Regional specialities:
• Barbecue.
• Country ham.
• Blackberry cobbler.

In Nashville, good venues for live music include Caffé Milano (jazz, bluegrass and rock), Henry’s Coffee House, with acoustic performances, and Canyon Country Saloon, which features up-and-coming artists. Lucy’s Record Shop sells music during the day, but on Friday and Saturday hosts the latest alternative performers, and the funky Radio Cafe, an old pharmacy, features national artists playing blues, country, jazz and rock. The Nashville Scene or the Tennessean newspapers list all live music events. Memphis has many nightclubs along Beale Street.

Pigeon Forge is known for its many major outlet malls. Opry Mills is a shopping and entertainment resort covering more than 304 hectares (750 acres) on the site of former Opryland USA.