Nashville at Showfields

Here's a strange one for you. The Nashville Tourism Board partnered with NYC's Showfields to create a highly curated pop-up shop of Nashville-centric goods that features a bunch of vinyl records provided by Nashville record shop Grimey's.

It's an odd pairing because Showfields is "a revolutionary retail concept built to engage and inspire your sense of discovery" - which sounds like some fancy words for "nice mall". I've not been there but it feels a bit pretentious, and Nashville is generally cast as being a somewhat humble place (there's a lot to unpack there, it's not humble but it appears that way). Grimey's is a very respectable institution and I've no doubt that the selections there are wonderful.

Looking at photos from the space, it looks great! They did an excellent job. I have my hesitations about the revolutionary shopping concepts but it's good to see a bunch of Nashville represented in this way. Dare I say, go check it out?