The kids will have a rescue mission hunt, train rides, tie dye and a costume contest. There will be a mystery dinner, as well as hero and villain trivia. Be a hero and donate blood during our blood drive.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Calling all Chocoholics! Join us for our chocolate lovers weekend. We will have s'mores around the fire, chocolate chip pancakes available in the cafe, a messy chocolate slip and slide, chocolate whiffleball game, and a chocolate fondue fountain.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

We're going on a treasure hunt! RRRRRRRR Mateys weekend will be filled with pirate-y fun. A treasure hunt, costume contest, fun train rides, and tie dye souvenirs will all be part of the fun.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

You'll have a blast at our Luau Weekend! Activities will include a limbo tournament, "poi" eating contest, a coconut toss game, an outdoor movie night with a showing of Moana, fun train rides, tie dye souvenirs, and campground crafts. We'll also have live music at the pool and a fun Hawaiian cookout.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

We love our pets at the KOA! Pets weekend is all about our furry friends. We will have a pet costume contest, pet parade, and make homemade pet treats. We will also have our fun train rides and tie dye souvenirs.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Book your campsite reservation early for this popular camping weekend! We have plenty of fun activities planned, including a Pool Party on Saturday with the foam machine. We will also show a movie on our poolside movie screen. Jump in for a great night! 

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

We appreciate our KOA Rewards members!

KOA Rewards holders staying as a paying guest on Friday, September 5th will get Saturday, September 6th for FREE*. (Book Your Stay Here!)

Restrictions apply. See full offer details. Event details subject to change. Some activities require a small purchase.

It's a totally tubular weekend. Join us for all the awesome 80's fun. Make slap bracelets, join us for an 80's dance party, costume contest and fun train rides. Make a tie dye shirts in righteous 80's colors.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Everyone loves the Carnival! Join us as we jump into fall with carnival games, fair foods, a dunk tank and more!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Oktoberfest is upon us! Join us for Oktoberfest trivia, costume contest, stein holding contest, learn to polka, yodeling contest, and our fun train rides.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Gather your goblins & ghouls for a ghostly weekend of Halloween fun at the Nashville KOA Resort! During weekends in October, we'll transform into a creepy campground crawling with hauntingly fun activities! Wear your costume for trick-or-treating on the campground, Halloween crafts, ceramic painting, a pet costume contest site decorating contest, pumpkin carving and more!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Gather your goblins & ghouls for a ghostly weekend of Halloween fun at the Nashville KOA Resort! During weekends in October, we'll transform into a creepy campground crawling with hauntingly fun activities! Wear your costume for trick-or-treating on the campground, Halloween crafts, ceramic painting, a pet costume contest site decorating contest, pumpkin carving and more!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Gather your goblins & ghouls for a ghostly weekend of Halloween fun at the Nashville KOA Resort! During weekends in October, we'll transform into a creepy campground crawling with hauntingly fun activities! Wear your costume for trick-or-treating on the campground, Halloween crafts, ceramic painting, a pet costume contest site decorating contest, pumpkin carving and more!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Gather your goblins & ghouls for a ghostly weekend of Halloween fun at the Nashville KOA Resort! During weekends in October, we'll transform into a creepy campground crawling with hauntingly fun activities! Wear your costume for trick-or-treating on the campground, Halloween crafts, ceramic painting, a pet costume contest site decorating contest, pumpkin carving and more!

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

Fall is in the air! Fall fest will be filled with chili contest, leaf crafts, leaf rubbings, photo scavenger hunt, sack races, and pumpkin tic tac toe.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

There is nothing like the crispness of apples. Join us for our Apple Cider weekend. We will have caramel apple making, apple crafts, and apple cider tasting.

Subject to change. Some activities may require a small purchase.

This unique event is jampacked with authentic Nashville music at every turn. Prepare to be immersed in music culture from the expo to the finish line when you join us for the St. Jude Rock ‘n' Roll Running Series Nashville. Experience a legendary tour of Music City filled with iconic landmarks such as Broadway, Music Row, The Gulch, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and more.

The Iroquois Steeplechase is a full day of racing at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, TN. The mission of the Iroquois Steeplechase is to manage and produce an annual world-class horse race that benefits Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and other local community non-profits, as well as promote the sport of steeplechasing.

AC/DC return to the road in the United States for the first time in nine years on the 2025 Power Up North American Tour!Much to the delight of millions of fans across North America, the legendary GRAMMY® Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame®-inducted band will perform in 13 stadiums coast-to-coast next spring. This run kicks off on April 10, 2025, in Minneapolis, MN at US Bank Stadium, canvases the continent, and concludes on May 28, 2025, in Cleveland, OH at Huntington Bank Stadium. Along the way, they will play some of the most iconic and historic stadiums in the world, including the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on April 18 and Soldier Field in Chicago, IL on May 24.In Nashville, they will play the the Nissian Stadium on May 20th.

Get ready, race fans! NASCAR is back in Music City for an unforgettable weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. From May 30-June 1, experience NASCAR racing at its finest right here in Music City, featuring the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Cup Series. With a weekend full of action, family-friendly events and exclusive fan experiences, you won't want to miss our fifth annual race weekend.

CMA Fest is the biggest and best event in country music featuring four full days of fantastic country music starting at 10am each morning and ending each day with the top names in country music today performing at Nissan Stadium.A Brief history of CMA Fest…Starting in 1972 as “Fan Fair” at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Nashville, this event has grown for 50 years. The event moved out to the Nashville Fairgrounds in the 80's with concerts day and night at the Nashville Speedway, with dual stages set right on the front stretch of the track and autographs in the barns and buildings surrounding the track.In a brilliant move by CMA and the city of Nashville, in 2001 the festival moved to downtown which allows the guests to not only take in the festival events, but peruse the awesome honky tonks and clubs that are so popular.  In 2004 the name of the event was changed to CMA Music Festival.  For CMA Fest week in downtown Nashville, there are multiple stages set up in public areas.  In the past these have included Riverfront Park, Walk of Fame Park, the Bridgestone Arena Plaza and more.  The new Music City Center hosts Fan Fair X, an expo area with souvenirs, intimate stage performances and interviews, meet and greet opportunities and more.The biggest piece to the festival are the nightly concerts at Nissan Stadium where the Tennessee Titans of the NFL play their football.  50,000 plus fans have reserved seats to see the top names in country music in this incredible setting each night over the four days singing, swaying and enjoying the biggest party in country music!

THE FESTIVAL1 HISTORIC TOWN SQUARE,
2 AWESOME DAYS OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC, COUNTLESS MEMORIES MADE.Always held the 4th weekend in July, Bluegrass Along the Harpeth was started in 1991 and has had several homes in Franklin over the years. Most recently it has made it's home on the town square.  The historic backdrop is the perfect place for our weekend of music in honor of Franklin's own Grand Ole Opry stars Sam and Kirk McGee. This festival is put on and operated by old time musicians and dancers. It's their love for the music and its preservation that make this festival special and a not-to-be-missed event every year.  ?Friday night we have some of the best bluegrass bands around for a relaxing evening and end to the work week.  On Saturday, you will find some of the best musicians anywhere competing in our individual instruments and band contests.  In addition to all of the music, we have food and craft vendors that are sure to have something to satisfy a sweet tooth or be that one of a kind gift you have been wanting.

Prepare for an exciting blend of sports, comedy, and incredible stunts as TPR., a leading independent promoter of live entertainment, unveils the Dude Perfect Hero World Tour for 2025! The tour will kick off July 2, 2025 in Colorado Springs, CO at The Broadmoor World Arena and will span across 26 major cities in North America,  United Kingdom and Ireland.Having garnered numerous accolades, including the YouTube Diamond Play Button for surpassing 10 million subscribers, multiple Streamy Awards, and nominations at the Kids' Choice Awards, Dude Perfect — Tyler Toney, Cody Jones, Garrett Hilbert and twins Coby and Cory Cotton — captivates their audiences on tour with their iconic trick shots, hilarious challenges, and engaging audience participation, making every performance a unique experience. Fans get to enjoy behind-the-scenes stories and exclusive content that give a fun peek into the group's creative journey. With their high-energy visuals and unexpected surprises, Dude Perfect puts on an unforgettable show that keeps everyone laughing and cheering all night long!"We can't WAIT to get back out on the road and in front of our fans for the Hero World Tour! The stunts and battles are bigger than ever and with new cities across the US, UK and Ireland, you definitely don't want to miss it!" said Coby Cotton."I've been training for this tour all offseason and can't wait to battle it out with the other dudes and hang with our fans in each city. We're really taking things to the next level in 2025!" said Tyler Toney.“It's such an honor to bring Dude Perfect's brand of family-friendly action, antics, and humor to cities across the country,” said Brian Reese, VP - Produced Content at TPR. and ‘Hero World Tour' Producer. “The Dudes' singular focus in creating safe, accessible, AND fun content for families is second to none, and we're so grateful to help bring it to life in the live event space.”

Tomato Art Fest has been uniting fruits and vegetables since 2003/2004. The annual festival attracts people from all over with fun-themed art, local music, delicious food, costumes, wacky contests, shopping, kids activities, & more.The 2025 Tomato Art Fest will take place on Friday, August 8 and Saturday, August 9 in Historic East Nashville's Five Points. The 2-day festival and concert are free to attend, welcoming to all, and costumes are encouraged. Additionally, there are a few official ticketed festival events that are optional.Located in Historic East Nashville's Five Points, The 21st annual Tomato Art Fest's 2-day celebration welcomes everyone to East Nashville August 9th and 10th, 2024 for a fun and wacky day of art, music, food, costumes, contests, shopping, kids activities, & more! The free, costume-encouraged event provides a wildly entertaining, fun-filled day for everyone. A community builder, Tomato Art Fest has steadily drawn larger crowds with each passing year. In 2022 an estimated 65,000 came to celebrate the event. The essence of Tomato Art Fest can really be found in the array of wacky & hilarious contests, and the Push, Pull & Wear Parade kicking off tomato weekend, full of floats and costumes. True to our namesake, the ART gets a big part of the tomato spotlight, where The Tomato ART Show and Tomato Art PreView Party showcases over 300 tomato-inspired pieces throughout the weekend. The local East Nashvillians behind this beloved event strive to improve the festival each year in all areas while keeping the character of Tomato Art Fest the same familiar fun that Nashville has known and loved for 21 years. Welcoming organic growth (and no shortage of tomato puns!) while sticking close to traditions is something the festival excels at thanks to active community participation. The Fest and official kickoff events are free to attend and wide open to the public, uniting the community for a day of inspired art, wacky contests, great live music, unique vendors, creative kids activities, favorite local food trucks, and a commitment to ensuring that the fest is green in every possible aspect and maintains Nashville and community traditions.

Admission includes a Souvenir Cup, All Tastings from 40+ Breweries, Seltzers, Spirits, Ciders and Alcohol Alternatives, Plus Live Music / DJ, Yard Games, Food Trucks and Tons of Fun to Benefit Nashville Humane Association! Grab your friends and your tickets and get ready for a great day!The Event Benefits The Nashville Humane Association!Since 1946, Nashville Humane Association has dedicated our efforts to aiding sick, homeless and at-risk shelter pets in Nashville, throughout Middle Tennessee, and across the globe.

The shuttle drops off at the Country Music Hall of Fame, right across the street from the festival.

Rooted in history and tradition, The Nashville Fair brings a nostalgic fair experience with a modern spin to Nashville's urban core. Enjoy culturally diverse events, agriculture, arts, and entertainment at The Fairgrounds Nashville—home to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway & GEODIS Park. Take part in our 10-day fair featuring everything from thrilling midway rides to wrestling, axe throwing, balloon sculpting, nightly live music, and more. We “Got a Good Thing Growing” at The Nashville Fair!

Experience life-changing music in the heart of Music City! The annual GMA Dove Awards are a celebration of Christian and Gospel music with worship-filled moments and one-of-a-kind performances from today's top artists. Voted on by the Christian and Gospel industry, Dove Awards are handed out to the year's most impactful songs, albums and artists.

The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming hundreds of authors and thousands of visitors to downtown Nashville each October.
 
The Festival, a program of Humanities Tennessee, is free and includes performance stages, food trucks, and loads of publishers and booksellers.