Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival

09/12/2026

All aboard for a journey around the world! ✈️🌎 This year, Celebrate Nashville is transforming into a Global Transit Hub with a festival-wide theme inspired by the many ways we travel, connect, and come together.

From the Global Village to the World Bazaar, the Food Area to Watauga Wharf, each festival area will become its own “terminal,” celebrating the cultures, traditions, and communities that make Nashville home.

09/10/2026

30 years of celebrating the cultures that make Nashville home. 🌎💛 What began in 1995 as the Celebration of Cultures at Scarritt-Bennett Center has grown into the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival we know today, bringing together more than 50 cultures and 20,000 attendees each year at .

While the festival has grown, its mission has remained the same: creating opportunities to share traditions, learn from one another, and celebrate the diversity that makes our community so special. Thirty years later, we’re still celebrating the diversity that makes our city unique – and we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

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09/10/2026

🎉 BE PART OF SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY! 🎉🌎
Join us for the Celebrate Nashville 30th Anniversary Opening Ceremony Performance! We’re bringing people from all cultures and backgrounds together for a special 5-minute performance celebrating our traditions, unity, and the incredible Music City we call home!
📲 Scan the QR code on the flyer or use the registration link for complete details, participation requirements, and registration: https://form.jotform.com/262297976326169

09/08/2026

Celebrate Nashville is BACK! 🎉 Join us Saturday, October 3, for the 30th Annual Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival at ! 🌎✨ Get ready for a day filled with music, dance, global flavors, art, shopping, family activities, and more as we celebrate 50+ cultures and communities that call Nashville home. And for the first time ever, we’re kicking off the festival with an anniversary parade through the park at 9 AM! (Vendors and entertainment hours are 10 AM - 6 PM.)

Festival admission and parking are FREE! Mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate 30 years of community, culture, and connection!

09/03/2026

We are so excited to reconnect with our roots! Check out the Scarritt Bennett Stage at the brand new Centennial Park pavilion at Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival on October 3rd!

Scarrit Bennett, in collaboration with St. Augustine’s chapel is inviting you to come practice your Spanish! Every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 11:30 am until 1 pm, we will host one or two tables for folks who would like to practice conversational Spanish. We...

08/22/2026

Join the PARADE...NEW for 2026!
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival, and we are commemorating with a parade!! We are looking for cultural groups to parade in their traditional attire, musicians to walk with instruments, small floats, marching bands, and more! The Parade will begin at 9 AM on Saturday, October 3rd, and process through Centennial Park. Apply here: https://celebratenashville.org/parade-application-2026/

08/22/2026

Spaces are still available for Food (Tent only) Vendors at the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival happening on October 3rd at Centennial Park. Click here to apply: https://celebratenashville.org/2026-food-vendor-application/

08/22/2026

Spaces are still available for Artisans and Community Partners in the World Bazaar at the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival, happening on October 3rd at Centennial Park. Click here to apply: https://celebratenashville.org/2026-world-bazaar-application/

07/02/2026

We are looking for a mariachi band for a Metro Parks event next weekend. Please message us ASAP with any information.

03/20/2026

Share Your Flavors at Celebrate Nashville 2026! 🥙

Nashville is a city of stories, and many of those stories start in the kitchen. We are seeking Food Tent & Truck vendors to join us at the Celebrate Nashville Cultural Festival on Saturday, October 3, 2026! Whether you specialize in traditional family recipes or modern global fusion, we want to give you a platform to share your heritage with thousands of attendees at Centennial Park.

Event Details:
🗓 Saturday, October 3, 2026
📍 Centennial Park, Nashville
🕙 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Ready to join the Global Village? Space is limited, so get your application in early!

👉 Apply here: https://celebratenashville.org/2026-food-vendor-application/