The Gulch – Also in the downtown area, Yuppie area, nice new restaurants’. Has music at the Station Inn, Two Old Hippies and Sambucca.
East Nashville – Hispters. Good restaurants, Five points is a funky area, a former tough area of the city that is developing due to its close proximity to downtown.
Music Row – A section of town where all the recording studios are, close to the twelve south area
12 South – another cool developing area, not far from downtown. Nice restaurants, bars. Not as much music.
Downtown hotels are expensive, you can stay by the airport much cheaper and Uber it downtown.
A good online website that lists all music and events is the Nashville scene
http://www.nashvillescene.com
Acme Feed and Seed is a new place and an OK place for bar food, nice roof top, good music. Lots of honky tonks downtown to choose from. George Jones is a new bar, great rooftop city view.