The Antiques & Garden Show of Nashville opens its 37th edition on Friday, January 8, 2027 and runs through Sunday, January 10 at Music City Center, 201 Rep. John Lewis Way S. The show floor runs three different clocks across the three days.
Friday and Saturday run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A day-use room booked for the middle of either long day covers the gap between a morning lecture and an afternoon panel.
The three clocks, hour by hour
Friday, January 8. The keynote opens at 11 a.m. in the Davidson Ballroom. Cordelia de Castellane, artistic director of DIOR Home and Baby DIOR since 2012, speaks on "A Life Well Layered: Fashion, Interiors & the Garden" until noon. A book signing follows in the Davidson Ballroom Lobby from noon to 1 p.m.
The design panel "Living Collected: Curating a Home with Meaning" runs 2 to 3 p.m. in the Davidson Ballroom with Mieke ten Have, Aldous Bertram and Schuyler Samperton, moderated by John Bossard. Ten Have and Bertram sign books from 3 to 4 p.m. The Bourbon Party runs 6:30 to 9 p.m. on the show floor.
Saturday, January 9. The floral demonstration "Bloom & Brush: The Artistry of Nature" runs 11 a.m. to noon with Ariella Chezar and Matthew Rice, moderated by Frances Schultz. A signing follows from noon to 1 p.m. "The Art of Seeing: Cultivating an Eye for Beauty" pairs Bunny Williams and Elizabeth Lawrence from 2 to 3 p.m., moderated by Anne Hardy, with a signing from 3 to 4 p.m. Music in the gardens fills the show floor from 3 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, January 10. The floor opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 4 p.m. Sunday Shopping in the Garden runs the full five hours with coffee, bloody marys, pastries and snacks sold on the floor.
The Pop-up Shop keeps show hours on the floor, across from the check-in table: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Thursday, January 7 belongs to the trade side. First Look runs noon to 3 p.m. by invitation. The Benefactor's Reception runs 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for Benefactors, and the Preview Party runs 6:30 to 9 p.m. on the show floor.
Where a room fits between lectures
The Friday schedule leaves a one-hour midday break and a one-hour gap at 3 p.m. The Saturday schedule leaves the same shape. An attendee who takes calls between sessions needs a door, a desk and a shower, and the show floor supplies none of the three.
The nearest day-use card on the 21 October 2026 read is Holiday Inn Express Nashville Downtown-Broadway at $115 for a 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window. It sits 0.35 straight-line miles from the Music City Center pin. The $115 is the fee-inclusive day rate, so the card's booking fee sits inside that figure.
Best Western Plus Music Row holds a 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. window at $112, 0.71 straight-line miles out. Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville Downtown Capitol View runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at $160, 0.92 miles out.
The exhibitor morning starts before the floor
An exhibitor setting a booth needs the room at 7 a.m., and most downtown cards open at 10 a.m. That gap decides the booking. Two cards on the read open earlier. Hampton Inn Nashville / Vanderbilt opens an 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. window at $85, 1.19 straight-line miles from the convention center. Best Western Plus Executive Residency Nashville opens 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at $66, 3.62 miles out.
The show's own 2026 recap counts more than 150 antiques dealers, gallerists, decorators and designers in the hall, and each of them works the hall before the doors open to the public.
The short Sunday
Sunday closes at 4 p.m., so an afternoon slot buys four hours of floor time and nothing after it. The 121 Hotel holds an 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. window at $89, 2.22 straight-line miles out, and that window matches the show hours exactly. The Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Capitol View window ends at 3 p.m., an hour before the floor.
A Saturday booking carries a longer tail. The Bourbon Party runs to 9 p.m. on the floor, and the Music in the gardens hour runs to 5 p.m.
What the weekend costs before the room
General admission runs $35 and covers the show floor Friday through Sunday. Seniors 65 and over, students and active military pay $30. Children 12 and under enter free.
A Friday badge plus the Holiday Inn Express window totals $150 for seven hours. The Hampton Inn Nashville / Vanderbilt window at $85 totals $120 for six hours.
Booking the window
hotelSlots sells four slots: morning 6 a.m. to noon, afternoon noon to 6 p.m., evening 6 p.m. to midnight and overnight midnight to 6 a.m. A single slot or a combination covers the show day. The platform lists 103,857 hotels across 46 states, posts day-use rates 30 to 75 percent below the nightly rate and charges no booking fee.
A reader books the hours used and pays the hotel at checkout. On a three-day show with a short Sunday, that arithmetic favors the attendee who plans the window around the lecture grid.
