Nashville Drone

NASHVILLE DRONE will take place at Emerson Hall– a beautiful renovated 1930s era church located in East Nashville –  from 6pm until midnight on May 18th. The evening will feature 12+ local artists performing interlocking sets to create an unbroken wave of sustained sound and music. Attendees are free to come and go, but we hope you will join until the last note rings out to experience the meditative effects of extended, uninterrupted sound. 

Emerson Hall is a wide open warehouse-style space. Performers will be in the center of the room with attendees/ droners on the floor, surrounding in a circle. 

Bring comfy things! Yoga /camping mats, cushions, blankets, sleeping bags and pillows are all welcome –  many droners choose to lay on the floor. Chairs will be available for those who prefer to be seated. Feel free to bring books, journals, drawing supplies, a deck of cards…anything you’d like to enter a creative space. We recommend warm and comfortable clothes, and water bottles for refilling. Drinks and snacks will be available for purchase.

Please do not bring motorized/inflating air mattresses, chairs, coolers, or alcohol. In the interest of animal care and safety, no pets are allowed. 

 Inspired by the 24-hr Drone in Basilica Hudson, we will be droning at the same date and time, a sister satellite….

Artist lineup coming soon! 

5:30PM: Doors 

6PM-Midnight: DRONE

Follow us on Instagram: @_nashvilledrone_

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Tickets: Tickets are offered on a Pay-Your-Wage system. Pay-your-wage is a progressive, honor-system based sliding scale admission model for live events. The notion: pay what you make in an hour. With this model, artistic revenue rises as average wages rise, but performances remain accessible and affordable for all. 

Address: Emerson Hall 2512 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206

Parking: Limited parking is available behind Emerson Hall. You can park in any space that DOES NOT say ‘Hotel Guest Parking Only.’ For your convenience, Emerson has arranged for additional parking availability at the Walgreens and CVS locations on either side of the venue. After parking, head to the front door of Emerson Hall on Gallatin Pike to enter the venue. Using a rideshare like Lyft/Uber or carpooling is also encouraged!

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NASHVILLE DRONE is a collaborative presentation by 

chatterbird, Hyasynth House, Gezellig Arts & Unmanageable Arts: 

: chatterbird is a chamber music ensemble that explores alternative instrumentation, stylistic diversity, and interdisciplinary collaboration in order to create thoughtful, intimate, and inventive musical experiences. Formed in 2014, chatterbird performs classical music that skirts traditional boundaries, sliding between classical, jazz, hip-hop, rock, avant-garde, and country, creating a thoughtful and inventive way to discover and experience modern classical music. www.chatterbird.org

: Founded in 2018, Hyasynth House is a Nashville-based electronic music collective  that serves to empower female and LQBTQIA+ artists in the community through the curation of public workshops, showcases, and live music performances. IG: @hyasynth_house

: Gezellig Arts is the live event services branch of Gezellig Records, an internationally-minded/Knoxville-based independent record label run by Ben Smith, who also organized the 12-Hour Drone events as part of the 2018 + 2019 editions of the Big Ears Festival. www.gezelligrecords.com     

: Unmanageable is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to mobilize resources and build power for artists engaged in social change work. We support artist-driven projects that connect across history, culture, and communities, and prioritize projects that are anti-racist and rooted in feminist ideology. www.unmgmt.org

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Emerson Hall, 2512 Gallatin Avenue, Nashville, United States