Estimated 100,000 people will ring in New Year in downtown Nashville

Be prepared for the crowds if you plan on visiting Music City.

By ClarksvilleNow.com December 31, 2017 6:00 am

Clarksville NowRock band the Kings of Leon help ring in the first few notes of 2016 at the Jack Daniel's New Year's Eve Bash on Broadway on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – An estimated 100,000 people will ring in the new year in downtown Nashville this year.

WKRN says the Nashville New Year’s Eve party will have four drop-off and pick-up locations near Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, so riders can link up with Uber and Lyft drivers.

The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office is also once again offering its free Sober Ride program this New Year’s. Employee volunteers with the DCSO will provide free rides to take people home or to a hotel, not to another party or a bar. It serves Davidson County only.

Those in the downtown area who need a sober ride should go to the pick-up location at Second Avenue South and Broadway. Revelers at the Bicentennial Mall event should go to Fourth Avenue North and Harrison Street. No reservations are accepted, and the program runs from 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve until 2 a.m. New Year’s Day.

Here is a list of events planned for this weekend’s Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville.

Event Schedule for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017

4:00 p.m. Event site activated

DJ DU

6:15 p.m. “Music Note” raised at Jack Daniel’s Stage with Mayor Megan Barry and Fisk Jubilee Singers®

6:30 p.m. Fisk Jubilee Singers®

6:50 p.m. DJ Robert Luke

6:55 p.m. Charlie Worsham

7:35 p.m. DJ Robert Luke

7:50 p.m. Moon Taxi

8:30 p.m. DJ Robert Luke

8:45 p.m. A Thousand Horses

9:25 p.m. DJ Robert Luke

9:45 p.m. Styx

10:40 p.m. DJ DU

11:00 p.m. Keith Urban

Midnight Countdown and Music Note Drop with pyrotechnics and confetti. Five-minute fireworks show at midnight. Keith Urban will continue until 12:35 a.m.