27 verified parking spots in Midtown, Nashville: 8 free, 8 validated and 11 paid. Nothing is listed until we've reviewed it, and locals help keep it current.
8 free
8 validated
11 paid
Free parking
Charlotte Ave VA Clinic patient parking (1919 Charlotte Ave)
Free for VA patients, register your plate at the QR outside
FreeClinic parking
The VA says parking at the Charlotte Avenue clinics at 1919 Charlotte Ave is free for patients. You have to register your car by scanning the QR code outside the clinic entrance and entering your license plate number. The page doesn't say where the patient spaces are or what happens if you don't register. The VA's page was updated 2/13/26 and read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the clinic.
Free lot behind the building for Eagle & Ivy guests
FreeRestaurant
Eagle & Ivy is the restaurant, bar and golf simulator lounge at 1700 Church St in Midtown, open late. The lot right behind the building is free, with no validation to deal with. The restaurant told us that by phone on 11/4/26. Its website also mentions a second lot directly north of the property for when the first one fills up, but we don't know yet what that one costs, so read the signs before you use it. This is for Eagle & Ivy guests, not a free place to park for the rest of Church St. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the restaurant.
Las Palmas on Hayes St says on its own page that parking is free in its own lot. The page notes that a free lot is hard to find this close to downtown. It doesn't give a time limit, so treat it as parking for while you're eating there. The page lists two different sets of hours, so check before a late dinner. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the restaurant.
First 2 hours free, then $5.50 an hour and $55 past 8 hours
FreePublic garage (SP+ / Metropolis)
SP+ posts these drive-up rates for the Building 8 garage at oneC1TY: 0 to 2 hours $0.00, 2 to 3 hours $5.50, 3 to 4 $11.00, 4 to 5 $16.50, 5 to 6 $22.00, 6 to 7 $27.50, 7 to 8 $33.00, and 8 to 24 hours $55.00. SP+ says those include state and local taxes if applicable. So the first two hours cost nothing, the price climbs $5.50 an hour after that, and it jumps to $55 once you pass 8 hours. Height limit 8 feet 2 inches. Open 24/7, no overnight parking. oneC1TY's own parking page says this underground garage, entered from City Place, is validated for visitors to the building, without saying for how long, and that other fees are posted on site, so if you're visiting a business here, ask them. SP+ and oneC1TY pages read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is Google's entry for oneC1TY at 8 City Blvd, not the garage entrance.
Free garages and free weekday valet for Saint Thomas Midtown patients and visitors
FreeHospital parking
Ascension Saint Thomas says parking is free for patients and visitors in the 21st Avenue and Plaza garages at Midtown. The 20th Avenue Garage is free for patients with appointments in the 20th Avenue Medical Office Building, and there's a valet at that building's ground level entrance Monday to Friday 7:30am to 4pm. The Mid-State Garage is free only for obstetrics, joint replacement center and cardiovascular lab patients, with no visitor parking. Free valet runs Monday to Friday 5am to 8pm at the 20th Avenue Main Entrance and the 21st Avenue Entrance. The page doesn't give garage addresses, a time limit, or what valet costs outside those hours. The page isn't dated and was read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the hospital, not a garage entrance.
Where 21st Avenue and Plaza garages, Saint Thomas Midtown campus off Church St
Free parking for TriStar Centennial patients and visitors
FreeHospital parking
TriStar says parking is complimentary for patients and visitors at Centennial Medical Center, and points to its campus map for where to go. For the Women's and Children's hospital, park in the C Garage, entered from Murphy Ave, take the elevator to the ground floor, and use the Women's and Children's front entrance at 2221 Murphy Ave. The pages don't name the other garages in their text, give a time limit, or say whether you need a ticket validated. Neither page is dated, and both were read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the main hospital at 2300 Patterson St, not a garage.
Where TriStar Centennial campus, 2300 Patterson St. C Garage entrance on Murphy Ave
Vanderbilt University Medical Center patient parking
Free self-park and free valet for Vanderbilt medical center patients and visitors
FreeHospital parking
Vanderbilt Health says self-parking and valet are both free on the main medical campus. The free garages it lists are the East Garage for Medical Center East and the Vanderbilt University Hospital towers, the Central Garage for The Vanderbilt Clinic, and the South Garage for The Vanderbilt Clinic and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital. Valet is offered to all patients and visitors at stations around campus, but construction on the 21st Ave campus is making drop-off and pick-up waits longer, and Vanderbilt asks people who can self-park to do it. If your vehicle is too tall for the garages, use valet. The page doesn't give a time limit, doesn't mention validating a ticket, and doesn't say the garages are free for people who aren't there for care. Vanderbilt suggests calling ahead of your appointment if you aren't sure where to park. The page isn't dated and was read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the medical center, not a garage entrance.
Where East, Central and South garages, VUMC main campus off 21st Ave S
Free self-park for Vanderbilt Health patients at The Village at Vanderbilt
FreeHospital parking
Vanderbilt Health lists the ground-level and below-ground parking at The Village at Vanderbilt among its free self-parking locations for appointments there. The page doesn't give a time limit, doesn't mention validating a ticket, and doesn't say it's free for people who aren't there for care. The Village is a mix of clinics and apartments, so go by the signs for patient parking. The page isn't dated and was read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is Google's entry for The Village at 1500 21st Ave S, not a garage entrance.
Where The Village at Vanderbilt, 1500 21st Ave S, ground-level and below-ground parking
Validated for ClearChoice patients, give your plate at the front desk
ValidatedClinic parking
ClearChoice's page for its center at 1801 West End Ave says parking is validated once the patient gives their license plate number to the front desk, so snap a photo of your plate. The garage can be reached from 18th Ave, 21st Ave and the alley, and you can enter the building from garage level 1 or by the covered walkway on level 2. The page doesn't say how long the validation covers or what the garage charges otherwise. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the building.
Where Garage at 1801 West End Ave, entrances from 18th Ave, 21st Ave and the alley
Woodhouse Spa Nashville, at 2001 Division St, is connected to the Kimpton Aertson Hotel, and its page says spa guests get complimentary valet at the Aertson for up to 3 hours within a 24-hour period. It doesn't say what valet costs after that or what you show the stand, so tell them you're at Woodhouse when you pull up. This is a spa offer, not free valet for anyone at the hotel. Woodhouse page read 11/9/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the hotel.
Validated free for 3 hours, but you have to scan inside, not in the lot
ValidatedRestaurant lot1 local confirmed
Amerigo (1920 West End) and Jasper's (1918 West End) are next-door sister restaurants under the same ownership, and they share one lot behind and adjacent to the building. Amerigo's own site spells out the catch, and it is the kind of thing that costs people money: do NOT scan the QR code out in the lot. Note your license plate, walk inside, and scan the code at the front desk to get free validation for three hours. Scan in the lot instead and you are starting a paid session on your own dime. Three hours is the cap, so this is a dinner-and-linger lot, not a park-and-walk-to-Vanderbilt lot. You have to actually be dining. Terms read off amerigo.net on 2026-08-18. Lot entrance is reported to be off 20th Ave, which we have not confirmed in person yet.
Where 1918-1920 West End Ave (shared Amerigo / Jasper's lot)
2 free hours for TRUEFORM clients, scan the QR in the lot
ValidatedFitness studio
TRUEFORM Fitness, the Lagree studio at 4 City Blvd, Suite 106, says its clients get 2 hours of free validated parking through PMC in the BLOX lot, behind the storage units and the sand volleyball courts. Scan the QR codes posted in the lot. TRUEFORM doesn't say what PMC charges past two hours or whether you need a PMC account. This is a separate surface lot from the oneC1TY Building 8 garage, which posts its first two hours free for everyone, so that garage is your fallback if BLOX is full. TRUEFORM's FAQ read 11/9/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is Google's entry for C1TY BLOX, not the lot entrance.
Evelyn's, the restaurant inside the Hutton Hotel, gives its diners free valet for up to two hours, or validates your self-park ticket if you'd rather park it yourself, per Evelyn's own FAQ. The garage entrance is on Hayes Street, not West End. Evelyn's doesn't say how long a self-park validation covers, so ask when you pay. If you're not eating there, the hotel posts its own rates: self-park $14 up to two hours, $24 for two to eight, $50 overnight, and valet $16, $28 and $60 on the same steps. A local also told us Mimi's Bar in the hotel validates, which Evelyn's page doesn't mention, so ask before you count on it.
Where Hutton Hotel garage, entrance on Hayes St; restaurant at 1808 West End Ave
Free self-parking while you dine at Henley, or $10 valet
ValidatedRestaurant
Henley is the restaurant at 2023 Broadway in Midtown, near where Broadway turns into West End. Its own page says complimentary three-hour parking with validation after dining. When we called on 11/4/26, the restaurant said self-parking is validated for as long as you're dining, and valet is $10. The page says three hours and the phone says the length of your meal, so a normal dinner is covered either way. Neither names the garage, so ask your server where to park before you sit down. Page read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the restaurant, not a garage.
Where Henley, 2023 Broadway. Garage not named on its page
Midtown Cafe, at 102 19th Ave S just off West End, offers complimentary valet for lunch and dinner, per its own site. Breakfast isn't mentioned, so don't count on valet in the morning. The site doesn't say where the stand is or whether there's a time limit, so pull up front and ask. Site read 11/9/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the restaurant.
Underground store garage. Take your ticket in and self-validate at the self-checkout. There is a limit on the free window, but Whole Foods does not publish the number anywhere official, so read it on the validation machine before you shop. It's the trickiest garage downtown at peak times, so don't dawdle.
Drive-up rates on the SP+ page for this lot, which Google now lists under Metropolis: $11.49 for 1 hour, $13.49 for 2, $17.49 for 3, $21.50 for 4. SP+ says those include state and local taxes if applicable. Open 24/7, but no overnight parking. The page doesn't list a rate past 4 hours. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is Google's entry for the lot.
Metro's pay station zone map puts Elliston Pl itself inside the Midtown economy zone, which prices at $1 an hour instead of the usual $2 ladder, and the same goes for Vanderbilt Pl, 25th Ave N from Elliston to Park Plaza, and 30th Ave N from West End to Poston. Enforcement out here is published as 6am to midnight, Zone 6 Midtown, not around the clock the way downtown is. Metro does not publish which days or how holidays work, so read the pay station. Heads up on the alternative: the private pay lots around Elliston Place and Division are notorious for surprise pricing, think $30-plus for a short stop. You can also duck onto a residential side street a few blocks off West End and walk in, but watch for permit-only signs near Vanderbilt. Rates and zone map read off nashville.gov on 2026-08-03.
Where Residential side streets off Elliston Pl / West End
Self-park garage off Elliston Place, entrance at 207 Louise Ave. The operator's page on parking.com lists hours of 6am to 9pm, seven days a week, and says overnight parking isn't allowed, so plan to be back before 9. 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 garage.
$7.49 for an hour, $17.49 max for 12, no overnight
PaidSurface lot (SP+ / Metropolis)
SP+ calls this the Med Supply Lot at 1501 Church St. Drive-up rates: $7.49 for 1 hour, $11.49 for 3, and $17.49 max for 12. SP+ says those include state and local taxes if applicable. Open 24/7, no overnight parking. Monthly parking is offered, price not listed. This is a different lot from the PMC lot across Church St at 1500. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is Google's address entry for 1501 Church St.
Outside the central district, so it is Metro's cheaper ladder: $2 an hour for the first two hours, then $3, then $4 past five hours. The catch is turnover, not price. Limits are deliberately short during the day, which suits a meal on Elliston Place and not a full night out. Metro pay stations also run west along West End to 31st and through the Vanderbilt Hospital blocks, so the same rules follow you most of the way to campus.
Where Elliston Place, West End and surrounding blocks
A PMC lot PMC calls 1500 Church & 200 McMillin, open 24 hours. PMC gives the address as 200 McMillin St. Pay by scanning the QR code on the PMC signs or by text, with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. PMC doesn't post the price online, so check the sign before you walk away. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the lot.
Where 200 McMillin St (PMC's address), at 1500 Church St
A PMC lot at 1800 State St, open 24 hours. Pay by scanning the QR code on the PMC signs or by text, with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. PMC doesn't post the price online, so check the sign before you walk away. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the lot.
Paid lot on Broadway in Midtown, price on the sign
PaidSurface lot (PMC)
A PMC lot at 1900 Broadway, open 24 hours. Pay by scanning the QR code on the PMC signs or by text, with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. PMC doesn't post the price online, so check the sign before you walk away. Read 10/14/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is the lot.
Premium Parking location P3722, the small surface lot beside Red Door Saloon. Premium published this ladder when we checked on 8/13/26: $9 for one hour, $18 for three, $28 for six, $30 for twelve, $40 for twenty-four. Pay by plate, photo enforced around the clock, and the sign in the lot says pay before walking away. Walkable to Embassy Suites Vanderbilt and the Division St bars.
Self-park at The Row, entrance at 110 Lyle Ave. The operator's page on parking.com lists it as open 24/7 but 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 garage.
$1 a half hour or $15 a day on the ground level, open to the public
PaidPublic garage
VUMC says public pay-by-space parking is available on the ground level of the 25th Avenue Garage, at $1 per half hour up to $15 a day. Pay at the stations on the ground level by the Highland Ave entrance. Google lists the structure as a staff garage, and VUMC only describes public parking on the ground level, so stay there. VUMC's page isn't dated and was read 11/3/26. Vanderbilt football game days are a different deal. Vanderbilt Athletics sells single-game parking in the 25th Ave Garage, cheaper in advance than at the gate: Austin Peay and Delaware $20 ahead or $30 drive-up, NC State and Ole Miss $30 or $40, Arkansas $35 either way, Alabama and Tennessee $45 or $50, plus taxes and fees. No cash, the garage opens at 8am for kickoffs before 4pm and at noon for later ones, no RVs, trailers or high clearance vehicles, and no tailgating in the garage. The athletics page doesn't state which season those prices are for. Read 11/3/26. We haven't been there in person. The pin is Google's entry for the garage.
Where 25th Avenue Garage, ground level, Highland Ave entrance