Neighborhood 48H guide
Music Row & Hillsboro Village: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Elvis’s RCA Studio B, songwriters at Analog and pancakes in Hillsboro Village.
Music Row is the district of record labels and studios on 16th and 17th Avenues South, where RCA Studio B recorded Elvis and Dolly. West End and Hillsboro Village, with the Belcourt cinema, are a short walk west.
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Photo: Adinda Uneputty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Walk to Music Row, Vanderbilt and Hillsboro Village, close to Midtown’s bars.
Who it's for: Music nerds, songwriters and film fans.
Pros
- Studio history on every block
- Hillsboro Village cafés
- Quieter nights
Cons
- Studios are mostly private offices
- Need a ride downtown
- Few hotels
48H on Music Row
Studio B, pancakes, a film, songwriters.
08:30 – Pancake Pantry
Hillsboro Village breakfast; weekend waits are long.
11:00 – RCA Studio B tour
Tours leave from the Country Music Hall of Fame downtown.
17:00 – Belcourt Theatre
Independent and classic films in a 1925 cinema.
20:00 – Analog at Hutton Hotel
Songwriter rounds and small shows on West End.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Eat
Pancake Pantry
1796 21st Ave S
Hillsboro Village breakfast institution with a line out the door on weekends.
Official site / map →
Drink
Drink
Analog at Hutton Hotel
1808 West End Ave
An intimate listening room with a 2026 calendar of songwriter shows.
Official site / map →
See / do
See / do
RCA Studio B
1611 Roy Acuff Pl (tours from the Hall of Fame)
The studio where Elvis, Dolly Parton and the Everly Brothers recorded; guided tours only.
Photo: Adinda Uneputty · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →See / do
Musica
Music Row roundabout
Alan LeQuire’s towering bronze dancers in the Music Row roundabout.
Official site / map →See / do
Belcourt Theatre
2102 Belcourt Ave
Nonprofit cinema in Hillsboro Village showing indie, repertory and classic films.
Official site / map →
Where to stay
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Hotel · Expedia
Hutton Hotel, Nashville, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
1808 West End Ave
Design hotel on West End with Analog, its own music venue.
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Vacation rentals
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