Show Weekend Guide

Nashville, TN

Grand Ole Opry

Plan a Grand Ole Opry show weekend in Nashville’s Music Valley

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The front of the Grand Ole Opry House on a sunny day, with a “Grand Ole Opry House” sign on the roofline and over the entrance, framed by two large trees above a garden of yellow flowers and green café chairs

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A feel for the place

Music Valley is ten miles east of downtown Nashville. The Opry House sits among the Opry Mills shops and restaurants, the Gaylord Opryland Resort's indoor gardens, and Music Valley Drive's honky-tonks. Staying here puts you near the Opry; downtown is a separate base for the wider Nashville trip.

Opry House parking is sold for evening shows from 5 p.m. If you're going to a matinee, confirm where to park; daytime terms aren't published.

Find your places

Somewhere to stay, a table before the show, and a plan for getting home.

Plan your weekend
Start with a suggested weekend

Choose a hotel and places to eat together, then change any choice.

5 hotels

Which area suits you?Music Valley (Opryland) / BNA airport and Donelson / Downtown and Lower Broadway

Music Valley (Opryland)

A short walk or rideshare to the show

Stay around the Opry House itself, among Opry Mills, the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Music Valley Drive, rather than commuting in from elsewhere.

After the show
The same drive or rideshare in reverse; no official time is published.
Keep in mind
Music Valley sits off Briley Parkway with little public transit: the resort’s own shuttle loop, and one WeGo bus route that stops at Opry Mills rather than the Opry House.
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Opry Mills shops and restaurants, the Gaylord Opryland Resort’s indoor gardens and SoundWaves water park, and Music Valley Drive’s honky-tonks, apart from downtown Nashville’s Broadway.

No official drive time from Nashville International Airport (BNA) to Music Valley is published. It’s about 9.7 km from BNA in a straight line; plan on a drive or a rideshare.

BNA airport and Donelson

Early flights and a car

Stay near the airport with a free airport shuttle and free parking, and drive or take a rideshare to Music Valley for a show.

After the show
Drive or take a rideshare back; the hotels’ shuttles don’t run to Music Valley.
Keep in mind
These hotels’ shuttles serve the airport only, so you make your own way to the Opry House, about 5.8 to 7.1 km away in a straight line.
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An airport hotel corridor off I-40, where both La Quinta hotels list free parking and free breakfast.

Both La Quinta hotels run free BNA shuttles: daily 4:30 a.m.–10 p.m. from the Airport/Opryland hotel, and 4:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. from the Nashville Airport hotel. To the Opry House, drive or take a rideshare; no official drive time is published.

Downtown and Lower Broadway

A night on Broadway, and any Opry date at the Ryman

Stay among Broadway’s honky-tonks and museums. Downtown is also where the Ryman Auditorium is, so it’s the natural base when your date is “Opry at the Ryman”, not for an Opry House night.

After the show
The same drive, rideshare or bus in reverse. The last Route 34 bus toward downtown leaves Opry Mills Entry 4 at 10:42 p.m. on weekdays, Saturdays and the MLK Jr. holiday, arriving at WeGo Central about 11:03 p.m. On Sundays the last bus leaves an hour earlier, at 9:42 p.m., arriving about 10:03 p.m.; the first and last trips of the weekend and holiday schedule run only on Saturdays and the MLK Jr. holiday. The schedule is dated October 3, 2021; check WeGo’s current timetable.
Keep in mind
Noelle, this guide’s downtown hotel, is about 9.1 km from the Opry House in a straight line, and Nashville’s tourism site puts Music Valley ten miles east of downtown, so an Opry House show means a drive or rideshare. Noelle lists valet-only parking and a nightly destination amenity fee.
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Lower Broadway and the Ryman Auditorium, the Opry’s home before 1974 and where it often returns for “Opry at the Ryman”.

For an Opry House show, drive or take a rideshare from downtown; no official time is published. WeGo Route 34 runs from downtown to Opry Mills, not to the Opry House. For an Opry at the Ryman date, the Ryman is downtown.

Music Valley (Opryland)

Stay down the road from the Opry House, with a stop on the Gaylord Opryland Complex Shuttle.

Check rooms
Details for The Inn at Opryland, A Gaylord Hotel

Keep in mind: The hotel’s own site couldn’t be opened to confirm parking, shuttle or breakfast terms, so none are listed here.

With a suggested weekend: The Opry’s Places to Stay page puts the Inn at Opryland right down the road from the Opry House, about 1.2 km away in a straight line, and Nashville Palace’s site says it’s just across from the Grand Ole Opry.

2401 Music Valley Drive, Nashville, TN 37214

0.77 mi straight-line from the venue. This is not a walking or driving route.

Live rates are not quoted here. Confirm the full stay total, fees, and cancellation terms with the provider. Venue directions use a general venue location; follow your assigned lot and gate instructions.

Expedia opens a named-hotel search, not a verified property page. Enter dates there; adults and rooms are prefilled.

Directions: Directions to the venue for The Inn at Opryland, A Gaylord HotelOfficial details for The Inn at Opryland, A Gaylord Hotel
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Music Valley (Opryland)

Stay next door to the Opry House. The free shuttle stops at Opry Mills and the Inn at Opryland; no Opry House stop is listed.

Check rooms
Details for Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center

Keep in mind: The resort has nine acres of indoor atriums, so allow time to get from your room to an exit. No room rate, self-parking price or shuttle stop at the Opry House itself is published on the pages checked.

2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN 37214

0.36 mi straight-line from the venue. This is not a walking or driving route.

Live rates are not quoted here. Confirm the full stay total, fees, and cancellation terms with the provider. Venue directions use a general venue location; follow your assigned lot and gate instructions.

Expedia opens a named-hotel search, not a verified property page. Enter dates there; adults and rooms are prefilled.

Directions: Directions to the venue for Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention CenterOfficial details for Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
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BNA airport and Donelson

An airport-area hotel off I-40 and Highway 155, with a free BNA shuttle, free on-site parking and free breakfast.

Check rooms
Details for La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Nashville Airport/Opryland

Keep in mind: The shuttle serves the airport, not the Opry House. A rideshare or drive to Music Valley is about 5.8 km in a straight line.

2345 Atrium Way, Nashville, TN 37214

3.6 mi straight-line from the venue. This is not a walking or driving route.

Live rates are not quoted here. Confirm the full stay total, fees, and cancellation terms with the provider. Venue directions use a general venue location; follow your assigned lot and gate instructions.

Expedia opens a named-hotel search, not a verified property page. Enter dates there; adults and rooms are prefilled.

Directions: Directions to the venue for La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Nashville Airport/OprylandOfficial details for La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Nashville Airport/Opryland
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BNA airport and Donelson

An airport hotel off I-40, two miles from BNA and seven miles from downtown, with a free airport shuttle, free parking and free breakfast.

Check rooms
Details for La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Nashville Airport

Keep in mind: The shuttle serves the airport, not Music Valley. A rideshare or drive to the Opry House is about 7.1 km in a straight line.

531 Donelson Pike, Nashville, TN 37214

4.4 mi straight-line from the venue. This is not a walking or driving route.

Live rates are not quoted here. Confirm the full stay total, fees, and cancellation terms with the provider. Venue directions use a general venue location; follow your assigned lot and gate instructions.

Expedia opens a named-hotel search, not a verified property page. Enter dates there; adults and rooms are prefilled.

Directions: Directions to the venue for La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Nashville AirportOfficial details for La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Nashville Airport
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Downtown and Lower Broadway

A downtown base near Broadway and the Ryman, with Lona restaurant inside the hotel.

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Details for Noelle

Keep in mind: Valet is the only parking listed, and a daily destination amenity fee applies. The Opry House is about 9.1 km away in a straight line, a drive or rideshare.

200 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219

5.7 mi straight-line from the venue. This is not a walking or driving route.

Live rates are not quoted here. Confirm the full stay total, fees, and cancellation terms with the provider. Venue directions use a general venue location; follow your assigned lot and gate instructions.

Expedia opens a named-hotel search, not a verified property page. Enter dates there; adults and rooms are prefilled.

Directions: Directions to the venue for NoelleOfficial details for Noelle
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Know before you go

The way there, the way home, and what to bring through the gates.

To the show and back

Start with your area. Open a travel option to read the way there and the return.

Starting in

Music Valley (Opryland)

Grand Ole Opry

WalkWalk from the Gaylord Opryland Resort or the Inn at Opryland
Getting there
No walking route or time between these hotels and the Opry House is published. The resort is about 0.6 km away in a straight line and the Inn at Opryland about 1.2 km. Enter the Opry House through the doors along the front of the building.
Getting back
On the way out, staff direct guests to the most convenient door, including side doors. No walking route back to a hotel is published.

This isn’t an official walking route: no venue page describes a path to the Opry House.

Route information
ShuttleResort shuttle to Opry Mills and the Inn at Opryland (not the Opry House)
Getting there
The Gaylord Opryland Resort’s free Complex Shuttle runs on a continuous loop, stopping at Opry Mills in front of Madame Tussauds, at the Inn at Opryland and at the Cascades Canopy at the resort.
Getting back
The same loop in reverse. No schedule or frequency is published.

The shuttle doesn’t list the Opry House as a stop, and no walking route from its stops to the venue is published.

Route information
RideshareRideshare with Lyft
Getting there
The Opry names Lyft its Official Rideshare Partner. New Lyft riders can use code GOOPRY for 50% off their first 2 rides, up to $10 a ride (checked 2026-09-25). No drop-off point is published.
Getting back
No pickup zone or wait-time guidance is published for after a show.

No price or exact curb is published. The code is a discount for new Lyft riders, not a pickup arrangement at the venue.

Route information
DriveDrive and park in the Opry House lot
Getting there
Paid parking beside the Opry House is available only for evening shows, starting at 5 p.m., via Exit 11 off Briley Parkway (TN-155). The lot is run by Metropolis, and passes can be bought ahead through AXS. Buses and motorcoaches use Exit 12 instead.
Getting back
A pass is valid for one entry and one exit; scan it again to leave. No closing time is published.

No parking price is published, and no daytime or matinee parking terms are stated.

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Starting in

Downtown and Lower Broadway

Grand Ole Opry

TransitWeGo Route 34 bus to Opry Mills
Getting there
WeGo Route 34 runs from WeGo Central downtown to Opry Mills Entry 4, roughly hourly: about 6:15 a.m.–10:15 p.m. on weekdays, and about 6:15 a.m.–9:15 p.m. on weekends and holidays, plus a 5:15 a.m. and a 10:15 p.m. trip on Saturdays and the MLK Jr. holiday only. A cash ride is $2.00, exact cash only, with no change or transfers; WeGo also lists a $2.00 2-Hour Unlimited fare for QuickTicket or contactless payment. The schedule is dated October 3, 2021; check WeGo’s current timetable.
Getting back
The last Route 34 bus toward downtown leaves Opry Mills Entry 4 at 10:42 p.m. on weekdays, Saturdays and the MLK Jr. holiday, arriving at WeGo Central about 11:03 p.m. On Sundays the last bus leaves an hour earlier, at 9:42 p.m., arriving about 10:03 p.m.; the first and last trips of the weekend and holiday schedule run only on Saturdays and the MLK Jr. holiday. The schedule is dated October 3, 2021; check WeGo’s current timetable.

The bus stops at Opry Mills, not at the Opry House, and no walking route from Entry 4 to the venue is published.

Route information
DriveDrive or rideshare from downtown
Getting there
No direct transit runs from downtown to the Opry House. Nashville’s tourism site places Music Valley ten miles east of downtown, and the Opry House is about 9.1 km from Noelle, this guide’s downtown hotel, in a straight line. No drive time is published. Evening-show parking beside the Opry House opens at 5 p.m., via Exit 11 off Briley Parkway (TN-155).
Getting back
The same drive or rideshare in reverse. No after-show pickup zone is published.

No official time or price is published for this trip.

Route information

Starting in

BNA airport and Donelson

Grand Ole Opry

DriveDrive or rideshare from an airport-corridor hotel
Getting there
Neither La Quinta hotel publishes a route or time to the Opry House, and both describe their free shuttles as airport-only. The Opry House is about 5.8 to 7.1 km away in a straight line, depending on the hotel.
Getting back
The same drive or rideshare in reverse. No after-show pickup zone is published.

No official drive time or transit option is published for this trip.

Route information

At Grand Ole Opry

A few things to sort before the doors open.

The front of the Grand Ole Opry House on a sunny day, with a “Grand Ole Opry House” sign on the roofline and over the entrance, framed by two large trees above a garden of yellow flowers and green café chairs
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Doors and arrival

No doors-open time is published. Enter through the doors along the front of the building. On show days the box office stays open until 7:30 p.m.

Guests remove metal items and walk through metal detectors while bags are checked. A hand wand and other screening are available on request, including for wheelchair and stroller users. The Opry encourages arriving early to allow time for screening.

Outside food and drink, including water, aren’t allowed, but Sound Bites concessions are inside.

Venue information
Bags and prohibited items

Oversized bags aren’t allowed unless medically necessary, such as diaper bags or diabetic supplies, and no maximum bag size is published. The Opry asks guests to leave luggage, large backpacks and other oversized items at home, at the hotel or in the car, and all bags are subject to search. The Opry House has no area to check coats or other belongings. Also prohibited: firearms, knives and pepper spray; outside food and drink, including water; cans, bottles and alcohol; non-prescription drugs; laser pens, markers and spray paint; masks and face paint; laptops and tablets; most musical instruments; noise devices; video cameras and other recording equipment, including monopods, tripods, selfie sticks and telephoto lenses; and Segways. Smoking is banned under Tennessee law.

Personal digital, disposable and 35mm cameras are allowed, though some events prohibit all photography. Video cameras, tripods, monopods, selfie sticks and telephoto lenses aren’t allowed.

Venue information
Parking

Paid parking beside the Opry House is available only for evening shows, starting at 5 p.m., via Exit 11 off Briley Parkway (TN-155); buses and motorcoaches use Exit 12. The lot is run by Metropolis, passes can be bought ahead through AXS, and each is good for one entry and one exit. No price is published, and no accessible-parking location is specified.

Opry House or the Ryman? Check your date

The Opry often returns to the Ryman Auditorium downtown for “Opry at the Ryman”, and no fixed season for those dates is published. Check which building your show is at on the Opry’s calendar before you book a hotel.

Before the Opry House opened on March 16, 1974, the Opry’s home was the Ryman Auditorium downtown.

Venue information
Tickets and will call

AXS is the Opry’s ticketing partner. The AXS Box Office at the Opry House is open 9 a.m.–5 p.m., extended to 7:30 p.m. on show days; pick up will-call tickets there with a valid photo ID and your confirmation number.

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Is there a bus to the Opry House?

WeGo Route 34 runs from downtown to Opry Mills Entry 4, not to the Opry House door, and no walking route from the stop is published. It runs every day, including Sunday, but on the weekend and holiday schedule its first and last trips run only on Saturdays and the MLK Jr. holiday, so Sunday’s last bus back downtown leaves Opry Mills Entry 4 an hour earlier, at 9:42 p.m. The schedule is dated October 3, 2021.

How do I get a rideshare after the show?

Lyft is the Opry’s official rideshare partner, and new Lyft riders can use code GOOPRY for a discount (checked 2026-09-25). No pickup zone, wait time or price is published for after a show.