50 verified parking spots in Downtown, Nashville: 1 free, 21 validated and 28 paid. Nothing is listed until we've reviewed it, and locals help keep it current.
1 free
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Free parking
Register of Deeds Free Street Spaces
Free signed spaces for Register of Deeds customers, or they validate the garage
FreeStreet parking
The Davidson County Register of Deeds has free street spaces for its customers on Deaderick St and on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, the street that used to be Charlotte Pike, between 3rd and 4th Ave N. Look for signs marking Register of Deeds Parking along the right side of the street near MLK and 3rd Ave. More accessible spaces are near Deaderick and 3rd Ave. If the free spaces are full, the office says to park in the garage and bring your license plate number inside so they can validate. The page doesn't say which garage, how long the street spaces are good for, or what the validation covers. The office is open Monday to Friday 8am to 4:30pm. Metro's page was updated 10/28/26 and read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the office at 300 Deaderick St.
Where Deaderick St and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd between 3rd and 4th Ave N
Validate for your first hour free in the garage below
ValidatedPublic garage2 locals confirmed
Blue Sushi validates in the underground garage right below it, the one Metropolis runs at 598 Broadway. Ask for it before you leave and your first hour is free. Confirmed by the restaurant's general manager in October 2026. The validation stops working at five hours, so if happy hour turns into a long dinner, plan on the garage's own card, which is $42 for anything past five. It's this garage only. The above-ground garage on Commerce is a different lot with different rules. Pin is the garage, not the restaurant.
Where Fifth + Broadway Garage, 598 Broadway (underground)
Source: Restaurant general manager, direct message, 10/7/26
Christie Cookie Co. (Nashville Yards)
Free first hour in the West Garage when you validate
ValidatedBakery
Christie Cookie validates in the Nashville Yards West Garage, the one at 131 10th Ave N, also reachable from 21 Platform Way S. Get validated before you leave and your first hour is free, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. Note the garage: most tenants here validate in the East Garage, and this one is the West. Past the hour the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards West Garage, 131 10th Ave N or 21 Platform Way S
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Clean Your Dirty Face (Nashville Yards)
Free first hour, either garage, with validation
ValidatedSpa1 local confirmed
Clean Your Dirty Face validates in either the East Garage at 130 10th Ave N or the West Garage at 131 10th Ave N, which makes it one of the easier ones on campus. Get validated and your first hour is free, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. If your appointment runs long, the garage's own rates apply past the hour, and Nashville Yards doesn't publish those. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage (130 10th Ave N) or West Garage (131 10th Ave N)
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Culaccino Italian Restaurant + Bar
Validate for two free hours in the East Garage
ValidatedRestaurant
Culaccino sits inside Nashville Yards. Self-park in the East Garage at 130 10th Ave N, get validated before you leave, and your first two hours are free, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. Past two hours the garage's own rates apply, and Nashville Yards doesn't publish those, so a long dinner is worth checking on the Metropolis screen. There is no in-and-out, so moving the car mid-meal starts a new charge. Valet runs out of the East Garage at 170 10th Ave N.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage (130 10th Ave N)
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Dream Nashville
2 hours of valet validated after 5pm with a $50 tab at Stateside Kitchen or Parlour Bar
ValidatedHotel valet
Two hours of valet are on the house at Dream if you're eating or drinking at Stateside Kitchen or Parlour Bar. It runs from 5pm to close and you need to spend at least $50. That's from the hotel's own Hyatt page. Ask your server how to get it applied before you close out, because the page doesn't say. It also doesn't say what you pay past two hours, what the valet costs before 5pm, or whether Snitch, Sushi by Bou or Dirty Little Secret are included, so assume they aren't until someone inside tells you otherwise. Valet is the only parking here. For hotel guests the page lists overnight valet at $62 to $72 depending on the night, plus $15 for vehicle checkout after 5pm and $15 for an oversized vehicle. One local told us she paid $15 at the valet on 8/20/26 and didn't say how long she was parked. If you'd rather keep your keys, the 4th & Comm Garage is a block and a half south at 147 4th Ave N. Read off hyatt.com on 11/12/26.
Where Valet stand at the hotel entrance, 210 4th Ave N
$5 for three hours with validation, but in the East Garage
ValidatedRestaurant2 locals confirmed
Earl's does validate, just not where its own sign sends you. Per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026, Earl's validation is $5 for the first three hours self-parking in the East Garage at 130 10th Ave N, or $18 for three hours of valet. The sign at Earl's QR points you to the Church & Platform Lot on Platform Way instead, and when we scanned it twice on 8/23/26 it quoted the full posted ladder, $16.50 for an hour up to $53.50 for a day, with no discount anywhere on the screen. So skip the surface lot, park in the East Garage, and ask your server for validation. Earl's is open to midnight most days, 1am Wednesday and Thursday, 2am Friday and Saturday, so a long night can run past three hours, and past that the garage's own rates apply. No in-and-out on this campus. Pin is the restaurant, not the garage.
Where 26 Platform Way S. Self-park at Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026; Metropolis checkout screen captured on site 8/23/26
FedEx Office (Nashville Yards)
$5 covers your first two hours when you validate
ValidatedShop
The FedEx Office at Nashville Yards validates in the East Garage at 130 10th Ave N. Get validated and your first two hours are $5, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. For a quick drop-off, remember the first 30 minutes are free in the garages anyway, so you may not need the validation at all. Past two hours the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Fogo de Chão (Nashville Yards)
$5 for the first hour with Fogo's validation, then $10 an hour
ValidatedRestaurant
Fogo validates self-parking in the Nashville Yards East Garage: $5 for your first hour, then $10 for each hour after. A two-hour dinner is $15 self-parked. Valet is $20 for the first hour, $25 for two, then $10 an hour. Fogo doesn't say whether a partial hour bills as a full one, and we haven't parked here ourselves yet. From Fogo's own Nashville page, read 11/6/26.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage. Valet at 170 10th Ave N
$3 an hour for up to 3 hours with a Frist validation coupon
ValidatedMuseum lot
Frist Art Museum visitors pay $3 an hour for up to 3 hours in the museum's guest lot, on the south side of the building. You need the validation coupon, which they give you when you check in at Membership or buy admission at Guest Services. Past 3 hours it's $12 an hour. The lot is for museum visitors, volunteers and staff only, first come, first served. The page also lists a non-visitor rate of $12 an hour, $36 for the day. Enter from Demonbreun St between 9th and 10th Ave. The pay kiosk is near the Demonbreun entrance. Credit cards only, no cash. The lot opens 30 minutes before the museum does and closes at 3am, and some special events have a flat rate. Accessible spaces are in the northeast corner. If the lot is full, the Frist points to the lot on 10th Ave across from Cummins Station and the Gateway lot behind Union Station, but it doesn't control those and can't validate there. The museum's page was updated 10/28/26 and read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the museum building.
Where Guest lot on the south side of 919 Broadway, enter from Demonbreun St
Free hour and a half in the East Garage with validation
ValidatedShop1 local confirmed
Gigi Pip's hat bar validates in the Nashville Yards East Garage at 130 10th Ave N. Get validated and your first hour and a half is free, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. Building a custom hat takes a while, so keep an eye on the clock. Past 90 minutes the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Handel's Ice Cream (Nashville Yards)
Free first hour in the East Garage with validation
ValidatedDessert
Handel's validates in the Nashville Yards East Garage at 130 10th Ave N. Get validated and your first hour is free, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. An ice cream run usually fits inside the free 30 minutes every garage on campus gives anyway, so the validation is your cushion if you linger. Past the hour the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Hooky Entertainment
Validate for four free hours self-parking in the East Garage
ValidatedEntertainment
Hooky is inside Nashville Yards. Self-park in the East Garage at 130 10th Ave N, get validated, and your first four hours are free, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. That's one of the most generous validations on campus, and four hours covers most nights out. Soundproof, the speakeasy hidden in the back of Hooky, offers the same four hours, and its own page says how to claim it: scan the QR code at the help desk inside Hooky. Valet is a different deal: $18 for the first three hours, out of the East Garage at 170 10th Ave N. Past the validated window the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out, so leaving and coming back starts a new charge. Soundproof page read 11/4/26.
Nick the Greek validates in the Nashville Yards East Garage at 130 10th Ave N. Get validated and your first hour is $5, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. If you're grabbing takeout, the first 30 minutes are free in the garages anyway, so you may not need it. Past the hour the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Noelle valet
Free valet for up to 2 hours if you're eating at Lona or Rare Bird
ValidatedHotel valet
Eat at Lona or Rare Bird inside Noelle and valet is free for up to 2 hours. Ask your server for a validation code before you leave. Otherwise valet is $30 for the day or $69 overnight, plus tax. The hotel's page doesn't say where the valet stand is, what you pay if dinner runs past 2 hours, or whether anything else in the hotel validates. It doesn't mention self-parking. The hotel's FAQ page isn't dated and was read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the hotel building.
Ocean Prime validates. Self-park in the East Garage at 130 10th Ave N and it's $5 for the first two hours, per Ocean Prime's own parking page, which was updated 10/21/26. Go past two hours and the garage's market rates kick in. Nashville Yards posted three hours on social media in October, but the restaurant's page came later and still says two, so plan on two. Valet is $22 for four hours, on P2 of the same garage at 170 10th Ave N. The $5 is East Garage only. Pull into the West or North garage because it was closer and you pay full freight. Nashville Yards has no in-and-out either, so moving the car mid-meal starts a new charge. Ask for the validation at the table, not on your way out. Coming from Church, take 9th Ave N, right on Commerce, right on 10th Ave N, and the garage is on your right. From Broadway, take 10th Ave N. Lunch 11:30 to 4 weekdays, dinner nightly. Pin is the restaurant, not the garage.
Where 990 Signal Crossing. Self-park at Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N. Valet on P2 at 170 10th Ave N
2 hours free in the One Nashville Place garage for Elegy customers
ValidatedOffice garage
Elegy Coffee downtown says to park in the One Nashville Place garage and scan the QR code at its coffee counter for 2 hours of free parking, then drive out within that 2 hour window. Elegy doesn't own the garage, and its FAQ doesn't give the garage's rate past 2 hours or which street the entrance is on. It also points to metered street parking on 4th Ave N and Commerce St. Elegy's FAQ read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the One Nashville Place tower at 150 4th Ave N.
QNTM gives members and day-pass visitors two free hours on Level B2 of the Whole Foods garage next door, per QNTM's own parking page. Bring your ticket in and get it validated at the front desk before you leave. Park on B2 only. The two hours count from when you pull in, and QNTM can't validate past that, so a long workout plus a smoothie can tip you into the garage's own rates, which QNTM doesn't publish. Pin is the garage entrance.
Where Whole Foods garage next door, Level B2. Gym at 114 George L Davis Blvd
Shipley validates in the Nashville Yards East Garage at 130 10th Ave N. Get validated and your first hour is $5, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. A donut run almost always fits in the free first 30 minutes every garage on campus gives, so most people won't need the validation at all. Past the hour the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
Sweet Paris Crêperie (Nashville Yards)
$5 for your first hour when you validate
ValidatedRestaurant
Sweet Paris validates in the Nashville Yards East Garage at 130 10th Ave N. Get validated and your first hour is $5, per Nashville Yards' own social media post in October 2026. A sit-down brunch can run past an hour, and after that the garage's own rates apply, which Nashville Yards doesn't publish. No in-and-out on this campus.
Where Nashville Yards East Garage, 130 10th Ave N
Source: Nashville Yards' own social media post, October 2026
The Hermitage Hotel Valet
Free valet when you dine at the hotel
ValidatedHotel valet1 local confirmed
The hotel says on its own site that valet is complimentary when you dine with them, which covers Drusie and Darr, the Pink Hermit, and afternoon tea inside the hotel. There is no self-parking here, so valet is the only option and you are handing over your keys. The hotel does not publish a time limit for diners, so ask at the stand if you plan to stay a while.
Where Valet stand at the hotel entrance, 231 6th Ave N
Union Station Hotel valet (Bar Car and Stationairy)
First 2 hours of valet free for Bar Car and Stationairy guests
ValidatedHotel valet
The Union Station Nashville Yards hotel at 1001 Broadway is valet only. Its FAQ says parking for The Bar Car and Stationairy is complimentary for the first 2 hours, after which daily rates apply. The page doesn't give the daily rate or say how to redeem the 2 hours, so ask your server or the valet. Overnight is $59 per vehicle, oversized is $75 a day and extra-large is $118 a day. The hotel's FAQ read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the hotel.
Metropolis garage, entrance at 201 4th Ave N. Drive-up rates on Metropolis's page on 10/14: $12 up to 1 hour, $20 up to 2, $28 up to 3, $36 up to 4, $45 for the day. Metropolis prices move, so check the screen before you pay. No reservations here. The page doesn't mention hours or overnight parking. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the building at 201 4th Ave N.
Covered garage on 4th Ave N, about a block from the Ryman. Being under a roof matters downtown in July and in a thunderstorm. Pay by the QR on the PMC sign or by text. Rate is not published online. Gannons, at 170 4th Ave N, validates here: the restaurant told us by phone on 11/4/26 that it's a flat $8 off the garage rate, with no time limit. Since PMC doesn't post the rate, check the sign so you know what $8 off gets you. Gannons' site read 11/3/26.
$57.84 for 4 hours on the app. Check the price before you scan
PaidPublic lot
We scanned the QR here on 8/22/26 and PMC quoted $57.84 for four hours, $63.87 for six, and $69.91 for twenty-four. Read those again. Music City Center is $15 for up to five hours. Fifth + Broadway is $10 for the first hour. White Front runs $10 for ten. This lot is asking about four times the going rate downtown. All three tiers were labeled Boz Scaggs 11-23-25, an event from nine months ago. So either PMC left an event tier switched on and is charging concert prices on an ordinary day, or there's a show tonight and the app has the wrong name on it. We don't know which and PMC doesn't say. The app also says PMC while every Google review of this lot names Metropolis, which is either a change of operator or two lots sharing one address. Pull up the price on your phone before you commit. Nothing here tells you what you're about to pay until you've already scanned. Rates read off the PMC checkout screen on 8/22/26.
Where 917 Commerce St, at 10th Ave
Source: PMC checkout screen, captured on site 8/22/26
Alley Lot (2 Arcade Alley)
$13.67 for an hour, $38.27 up to 12 hours
PaidSurface lot (Metropolis)
Metropolis lot off the Arcade, entrance at 2 Arcade Alley. Drive-up rates on Metropolis's page on 10/14: $13.67 up to 1 hour, $24.60 up to 2, $34.62 up to 3, $38.27 up to 12, $45.56 for the day. Metropolis prices move, so check the screen before you pay. No reservations here. The page doesn't mention hours or overnight parking. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the entrance address.
$15 valet up to 4 hours at the Bankers Alley Hotel
PaidHotel valet
Gray and Dudley says its guests can use valet at the main entrance of The Bankers Alley Hotel: $15 for 1 to 4 hours, $25 for 4 to 8 hours, and $60 past 8 hours. The page doesn't mention validation or what valet costs if you aren't eating there. Google lists the hotel at 221 2nd Ave N under a different name, The Untitled Nashville Hotel, so go by the address. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the hotel.
Where Main entrance of The Bankers Alley Hotel, 221 2nd Ave N
Metropolis garage, entrance at 207 7th Ave N. Drive-up rates on Metropolis's page on 10/14: $12 up to 1 hour, $16 up to 2, $30 up to 8, $35 up to 10, $40 up to 12, $45 for the day. Metropolis prices move, so check the screen before you pay. No reservations here, and parking.com lists it as open 24/7 with no overnight parking. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the garage.
15 minutes free, then $16.50 an hour. All-in, and it climbs fast
PaidPublic lot (Metropolis)
Metropolis runs this one and the app posts the whole ladder. On 8/23/26 at 12:12pm it read: 15 minutes free, one hour $16.50, two hours $26.75, six hours $48.15, one day $53.50. Those are all-in numbers. Metropolis states rates include the service fee and any state and local tax, and that the fee is the greater of $1.50 or 7% of the fare. The 15 free minutes are real and useful for a drop-off, but the jump after that is steep. An hour here costs more than a full day at White Front. Two hours costs more than five hours at Music City Center. If you're eating in Nashville Yards, ask about validation first. Ocean Prime validates two hours in the East Garage for $5, which is about $22 less than paying this lot straight. Drivers report the price moves by day and time. One says $24 an hour on Fridays and weekends. Another was charged a full day for a 27 minute stay and was told by Metropolis that full-day rates apply to any check-in between 4am and 2pm. We captured one moment on a Sunday. Read the ladder on your own phone before you leave the car. Rates read off app.metropolis.io on 8/23/26. Pin is the Google entry for this corner.
Where 51 Platform Way S, at Church St. Google lists it as 714 Church St Parking
Source: Metropolis app checkout screen, captured on site 8/23/26
Commerce Garage (310 Commerce St)
$10.89 to $16.33 for an hour
PaidGarage (Metropolis)
Metropolis garage at 310 Commerce St, open 24 hours. Metropolis's page on 10/14 shows a range for each stay: $10.89 to $16.33 up to 1 hour, $18.14 to $27.22 up to 2, $25.40 to $38.10 up to 5, $30.48 to $45.72 for the day. It doesn't say what decides where in the range you land, so check the screen before you pay. SP+ also posts online-only rates for its Commerce garages but never ties them to an address, so we left those off. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the garage.
PMC lot beside the Municipal Auditorium, City Hall and the courthouse, within walking distance of the Ryman. Good bet on a weekday when you have business at Metro. Pay by the QR on the PMC sign or by text. Rate is not published online.
$2 an hour for 2 hours, then $5 and $6, 10 hour cap
PaidMetered street parking
Downtown meters are in Metro's Central Parking District and run on the higher ladder: $2 an hour for the first two hours, $5 an hour for hours three and four, and $6 an hour from hour five, with a 10 hour cap. Metro says enforcement hours and time limits are on the signs, so read the one by your space. You can extend from your phone twice, up to 10 hours total, and once a session runs out the car has to leave that zone for at least 30 minutes. Two stretches downtown are a flat $2 an hour in Economy Zone 8, and SoBro has its own card. Metro's page was updated 7/7/25 and read 11/3/26. The pin is a downtown intersection, not a specific block.
Where Metered streets in the Central Parking District downtown
$2 an hour downtown instead of $6, on two stretches
PaidStreet parking
Metro carves an economy zone out of the downtown parking district and almost nobody knows it exists. Everywhere else downtown the meter ladder climbs to $5 an hour at hour three and $6 past hour five. In Economy Zone 8 it stays a flat $2 an hour. Metro's own pay station zone map puts it on two stretches: James Robertson Parkway between 3rd Ave N and Rosa Parks Blvd, and YMCA Way. Those are not next to each other, and our pin sits on the James Robertson stretch. Two catches. Downtown is enforced 24 hours, so evening is not free here. And the ten hour cap is real: you can extend from your phone twice, and once the session runs out the car has to leave the zone for at least thirty minutes. Metro does not publish which days are enforced or how holidays work, so the pay station is still the last word. Worth knowing if you get a ticket: Metro will waive a single parking violation if you left the car and got home by rideshare, taxi, transit or a designated driver, as long as you have proof like a receipt and you file within 24 hours of the ticket. Rates and zone map read off nashville.gov on 2026-08-03.
Where James Robertson Pkwy between 3rd Ave N and Rosa Parks Blvd, and YMCA Way
The garage under the Fifth + Broadway shops, run by Metropolis, 778 spaces, open 24/7, in from Broadway or Rep. John Lewis Way. Published card: $10 for the first hour, $20 to two, $28 to three, $36 to five, then $42 covers anything from five to 24 hours. Event rates are posted at the garage and are not on the card, so a Preds night or a Ryman show can cost more than this. If you work down here, the $42 is your day rate and there are cheaper all-day options a few blocks north. No monthly rate is published and Metropolis does not put its subscription pricing online, so that one takes a phone call. Watch your roof: the Broadway entrance is 8 feet 2 for ADA access, the rest of the garage is 7 feet, and the lowest point on B2 is 6 feet 7. Validation here is worth asking about. Fifth + Broadway says select restaurants and attractions validate, including the National Museum of African American Music, and tells you to check with the business directly rather than assume. Blue Sushi validates your first hour free here, good for stays up to five hours, per its general manager in October 2026. Blanco Cocina + Cantina validates here too: its page says you get $15 of validation with a Metropolis account, so set one up before you go and ask the team inside. Blanco doesn't say whether the $15 comes off the posted card or how long it covers, so check the screen on the way out. Blanco page read 11/9/26. Know which garage you are in before you count on it: there are two on this block, and the Skydeck discount only applies in the above-ground garage at 501 Commerce. It will not apply to a session in this underground retail garage, where you pay the posted rate on the way out. Rates and validation policy read off the property's own pages on 2026-08-14.
Ten dollars for a Predators game, bought in advance through the arena's own page, which makes it one of the cheapest published options anywhere near Broadway on a game night. The catch is that Bridgestone publishes it for Predators games only, and says nothing about concerts or other events, so do not assume the same deal for a show. Height clearance and in-and-out privileges are not published either, so if you are in something tall, check before you commit.
Where Fifth Ave. of the Arts Garage, 147 5th Ave N
Self-park lot at 113 7th Ave N, by Hume-Fogg. The operator's page on parking.com lists it open Monday to Thursday 5pm to 5am, Friday 5pm to midnight, and all weekend, and says overnight parking isn't allowed. It says drive-up rates apply without posting them, so check the price at the lot. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the lot.
Metropolis garage under the L&C Tower, entrance at 144 5th Ave N. Pay by app; rates vary by time and event. One deal: visitors to the National Museum of African American Music pay a flat $10 for the first 3 hours, then the regular rate after that. Enter your plate at the museum's validation link, validation.metropolis.io/40rf1eondq. The museum's FAQ says so, and the page was updated October 2026. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person.
Where Entrance at 144 5th Ave N (building is 401 Church St)
Paid garage. The library discount here ended Nov 1
PaidPublic garage
An ordinary paid garage. The Main Library's discounted rate here ended November 1, 2026. Library visitors now get their discount at Nashville City Center, 220 6th Ave N, which is $4.99 for up to 4 hours. The library page doesn't list McKendree's own rates and we haven't priced it in person, so check the posted rate or the QR checkout before you leave the car. Library page read 11/3/26.
Metropolis runs the MTA garage at 400 Charlotte Ave, near the Capitol, open 24 hours. Drive-up rates on Metropolis's page on 10/14: $3.42 per 15 minutes, up to $45.56 for 18 hours. Metropolis prices move, so check the screen before you pay. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the garage.
$4.99 for up to 4 hours if you're at the Main Library
PaidPublic garage
Main Library visitors park here for $4.99 for up to 4 hours, which is $4.00 plus a $0.99 service fee. Scan the QR code inside the garage to enter your phone number, plate and card. Then scan the second QR code near the first-floor Circulation Desk inside the library to apply the rate. Stay past 4 hours and you pay the standard garage rate for the whole visit, not just the extra time. First come, first served. The library recommends the 6th Ave entrance, on the other side of the Subway. You can also come in from Union St. There's a small surface lot and a larger underground garage. The library page doesn't list the standard rate or name the operator, so if you're not going to the library, check the price at the QR before you commit. This rate started November 2, 2026. We haven't been there in person. Library page read 11/3/26.
The Nashville Yards development runs three public garages on Platform Way, Exchange Lane, and 10th Ave N near Broadway. Metropolis operates them: scan the QR, register your plate, drive in and drive out. Nashville Yards' own parking page says your first 30 minutes in any of its garages are free, so a quick coffee or pickup costs nothing. Valet runs out of the East Garage at 170 10th Ave N, 11am to midnight every day. That page read 11/9/26. There's no in-and-out, so leaving and returning starts a new charge. Validation is set tenant by tenant, and Nashville Yards posted its list in October 2026: Hooky gives four free hours, Culaccino two, Ocean Prime and Earl's $5 self-park in the East Garage, and a handful of shops cover an hour or so. Check the tenant's own card on the map, because most of them only work in the East Garage. Nashville Yards doesn't publish drive-up rates anywhere, but the Metropolis app does once you scan. At the Church & Platform surface lot on 8/23/26 the ladder read 15 minutes free, $16.50 for an hour, $26.75 for two, $48.15 for six, $53.50 for a day. Those are all-in. Metropolis says its service fee is the greater of $1.50 or 7% of the fare and is already inside the listed price. Check your own phone before you leave the car.
PMC lot right where Broadway meets the river, at the top of the honky tonk stretch. Walk to the Ryman, Bridgestone and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Pay by the QR code on the PMC sign or by text. This is prime Broadway ground and PMC does not publish the rate, so read the sign before you commit.
Gravel lot under the interstate side of downtown, walkable to Bridgestone Arena. Pay by the QR on the PAY HERE sign or by text. Rate is not published online. Event nights downtown price differently than a Tuesday, so check before you walk.
Small PMC lot on 3rd Ave N near Bowie's, one street back from the 2nd Ave bars. Pay by the QR on the PAY HERE sign or by text. Rate is not published online.
Asphalt lot on the north edge of downtown where it runs into Germantown, so it is a longer walk to Broadway than the core lots but usually less picked over. Pay by the QR on the PMC sign or by text. Rate is not published online.
PMC overflow lot near the Musicians Hall of Fame, signed as 3rd and Lindsley overflow parking. Pay by the QR on the sign or by text. Rate is not published online. Overflow lots fill and empty with whatever is happening nearby, so do not count on a space on a show night.
Gravel lot on Broadway across from the Frist Art Museum, at the quieter end where Broadway starts climbing toward Midtown. Pay by the QR on the PMC sign or by text. Rate is not published online.
Metro owns and operates this one, under the Historic Metro Courthouse complex, with entrances on James Robertson Parkway and Gay Street. Metro publishes its garage pricing as a range rather than a fixed card: $3 to $20 for an all-day max, $10 to $15 on event days, and $5 to $10 after 5pm when nothing is scheduled. That evening range is the useful one, because the privately owned garages right by Bridgestone and the Broadway strip run well above it. There's no general validation, and Metro does not publish which end of each range applies on a given day, so treat the numbers as a band rather than a price. The exception is Metro Council: Metro's Courthouse directions sheet, posted in May 2024, says parking is free for people attending Council and Council committee meetings. Pick up a voucher from the tables on the Courthouse second floor and hand it to the attendant with your ticket on the way out. That sheet read 11/3/26. Metro's other public garage, Church Street Plaza by the downtown library, is temporarily closed for repairs. Rates read off nashville.gov on 2026-08-03.
$45 valet at the TPAC marquee on 6th Ave, for ticketed shows
PaidVenue valet
Metropolis runs valet for most publicly ticketed TPAC events in Jackson Hall, Polk Theater and Johnson Theater. Drop off on 6th Ave by the marquee entrance near Deaderick St. TPAC's parking page says the rate is $45 per vehicle, but the FAQ on its homepage says $44, so plan on $45. Metropolis doesn't take cash. You pay through a link texted to your phone at drop-off, but you still get the car back from a valet attendant, not through the link. Valet starts taking cars 90 minutes before showtime, and for 6pm weekday shows it starts at 5:15pm. There's no valet for weekday matinees, and at War Memorial Auditorium valet only runs when there's an event in the Polk center at the same time. If you haven't picked up your car 60 minutes after the show ends, Metropolis moves it to the Hotel Indigo valet at 301 Union St (615-891-6000). TPAC also says the state lots behind the Supreme Court building have free self-parking from 6pm to 1am. For a specific event, call 615-782-4040. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is TPAC.
Where 6th Ave N at Deaderick St, by the TPAC marquee
This is the one worth knowing if you work downtown. SP+ publishes $10 for a 10 hour block, $30 for 24 hours, and $185 a month, with no morning entry cutoff, so it covers a shift whatever time you start. The catch is that the $10 is a prepaid online reservation, not the drive-up price: SP+ says if you stay past your reserved window your card gets charged the difference at drive-up rates, and drive-up rates are not published anywhere. Book the block you actually need. SP+ says nothing about event days here, and downtown garages usually price events differently, so we do not know what a Preds night costs. Rates read off the SP+ promo page on 2026-08-03.