Ryman Auditorium
National Historic Landmark · Nashville, Tennessee
A red brick tabernacle built in 1892 by a Nashville riverboat captain who had been converted at a tent revival, and which became the home of the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. The Opry left for a purpose-built house across town and the Ryman nearly went to demolition; it was restored instead and is now a working concert hall with daytime tours, still fitted with the original curved wooden pews. Musicians call it the Mother Church of Country Music and mean the acoustics as much as the history.
116 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219, United States
Daytime tours most days, generally 9 AM - 4 PM, with the schedule shortened or suspended on heavy show days. Evening concerts year round. The Grand Ole Opry performs here for part of the winter, historically November to January.
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