Presented by W.O. Smith Music School

The Smitty Corporate Band Challenge 2026

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Location

W.O. Smith Music School
1125 8th Ave S
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
United States

Price

$25 - $60

ONLINE TICKET PURCHASES CLOSE AT 5:30. WE WILL HAVE A FEW VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST)

Come join us for this year's 6th Annual Smitty Corporate Band Challenge!

Corporate bands will compete in an elimination round before competing again in a final championship, where the top bands will win cash prizes and titles. Only the first-place band will receive the esteemed honor of “The Smitty Trophy” and bragging rights as the most musically talented corporation in Nashville!

This will be a fun night of music and friends, all in support of W.O. Smith’s mission to provide music lessons to underprivileged youth.

Doors open at 5:30p. Included in the ticket price is food and alcohol (PRELIMS ONLY).

NIGHT 1 - Monday, August 10 at 6pm
$25 for General Admission

BANDS
CAA (The Nashville Bards)
SESAC (The Royal Tease)
Wiles & Taylor/Ground Control (Major Tom)
WME (RJ & The Steps)

NIGHT 2 - Tuesday, August 11 at 6pm
$25 for General Admission

BANDS
800 Pound Gorilla (Monkey Business)
Concord (Business as Usual)
UTA (Gross Potential)

BAND CHALLENGE FINALS will be at Chief's on Broadway - August 17, 2026 at 6pm

$60 for VIP Tickets (priority seating, food, drink ticket)
$25 for General Admission

BANDS
800 Pound Gorilla (Monkey Business)
Concord (Business as Usual)
UTA (Gross Potential)
CAA (The Nashville Bards)
WME (RJ & The Steps)

and DONATE TOWARDS YOUR FAV BAND - HELP THEM WIN!!!

For information about W.O. Smith Music School and how We Transform Lives Through Music.

ONLINE TICKET PURCHASES CLOSE AT 5:30. WE WILL HAVE A FEW VIP TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR (WHILE SUPPLIES LAST)

Come join us for this year's 6th Annual Smitty Corporate Band Challenge!

Corporate bands will compete in an elimination round before competing again in a final championship, where the top bands will win cash prizes and titles. Only the first-place band will receive the esteemed honor of “The Smitty Trophy” and bragging rights as the most musically talented corporation in Nashville!

This will be a fun night of music and friends, all in support of W.O. Smith’s mission to provide music lessons to underprivileged youth.

Doors open at 5:30p. Included in the ticket price is food and alcohol (PRELIMS ONLY).

NIGHT 1 - Monday, August 10 at 6pm
$25 for General Admission

BANDS
CAA (The Nashville Bards)
SESAC (The Royal Tease)
Wiles & Taylor/Ground Control (Major Tom)
WME (RJ & The Steps)

NIGHT 2 - Tuesday, August 11 at 6pm
$25 for General Admission

BANDS
800 Pound Gorilla (Monkey Business)
Concord (Business as Usual)
UTA (Gross Potential)

BAND CHALLENGE FINALS will be at Chief's on Broadway - August 17, 2026 at 6pm

$60 for VIP Tickets (priority seating, food, drink ticket)
$25 for General Admission

BANDS
800 Pound Gorilla (Monkey Business)
Concord (Business as Usual)
UTA (Gross Potential)
CAA (The Nashville Bards)
WME (RJ & The Steps)

and DONATE TOWARDS YOUR FAV BAND - HELP THEM WIN!!!

For information about W.O. Smith Music School and how We Transform Lives Through Music.

Location

W.O. Smith Music School
1125 8th Ave S
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
United States

Price

$25 - $60

W.O. Smith Music School
1125 8th Ave S
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
United States

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In 1984, late jazz bassist and professor William Oscar Smith envisioned a music school that would serve his beloved Edgehill community, which primarily consisted of lower-income families. For the past 39 years, W.O. Smith Community Music School has provided thousands of affordable lessons & classes to Nashville's underprivileged youth. For only $.50 a lesson, our school allows families to enroll their children, ages 8-18, in quality music instruction that they'd otherwise be unable to afford. This is only made possible through our skilled, musical volunteers.

We transform lives through music.