Listening Bars / Nashville

Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Nashville, Tennessee

12 spots where buying and listening happen in the same room.

• 888 - Japanese Restaurant and Vinyl Lounge

  Open 5pm–11pm today

  A Japanese restaurant and sushi bar downtown anchored by a floor-to-ceiling wall of roughly 2,000 vinyl records curated with Grimey's and United Record Pressing, played through a dedicated hi-fi system.

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• Cultivar

  Opening soon Hours not listed

  An announced Salemtown cocktail bar in a converted Craftsman house, pairing herbal-forward drinks with a hi-fi listening setup built with GIK Acoustics; not yet confirmed open.

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• Ernest Tubb Record Shop

  Open Hours not listed

  Founded by the country star in 1947 and a Lower Broadway fixture for decades, Ernest Tubb Record Shop closed in 2022 and reopened in November 2025 as a multi-floor venue with a restored vinyl shop, live music stages, and a rooftop bar.

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• The Great Escape

  Open Hours not listed

  Operating in Middle Tennessee since the late 1970s, The Great Escape's Charlotte Avenue superstore stocks new and used vinyl alongside comics, posters, toys, and other collectibles.

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• Grimey's New & Preloved Music

  Open 11am–6pm today

  Grimey's has sold new and used vinyl in Nashville since 1999, moving in 2018 to a former church on East Trinity Lane. Vinyl makes up roughly 70% of sales.

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• Groceries Etc.

  Open Hours not listed

  A cocktail bar and vinyl listening room above Mama Bread and Lemon Laine in East Nashville, centered on a wall of records and rotating DJ sets.

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• McKay's

  Open Hours not listed

  McKay's is a large used-media store in West Nashville selling books, vinyl, CDs, movies, and games, with a dedicated vinyl section among its sprawling stock.

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• Swaggie Records

  Open 10am–6pm today

  Swaggie Records sells new and used vinyl, CDs, and apparel from a downtown Nashville storefront near 3rd Avenue North and Union Street.

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• Third Man Records

  Open 11am–6pm today

  Jack White's Third Man Records opened its Nashville storefront in 2009, pairing a record store and label headquarters with a novelties lounge.

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• Upstairs at Audrey

  Open 5pm–10pm today

  A 40-seat vinyl listening room above chef Sean Brock's Audrey restaurant in East Nashville, built around full album plays and a $5 menu of cocktails, wine, beer and seasonal snacks; walk-ins only.

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• Vinyl Tap

  Open 12pm–12am today

  Founded by ninth-generation Nashvillian Todd Hedrick, Vinyl Tap opened in East Nashville in November 2016 as a neighborhood bar pairing craft beer with new and used vinyl.

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• Vinyl Vault

  Open Closed today

  A hi-fi vinyl bar behind Mel's Drive-In in a converted 19th-century bank vault on 2nd Avenue, with three rooms built around vintage speakers from different decades and weekend vinyl-only DJ sets.

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