EAST SIDE CALENDAR
For hungry mouths and generous hearts, we’ve got the night for you. On this special Tuesday, restaurants across the country will participate in this nationwide fundraiser to raise money for HIV/AIDS services and organizations. Participating restaurants will donate a portion of all sales on this day to Nashville CARES, an organization that offers services to over 60,000 Middle Tennesseans suffering from the HIV virus and AIDS. Over 80 Nashville restaurants have joined on for the evening, and they will donate between 30 and 100 percent of their proceeds for the night to Nashville CARES. Check diningoutforlife.com for a full list of participating restaurants.
WINE NOT?
Sixteenth Annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction
6-9 p.m., Friday, April 20, St. Ann’s Episcopal Church
Raise your glasses to this one: East Nashville Hope Exchange (ENHC) is a nonprofit that works to strengthen the literacy of at-risk youth in the East Nashville area, primarily serving the Stratford and Maplewood clusters. How can you help? Well, this April they’ll unwind and raise some dollars for all the work they do through their annual wine tasting and silent auction. The event will feature wines from around the world, a silent auction, and some live music. Local do-good retailers and restaurants from the area have donated items for the silent auction. Bottoms up! 419 Woodland St., 615.254.3534
UNDER THE NEEDLE Record Store Day
Times vary, Saturday, April 21, Vinyl Tap, The Groove, and Fond Object
Vinyl-philes, your favorite national holiday has returned. Record Store Day has been celebrating those indie shops slinging records for over a decade now, so let’s drop the needle again. Leave your Spotify playlists at home, folks. All three of our fine record shops will be celebrating in their own way. Fond Object will have shows at both of their haunts (1313 McGavock Pike and 535 Fourth Ave. S.), plus vendors and brews. Vinyl Tap (2038 Greenwood Ave.) and The Groove (1103 Calvin Ave.) both have something similar planned, with music and cold ones all day long, and of course most importantly: sweet, smooth, vinyl. Acme Radio will also be streaming live from The Groove. You can snag some exclusive Record Store Day limited releases at all locations, so if there is one in particular you have been eyeing, show up early. More info to come on each shop’s events, so stay tuned to their socials in the meantime.
EAT EAST FOR THE CAUSE YUM!EAST
Tickets on sale Friday, April 27 6-9 p.m., Thursday, May 31, The Pavilion East We’re getting a bit ahead of ourselves on this one, but food is on our minds. YUM!EAST is firing up its engines for this year’s culinary feast. The tickets for this year’s banquet go live on April 27 at 9 a.m., so don’t miss out. You can expect to snack on treats from more than 30 of East Nashville’s culinary neighbors, all in one yard. Guests will have the chance to sample bites from all over the East Side in one spot, while enjoying live music and local craft beer and wine. This is a grown-ups only event, so book your babysitter in advance. Most importantly, proceeds from the event will benefit Fannie Battle Day Home For Children. Admission will include an open bar, samples of food and drink from oodles of East Nashville
businesses and guaranteed fun. You’ll even leave with a nifty souvenir glass. 1006 Fatherland St., 615.228.6745
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY
Independent Bookstore Day
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, April 28, Her Bookshop
Every day is as good as any to support your local bookstore, but this particular holiday is a celebration of the indie bookshops. The small, locally owned community anchors that fill our bookshelves deserve a day of their own, for sure. Her Bookshop is hosting a party of its own for this trip around the sun. Details are still being hammered out, but we can confirm treats, giveaways, and readings! You’ll also be able to scoop up official International Bookstore Day merchandise, which is available only once a year (understandably). You can snag your swag when you stop by Her Bookshop. 1043 W. Eastland Ave., 615.484.5420
ARE YOU SEVIER-IOUS? Sevier Park Fest
May 4-5, Sevier Park
A non-East Nashville celebration that you’d be remiss to skip is Sevier Park Fest, happening in our neighborly friendborhood in the West, 12 South. This party comes in two parts. On Friday they’ll have a ticketed music festival — locked in thus far are J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Amanda Shires, and Susto. Part two on Saturday is a free, daylong festival, featuring tasty eats and drinks, artisan vendors, live music, and kids activities. More deets to come on this one, folks, so keep your eyes peeled. 2031 Lealand Lane
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