WXNA 101.5 FM, Nashville’s listener-supported freeform community radio station, announces its first-ever WXNA Record Fair at Eastside Bowl.
On Sunday, March 23, from noon to 6 p.m., join over 25 purveyors selling discs of all sizes and varieties in the chill surroundings of Eastside Bowl and immerse yourself in vinyl vibes where reading liner notes is equivalent to touching the grass. Sponsored by Daydream Records, Grimey’s New & Preloved Music, and Eastside Bowl, the event features live sets from your favorite WXNA DJs.
Find your faves and support WXNA
Hard-to-find vinyl and bin-diving bargains in abundance, with libations and bowling available during a break from flipping through all the goodies. What more could you ask for?
WXNA 101.5 FM Record Fair 2025
Admission is $5; proceeds benefit WXNA 101.5 FM
Sunday, March 23 | Noon to 6 p.m.
Eastside Bowl
1508A Gallatin Pike S., Madison, TN 37115
Perhaps stories of Nashville’s ‘80s alternative music scene might interest you. If so, make sure to stop by Barry Nelson’s booth. With a sharp and vast memory, he can regale you with days of old. His band, Shadow 15, played 1986‘s NEA Extravaganza, which you can read more about here. Plus, he possesses esoteric knowledge about many of the records in his collection.
Stories about records = bliss
For all the vinyl aficionados at heart, find divine inspiration in the excellent WXNA Crate Digger’s Week blog before the Fair. Whether it’s reminiscences from the likes of Annie McCue about hearing Brian Eno’s Another Green World for the first time or Tommy Womack channeling Baudelaire about the eponymous first album by The Clash, crate diggers everywhere will relate.
Even WXNA’s dedicated majordomo, Randy Fox, writes about the life-changing moment of first hearing The Ramones‘ It’s Alive, which captures the band in all their glory in performance at London‘s Rainbow Theatre on New Year’s Eve 1977. The inspiration rippled through time and still drives the station’s raison d’être. In 2015, we invited him to write a story for The East Nashvillian about the genesis of WXNA, which you can read here.
Updates and more info are available at wxnafm.org and the WXNA Record Fair’s Facebook Event Page.
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