Music Makers: Southern U.S.

Listen to the sounds of the South

You will not find a musical nexus like this anywhere else in the world.  Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans are all at the roots of the family tree of today’s popular music, and all three of them maintain an area of the city where one can wander up and down the street, listening to different live bands play in different clubs, bars and music halls.  Add Atlanta to that mix, a thriving center of Hip Hop, R&B, and indy-rock, and you get a travel experience that is literally music to your ears.  Roll from city to city with us as we rock out to live music, visit cultural sites and explore the unique offerings of the Southern U.S. region.

Tour Itinerary (10 days)

Day 1: Welcome

Land in Atlanta

Hotel check-in

Welcome dinner

Day 2: Southern Hipster

Highlights

Criminal Records

Vintage shopping

Lunch: Taproom

Music Hall Concert

Day 3: Athens Indy

Highlights

Free morning

Evening in Athens

Record store

Dinner

Concert 40 Watt or Georgia Theatre

Late wanderings around town

Day 4: Boots on Broadway

Highlights

Transfer to Nashville

Hotel check-in

Country Music Hall of Fame

Gibson factory tour

Free evening on Broadway

Day 5: The Opry

Highlights

Free morning in downtown Nashville

Western wear shopping

National Museum of African American Music

Grand Ole Opry concert

Free evening on Broadway

Day 6: Records and Ribs

Highlights

Transfer to Memphis

Lunch: Barbecue

Stax Museum

Dinner on your own

Free evening on Beale Street

Day 7: Sun King

Highlights

Sun Studio Tour

Lunch

Graceland: home of Elvis

Free evening on Beale Street

Day 8: On the Bayou

Highlights

Transfer to New Orleans

Seafood dinner

Bourbon Street balcony party

Day 9: Voodoo Child

Highlights

Cemetery Tour

Voodoo Museum

Garden Dsitrict

Cajun dinner

Free evening Bourbon Street & Frenchmen Street

Day 10: Farewells

Highlights

Checkout and return flights