In the event you thought all of the motion on Decrease Broadway required a buzz, Ashley McBryde is right here to shake up that narrative — sans the hangover.
The GRAMMY-winning songwriter simply introduced Redemption Bar, a brand-new mocktail-forward bar and music venue opening August 28 inside Eric Church’s six-story mega-honky-tonk, Chief’s. Nestled on the fifth flooring, Redemption Bar isn’t simply one other neon-lit cease on the Broadway bender tour — it’s an area with goal.
“When the chance to make my mark on Broadway got here, I knew I wished to create an area that champions what’s made a distinction in my life,” McBryde shared. “An area that lifts up the brushed apart, and makes positive everybody feels welcome.”
That distinction? Sobriety.
McBryde has been open about her personal three-year journey with staying sober — a tricky highway for anybody, not to mention somebody residing within the coronary heart of Honky Tonk Disneyland. So, she’s flipping the script and giving of us a spot the place the drinks are “as nicely crafted and thought out because the songs” carried out by the native expertise on stage.
And y’all, these aren’t your common Shirley Temples.
The zero-proof cocktail menu is impressed by track lyrics and crafted with simply as a lot coronary heart as McBryde’s catalog. In fact, there’ll nonetheless be common cocktails for the ingesting crowd, however it’s the inclusive vibe and considerate curation that makes Redemption a real standout. It’s a spot for the “vagabonds, drifters, and dreamers” who gas Nashville’s inventive engine — with out having to drown themselves in whiskey to be a part of the scene.
A Stage for Authentic Voices
Redemption Bar gained’t be chasing cowl band ideas with “Wagon Wheel” on repeat. As an alternative, it’ll function rising expertise, singer-songwriters, and storytellers preferring their very own lyrics to another person’s chart-topper. Assume: Ryman intimacy meets Broadway power, with a dose of heart-healing sobriety within the combine.
A Church and McBryde Collab, Years within the Making
This isn’t the primary time Ashley McBryde and Eric Church have joined forces — their creative camaraderie runs deep. From their haunting 2017 duet on “Bible and a .44”, to a joint efficiency of “The Snake” on the 2019 ACM Awards, and even a smoky rendition of “Midnight Rider” on the Ryman in 2021, it’s clear these two have all the time sung the identical tune. Now, that synergy lives on in bricks, bottles, and a recent type of Broadway bar.
Need in? Redemption Bar opens August 28. Whether or not you’re newly sober, sober-curious, or simply searching for a killer mocktail and killer dwell music with out the chaos, this may simply be your new favourite hang-out in Music Metropolis.
We’ll toast to that — with a zero-proof “Woman Goin’ Nowhere.”
