"Music is the soul of Nashville and hot chicken feeds the soul of Music City."

-Buckshot Malone July 1977

What's hotter than the Fourth of July?

The annual Music City Hot Chicken Festival celebrating an original Nashville culinary tradition - hot chicken! This free event festures the unique southern flare of local restaruants, amateur cooking competition, inflatable jumpys for the kids, the Yazoo Brewery beer garden, and of course, legendary Nashville music. The first 500 people will be treated to free hot chicken samples from Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, The Chicken Shack, 400 Degrees and Bolton’s Spicy Chicken & Fish. After the free bird is gone, you can head over to the food garden and purchase some tasty hot chicken. So plan to join us on Sunday, July 4 from Noon until 5pm for an afternoon of hot chicken, hot music, and cool suds.

Honorary Festival Chairs

● Bill Purcell, Festival Founder & former Mayor of Nashville

● Diane Neighbors, Vice Mayor of Nashville

● Andre Prince, Proprietor of Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack

Festival proceeds to benefit the Friends of Shelby Park & Bottoms www.friendsofshelby.org