Nashville creatives are doing it for themselves

This Is Nashville · Oct 4, 2023 · 50m

One thing that a burgeoning arts and music scene needs to thrive is space — to gather, to express their craft, to incubate creative ideas and share them.

DIY spaces are where independent musicians and creatives find home. These elusive improvised venues might be a defunct auto shop, the local VFW or a warehouse. Or, just as common, someone’s living room or basement! The do-it-yourself scene has a long legacy of punk and anarchist ideologies that are expressed through music, visual arts and literature, like zines.

But how is Nashville's rising real estate market changing the face of the DIY…