Open Streets Nashville is hosted through a partnership between Walk Bike Nashville and the Nashville Department of Transportation a group of neighborhood partners in East Nashville.

At Open Streets, traffic flows both ways, much like a traditional street. We ask that fast traffic keep to the left, and that riders pass on the left.

There's no start or end point, and no "right" place to join the route. All you need to do is pick your starting point, choose a direction, and join in on the fun!

Walk outside and come play with us!

Businesses a can take advantage of the day by participating! We'd love to have you open your doors to event attendees, set up a special display or activity, or otherwise participate in the event. 

Register your businesses' participation here so we can promote to attendees.  

Please take note that the street will begin to be closed to cars at 11am on Sunday October 17th. Cars will not be allowed back on Buchanan/Garfield until approximately 6pm on that Sunday after the event. Additionally, all driveways along the route will be blocked from 11am - 6:00pm. You will still be able to access your business from all side streets and alleys. 

Open Streets Nashville is a movement to activate people, strengthen businesses and inspire public spaces by temporarily closing streets to cars. Free to the public, the event turns the streets into a park space that connects diverse portions of the city and offers communities the opportunity to experience their city streets in a whole new way.

Open Streets provide stimulus to local businesses, offer a setting for greater civic participation and integration, and build support for the provision of broader transportation choices.​ Bogota, Colombia is the birth place of Ciclovia, but since its inception many cities across the country and the world have since adopted and adapted the tradition as their own.

It is hosted by non-profit Walk Bike Nashville and neighborhood leaders from North Nashville. It is funded in part by a grant from the city.

The first Open Streets Nashville was on June 27, 2015 and took place on 11th Ave South in the Gulch. It then moved to 12th Ave South in 2017, and to Buchanan Street in 2019. 2021 will be the 6th Open Streets event in Nashville!

Open Streets Nashville is absolutely free to all participants. You can enjoy the open streets route by biking, strolling, skating, or just people-watching. Or you can take part in free activities like tango, yoga, hula hooping, break dancing and more, clustered in "activity hubs" along the route. Information on these activities will be posted on this website and our Facebook page as the date draws nearer.

More than a hundred cities are hosting Open Street festivals across the country. Seattle, Los Angeles and New York are among the first cities in the United States to implement on-going Open Streets festivals. Some other cities include Minneapolis, Omaha, Memphis, Tucson, Atlanta, Chicago, Portland, Louisville and San Francisco.

Open Streets Nashville turns the street into a park. You are welcome to bring bicycles (including ebikes), roller blades, skate boards, or any other non-motorized method of conveyance. Dogs on leashes are invited. Feel free to also bring your own instruments, chairs or games and set up in the street.

There are no internal combustion motorized vehicles allowed at Open Streets. Electric skateboards, electric scooters, and e-bikes are allowed. The crowded portions of the street should be navigated with caution, dismounting when appropriate. Prohibited items include: firearms, fireworks and merchandise for sale (unless you already have a place of business along the route).

Yes!! Sign up here.

If you would like to host an activity for others to participate in that requires set up of objects in the street (ie: table/tent, many chairs, etc) then please register here. 

We welcome participation of all kinds. If you simply want to bring games, a couple lawn chairs, or small items to enjoy in the street, no registration is required. 

The only limitation is we want Open Streets to be accessible and support local businesses, we will therefore limit the number of businesses that are invited to the event that do not otherwise have a location on the street. 

Only businesses that are already located on the route are permitted to sell anything. If you're business is along the route and you plan on participating we encourage you to register here so that we can feature you on the event map.

Buchanan/Garfield from DB Todd to Rosa Parks Blvd will be closed to cars from 11am to 6pm on October 17th. North from Garfield to Monroe will be closed to cars throughout the event. Rosa Parks and DB Todd will both be open to cross traffic but closed to cars turning onto the route. Other streets that cross the route will be closed across the route. See the route here.

A soft closure is a street that runs across the Open Streets Route that will remain open to cars for the duration of the event. We will only have one soft closure at the event this year -- Delta Ave East of the interstate will be open to local traffic only so that residents are still able to access their homes North of Garfield. 

Yes! There will be ADA-accessible parking at 11th Ave N and Buchanan St. If you have any additional questions or accommodation requests, please call 615-379-6252 or email [email protected].