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10 verified parking spots in Hillsboro Village, Nashville: 4 validated and 6 paid. Nothing is listed until we've reviewed it, and locals help keep it current.
Free with a Belcourt film or event ticket
The Belcourt runs a small lot that's free if you're coming to a Belcourt film or event; your ticket includes a parking pass while space lasts. Not for general Hillsboro Village parking, only for Belcourt patrons.
Where Belcourt's own small lot, 2102 Belcourt Ave
Source: belcourt.org
Up to 90 free minutes in the garage off the alley
Little Art House validates in the garage you enter from the alley right next to the studio, per its own site. It's a Metropolis garage with plate cameras, so there's no ticket: register your plate with the QR on site if you haven't used Metropolis before, then scan the store's validation QR and you get up to 90 minutes free. The first 15 minutes are free for anyone. No smartphone? The studio's site lists a manual validation link. It doesn't say what you pay past 90 minutes. Pin is the garage.
Where Garage entered from the alley beside the studio. Studio at 2106B Acklen Ave
Source: littlearthousestudios.com
1.5 hours validated in the lot out back
Pancake Pantry validates the lot directly behind the restaurant for an hour and a half. Their FAQ says so. That's the whole deal, and it's a good one on a block where almost nothing is free. Ask about the validation while you're inside, not on your way out the door, because the line here is famous and an hour and a half goes quicker than you'd think once you're in it. The Belcourt lists that same lot as a pay lot the rest of the time, so the validation is doing real work. Nothing on their page says what happens past 1.5 hours. Read off thepancakepantry.com/faq on 8/24/26. Pin is the restaurant, not the lot entrance.
Where Validated lot behind the restaurant, 1796 21st Ave S
Source: thepancakepantry.com
90 free minutes in the Hill Center Acklen garage
The Pilates Garage gives clients 90 free minutes in the Hill Center Acklen garage attached to the building, per the studio's own site. The validation QR code is inside the studio, so scan it before you head out. A 50-minute class fits easily, but lingering for coffee at Hill Center can push you past 90, and the studio doesn't say what the garage charges after that. Pin is the garage.
Where Hill Center Acklen garage, attached. Studio at 2106A Acklen Ave
Source: pilatesgaragenashville.com
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Pay garage behind Double Dogs & Jeni's
Pay garage in the Hill Center / Acklen Flats building at 2100 Acklen Ave, behind Double Dogs and Jeni's Ice Cream. Pay on site, rate varies. Covered and reliable for when the Belcourt's tiny lot and the street are both full.
Where Acklen Flats garage, 2100 Acklen Ave
Source: belcourt.org
First 20 minutes free, then $4.56 for an hour
Metropolis's Acklen Garage, entrance at 1807 21st Ave S, is covered and open around the clock. Drive-up rates: free up to 20 minutes, $4.56 up to 1 hour, $6.83 up to 1.5, $11.39 up to 2.5, $22.78 up to 8 and $45.56 for the day. Cameras read your plate at the gate and the receipt is texted when you leave. Drive-up rates may differ from reservation rates, and there are no reservations here. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the entrance address.
Where Entrance at 1807 21st Ave S
Source: go.metropolis.io
Pay garage across from the Belcourt
Pay garage at Belcourt Village, directly across the street from the Belcourt Theatre. Pay on site; rate varies, confirm at entry. Lots here are actively ticketed and booted for expired payment.
Where Belcourt Village, across Belcourt Ave from the theater
Source: belcourt.org
Evening and weekend parking, no overnight
Paid parking at 2115 Blakemore Ave. The operator's page on parking.com lists it open weekdays 5pm to 5am 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 entrance. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the entrance.
Where Entrance at 2115 Blakemore Ave
Source: parking.com
$2 an hour, watch the limit not the price
Non-downtown Metro pricing, so $2 an hour for the first two hours, $3 for hours three and four, $4 beyond five, up to a ten hour cap. Metro runs a dollar-an-hour economy zone in parts of the non-central district; the pay station tells you which rate applies on your block. Metro publishes enforcement here as 6am to midnight, Zone 7 Hillsboro Village, not the 24-hour downtown district. Days and holidays are not published anywhere we can find. Price is rarely the problem here, the limit is. Daytime limits are short enough that a long dinner or a double feature at the Belcourt can outrun the meter.
Where 21st Ave S and the Belcourt Ave side streets
Source: nashville.gov
Pay lot near 21st Ave S
Pay-by-phone (PMC Pay) lot off 21st Ave S, near Vanderbilt. Rate varies, confirm at the lot. Parking in the Village is genuinely rough, so a paid spot you can count on beats circling the block for twenty minutes.
Where Village 21 lot, off 21st Ave S
Source: parkingmgt.com
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