The Nashville Scene has been serving our city for three decades and counting. A strong, independent voice, the Scene covers news, music, film, food, art, culture, and state and local politics in a way that only we can — with hard news, creative feature writing, long-form reporting, analysis and criticism that serves a diverse readership, and does so with a voice. Now more than ever, we need your support so that we can continue to provide Nashvillians with free, independent press from a source you can trust. Please consider making a donation, whether it’s recurring or one time only, so that we can keep supplying our city with journalism, and keep putting news in your hands.
We have two membership levels available, each with perks for joining our team. Want to contribute on a different level? Enter your own amount under the "contribute" button. All donations of more than $500 annually will receive all of the member benefits listed, as well as an invitation to our annual Meet the Scene Staff breakfast.
Member ($5/month or $60 one-time)
• Early access to purchase tickets to select Nashville Scene events
• Exclusive quarterly email featuring special members-only advertiser discounts
• Nashville Scene branded reporter's notebook
Super Member ($35/month or $420 one-time)
• Members-only discount code for all Nashville Scene events
• Exclusive quarterly email featuring special members-only advertiser discounts
• 2 tickets to Nashville Scene's Best of Nashville Party
• Mailed copy of the Best of Nashville issue
By making a donation, you're helping the Scene survive. Here are some examples of where your dollars will go.
$1.35: The cost it takes to print one copy of the Nashville Scene.
$5: The cost of batteries for a reporter’s digital voice recorder — whether we’re recording our interviews with the mayor, the governor, the head of the Democratic Party, or musicians like Jack White, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, The Black Keys or Kacey Musgraves.
$20: The cost of reporter J.R. Lind's monthly Newspapers.Com subscription. J.R. digs through digital archives, accessing newspaper reports from as far back as the Civil War to bring our readers fascinating tidbits from Tennessee history. It’s greater context, tying the Nashville of the past to the Nashville of today.
$25: The cost of one Critic's Pick — we publish roughly 100 of these every month, offering our readers a first look at Nashville's best concerts, art shows, museum exhibits, food events and more.
$29: The cost of an annual subscription to AP Stylebook, ensuring that every bit of writing we bring you — from blog posts and Critics’ Picks to cover stories and long-form reported features in our City Limits section — is clean, clear and accurate.
$70.20: The cost it takes to print one copy of each issue for a year — that’s 52 weeks' worth of music, food, film and arts criticism, not to mention our coverage of state and local news and politics.
$175: The cost of sending a photographer and a writer to cover a concert for our long-running review column, The Spin.
