For nearly four decades, we sleuths at the Nashville Scene have turned our eye toward what makes Music City special. And for our biggest issue of the year, every year, we ask our readers to join us in our search.

Ahead of the Scene’s 36th annual Best of Nashville issue, tens of thousands of Nashvillians cast hundreds of thousands of votes for the best performers, businesses, restaurants, artists, services, advocates, athletes and institutions in the city. We at the Scene also convened our dozens of staff and contributing writers to select hundreds of our favorites from those categories and many more.

So what did our readers select as Nashville’s Best Place to Hear Live Music? Best Sushi? Best Podcast? Best Bartender? Best Personal Trainer? What did our writers select as 2024’s Best New Restaurant? Best Country Album? Best Sandwich Shop? In this week’s issue, you’ll find all that and much, much more.

Read on to discover who won it — and celebrate this year’s Best of Nashville.

About the Illustrator: Alexandria Hall is a professional illustrator and muralist from Nashville. She enjoys working on pieces that utilize her love of fun color and also showcase people, plants and animals. When Alexandria isn’t working on illustration projects, you can often find her painting outside Grimey’s New & Preloved Music or painting other murals here and there throughout the city.
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