Calling all creatives. We’re launching our Rep Your City Design Contest, where creative minds (amateur or professional) can submit designs to be featured on products in The NASHtoday Shop — our online shop, home to merch featuring local landmarks + city slogans — and get paid up to $1,500.
The goal? To work with + support creatives, share cool designs, and celebrate our city.
Designers are encouraged to submit their local-focused graphics, illustrations, or paintings that can be digitized and placed on shirts, mugs, prints, bags + more. 🎨
We’re calling for local-focused designs from creatives for the Rep Your City Design Contest, launching Sept. 6 | Image by 6AM City
Designs we’re looking for:
• City icons (think: recognizable skylines, landscapes, buildings + landmarks)
• Local celebrities
• Key city events
• History
• Food + drink
• Well-known companies
• See what designs we currently have in our shop
How it works:
• Creatives can start submitting designs anytime beginning today over on our website.
• The first round of chosen designs will be selected on Oct. 7 and announced on Oct. 8 in our newsletter.
• This is an ongoing contest through 2021, with multiple winners, and unlimited chances to submit designs.
• Our team will choose the winning designs to get paid for their works + be featured on our products.
What you get if your design is selected:
• You’ll make up to $1,500. We’ll buy the rights to use + reproduce your design for $500, and at the end of each year we'll send you $1 per unit sold, up to a combined total of $1,500.
• You’ll be featured in our store’s “Meet the Artists” page with your bio, website + social media.
• Your design will be featured in our newsletters, social media + promotional materials.
We can’t wait to see your designs, NASH. Know a designer, artist, or someone who’s just crazy creative? Share this with them via the buttons below. 👇
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Today
- Summer Send-Off | Mon., Sept. 6 | 7 p.m. | The East Room, 2412 Gallatin Ave. | $10 | Featuring performances by Ele Ivory, Maggie Miles, and Abigail Osborn 🎶
- Grateful Monday | Mon., Sept. 6 | 7 p.m. | Acme Feed & Seed, 101 Broadway | Free | Check out the Stolen Faces covering jam band classics.
Tuesday
- Nashville Cocktail Festival Opening Day | Tues., Sept. 7 | 6-9 p.m. | Bode, 401 2nd Ave. | $25 | Help kick off the 7th annual Cocktail Festival with drinks, music, gifts, and more 🍸
- Candlebox | Tues., Sept. 7 | 8 p.m. | Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, 925 3rd Ave. N. | $32+ | Featuring the Dead Deads
Wednesday
Thursday
- Veterans Job Fair | Thurs., Sept. 9 | 11-3 p.m. | Nissan Stadium | Free | Over 40 registered exhibitors will be on-site ready to help find veterans a job.
- RL Grime | Thurs., Sept. 9 | 8 p.m. | Marathon Music Works, 1402 Clinton St. | $29.50+ | Electronic trap artist performing with Jawns, Juelz, and Pauline Herr
- The Princess Bride | Thurs., Sept. 9 | 7 p.m. | Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park | $10+ | Catch a movie under the stars paired with food trucks, craft beer, wine + a pre-movie DJ. 🎥
Friday
- September Sundown | Fri., Sept. 10 | 5-9 p.m. | Centennial Park | Free | Performances by Lucie Silvas, Lillie Mae, Sun Seeker, and more
We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.
Weather
- 85º | Sunny | 10% chance of rain
Announced
- Beginning later this year, 30 families in North Nashville will receive $1,000 a month as part of Moving Nashville Forward’s guaranteed basic income pilot program. Families will be randomly selected from a pool of applicants to receive the payments over a period of 10 months. (WTVF)
Coronavirus
- A second COVID-19 testing and vaccination center will open Tues., Sept. 7 in a parking lot at 350 28th Ave. N (near Centennial Park). The new center will operate on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. with no appointment necessary. (The Tennessean)
Show
- Loretta Lynn is hosting a benefit concert with Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Luke Bryan, and others on Mon., Sept. 13 at the Grand Ole Opry to help those impacted by last month’s flooding. The show is sold out, but you can still tune in via Circle, Peacock, and other livestream services. (The Tennessean)
Number
- The apartment occupancy rate in Nashville is at 93.9%, according to a new report by Market Line + ApartmentData.com. Germantown has seen the largest annualized growth rate in Nashville at 51% over the past 3 months. (Nashville Business Journal)
Sports
- A handful of Williamson County alumni have made it past the final round of roster cuts for the NFL this season. Brentwood Academy alum Dawson Knox (Buffalo) + Centennial HS alum Tyrel Dodson (Buffalo) are among the few who you can catch making plays this season. 🏈 (Nashville Post)
Award
There’s a new mural on display at Nashville's oneC1TY complex (off Charlotte Pk.), and we *love* it.
The project was created by local artist Herb Williams + features a colorful backdrop and seating shaped like a cloud.
While in the neighborhood, grab a bite to eat at Avo, cool off with plant-based ice cream at Kokos + play some volleyball at Sandbar.
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