Hotel restaurantWest End$$$$
Commodore Grille
Songwriter rounds seven nights a week inside the Holiday Inn Vanderbilt, a writers' night tradition since the early '80s. No tickets needed.
#6 in Songwriter rooms
When to go
Any night after 6 pm: successive rounds of 3-4 writers end in an open round; during Tin Pan South (late March) it is an official festival room.
Insider tip
It's inside the Holiday Inn Vanderbilt and bills itself as 'a very different version of Nashville music' from Lower Broad, with writers' nights dating to the early '80s.
Heads up
Lineups only go up on Instagram, so it's hard to know who's playing ahead of time.
Live music
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 6 PM–10 PMNightly songwriter rounds and open-mic writers' nights (Debi Champion's Songwriter Nights; Nashville Songwriter's Showcase) source
At the venue
- Tickets
- free/no cover (walk-in restaurant; no cover policy posted)
- Ages
- all ages
- Seating
- seated
- How to get in
- No tickets: walk in or book a table on OpenTable; music runs 6-10 pm Sun-Thu and from 7 pm Fri-Sat.
- Calendar
- See who's playing
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 327-4707
- Website
- commodoregrille.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 Something out of date?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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