Jazz clubDowntown$$$$
Black Rabbit
A downtown wood-fired tavern with soul and blues bands on Friday and Saturday nights. Order the Rabbit Rolls, the Scene's best slider of 2024.
#6 in Jazz + blues
What to get
- Rabbit Rolls (griddled rabbit terrine sliders; Scene Best Slider 2024)
When to go
Saturday 9 pm for Lydia Brittan & The Royal Family's long-running soul residency.
Insider tip
The bar's site is blackrabbittn.com (blackrabbitnashville.com is an unrelated studio). Saturday brunch from 10 am.
Heads up
Music only Fri-Sat nights; a restaurant with a band, not a jazz club.
Live music
At the venue
- Tickets
- free/no cover (restaurant)
- Seating
- seated
- How to get in
- No tickets: book a table via OpenTable on the site or walk in; bands play Fri-Sat 9 pm-midnight.
- Calendar
- See who's playing
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 891-2380
- Website
- blackrabbittn.com
- Reservations
- recommended
Recognition
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
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