New Madison venue Timberhawk Hall eyes early 2023 opening

Timberhawk Hall, an upcoming concert venue in Madison formerly known as the Roots Barn, plans to open doors in early 2023, organizers said Thursday. 

The venue boasts a 1,000-person standing capacity hall, two-story green room and outdoor beer garden that hopes to become "a dynamic playground for established and emerging artists, where the whole community feels welcome and can share in this live creation with the artists,” according to a statement from Timberhawk talent buyer Santo Pullella, who formerly booked Nashville club 3rd & Lindsley. 

A date and lineup for opening night inside the 12,000-square-foot main hall remain to-be-announced. Texas native Fred Kennedy leads Timberhawk and brothers Duncan and Patrick Kennedy; Pullella leads talent buying. 

Concert-goers who trek to Timberhawk next year can expect a space built in-part with repurposed 100-year-old barn wood — the room's namesake — from Big Timberworks in Montana, custom art from to-be-named Nashville artists and glass windows produced internationally by Mayer of Munich, per a news release. 

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Organizers enlisted Nashville’s Centric Architecture for the $15 million project. 

"The Timberhawk Hall project provides a first-class venue that will be enjoyed and appreciated across our community, by residents and visitors alike," Nashville mayor John Cooper said in a statement. 

The Timberhawk previously planned to host WMOT concert program "Music City Roots," but the parties split due to unspecified "fundamental creative differences" in late 2021.