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Touch of Brews 2023 Recap | Two Days at Sevier Park
From the Archive · Sept 29-30, 2023 · Sevier Park, 12 South

Touch of Brews 2023: The Year It Went Two Days

The 3rd annual was the one that outgrew a single Saturday: a Friday night jam under the lights, a ten hour Saturday on the lawn, and one ticket good for both. Presented by Terrapin Beer Company, channeled through the spirit of the Grateful Dead.

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Two days in pictures

The Touch of Brews 2023 Photo Gallery

Drop the 2023 favorites here: the Friday glow, the Saturday sprawl, and every tie dyed kid in between.

Friday night set under the lights at Touch of Brews 2023 at Sevier Park
Crowd dancing on the Sevier Park lawn at Touch of Brews 2023
A young fan on stage during The Rock N Roll Playhouse set at Touch of Brews 2023
Kids playing the parachute game at the Touch of Brews 2023 Kids Zone
Shakedown Street vendor tents at dusk at Touch of Brews 2023
A festival dog getting plenty of attention at Touch of Brews 2023
A father and grandmother in tie dye watching the stage together at Touch of Brews 2023
A mom and toddler relaxing on a blanket at Touch of Brews 2023 at Sevier Park
A dad getting fed ice cream by his daughters on the lawn at Touch of Brews 2023
A singer in a straw hat performing at Touch of Brews 2023 in Nashville
A guitarist performing on the Touch of Brews 2023 stage at Sevier Park
Two friends with cold beers and Grateful Dead tie dye at Touch of Brews 2023
Terrapin and Waterbird cans on a tie dye table at Touch of Brews 2023
A face painted kid eating in a hammock chair at the Touch of Brews 2023 Kids Zone
Kids and grown ups playing limbo on the lawn at Touch of Brews 2023
A dad and toddler playing giant Jenga at Touch of Brews 2023
Two friends lounging on an inflatable couch at Touch of Brews 2023
The festival grounds at dusk at Touch of Brews 2023 at Sevier Park

What made 2023, 2023

Highlights from Touch of Brews 2023

Two Days, One Ticket

For the first time, the festival stretched across a whole weekend: Midnight North and the Deadbeats Tie Dye Jam carried Friday from 5 to 10, then Saturday ran ten straight hours of music from 10am to 9pm. One ticket covered it all, and kids 10 and under were free.

Jeff Mattson, Artist at Large

Dark Star Orchestra's Jeff Mattson roamed the weekend sitting in everywhere, alongside Grahame Lesh and Elliott Peck of Midnight North, before the whole thing peaked in the Nashville Is Dead superset with Mike Miz and friends.

The Watkins Glen 50th

LadyCouch performed The Band for the 50th anniversary of the Watkins Glen Summer Jam, with The Stolen Faces, Midnight Riders, The Rock N Roll Playhouse, and School of Rock rounding out a lineup that kept three generations dancing.

With gratitude

Thank You from the 3rd Annual

To Terrapin Beer Company for presenting, to the Nashville Parks Foundation, our charity partner that year, and to the 12 South neighborhood for two golden days on the Sevier Park lawn. This was the year the festival became a weekend.

The story continues

Where the Festival Went Next

2023 was chapter three. See the 2024 rewind and the 2025 recap, then join us for chapter six: September 26, 2026 at Two Rivers Mansion in Donelson.