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The Nashville Shakespeare Festival

Name: The Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Address: 8 City Boulevard, Nashville, TN, 37209, US
Telephone: (615) 255-2273

Enjoy a FREE night of professional theatre under the stars!

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Since 1988, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival has provided professional, free, and accessible outdoor theatre each summer. Enjoy a night of theatre under the stars with fun, energetic renditions of Shakespeare with a distinctive Nashville twist of original music by local composers and songwriters. It's a full evening of family entertainment with a pre-show concert series, food trucks, and informative pre-show talks. Bring your own chair or blanket for free seating ($10 suggested donation per person). VIP reserved seating available.

Thursdays-Sundays, August 31-September 24
and Labor Day Monday, September 4
The Yard at ONEC1TY (8 City Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209)

Thursday-Sunday, September 28-October 1
Academy Park (112 Everbright Ave, Franklin, TN 37064)

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