Rocketown
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Rocketown is a 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) facility with entertainment space, a coffee bar, and indoor skate park, located in Nashville, Tennessee
. First opening in Franklin, TN in 1994-95 by Christian artist Michael W. Smith
, Rocketown was created as a safe, drug- and alcohol-free place for teenagers to hang out. After closing its building for a brief period, it re-opened in 2003 in downtown Nashville. There is also a location in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Rocketown features after-school classes, skateboarding, video games, and concerts. The concerts are open to patrons of all ages. Its focus is to be a safe all-ages venue that also provides after-school activities such as recording, film editing, art, dance, and much more.
Artists who have performed there include: Knee Deep in Stereo, Get Your Guns, Destroy Destroy Destroy, Prince, Death Cab For Cutie, Rancid, Silverstein, Underoath, Norma Jean, Eisley, Chiodos, Cherrybomb, Alert The Sky, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Saosin, AFI, I Am Ghost, Panic! At The Disco, Evergreen Terrace, Alcina, This Love These Hands, Sophia, Horrorpops, Tiger Army, August Burns Red, Hidden Among Heroes, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Hawthorne Heights, Bury Your Dead, Unearth, Trivium, Alesana, Flyleaf, Sick Puppies, Kill Hannah, Resident Hero, Trenton, Volair, Blue Cadet Three, Pensive, and many, many more. The progressive metal
group, Between the Buried and Me
, filmed their live CD/DVD Colors
at Rocketown, on August 2, 2008. The Christian metal
band Demon Hunter
also filmed a live show at Rocketown for their live DVD/CD.
Rocketown moved a few blocks to a new location in the summer of 2010. The city began construction for the new Music City Center
and expanded Korean Veterans Boulevard, so the venue relocated. The last show at the old location (401 6th Ave S), Travisfest, was held on Saturday April 24. The first show in the new building, Clash of the Genres, was on April 30th. The now current main building was open on August 6th, 2010 as a part of the Back to School Bash/Grand Opening weekend.
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. First opening in Franklin, TN in 1994-95 by Christian artist Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
, Rocketown was created as a safe, drug- and alcohol-free place for teenagers to hang out. After closing its building for a brief period, it re-opened in 2003 in downtown Nashville. There is also a location in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Rocketown features after-school classes, skateboarding, video games, and concerts. The concerts are open to patrons of all ages. Its focus is to be a safe all-ages venue that also provides after-school activities such as recording, film editing, art, dance, and much more.
Artists who have performed there include: Knee Deep in Stereo, Get Your Guns, Destroy Destroy Destroy, Prince, Death Cab For Cutie, Rancid, Silverstein, Underoath, Norma Jean, Eisley, Chiodos, Cherrybomb, Alert The Sky, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Saosin, AFI, I Am Ghost, Panic! At The Disco, Evergreen Terrace, Alcina, This Love These Hands, Sophia, Horrorpops, Tiger Army, August Burns Red, Hidden Among Heroes, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Hawthorne Heights, Bury Your Dead, Unearth, Trivium, Alesana, Flyleaf, Sick Puppies, Kill Hannah, Resident Hero, Trenton, Volair, Blue Cadet Three, Pensive, and many, many more. The progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
group, Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me
Between the Buried and Me is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They have released a total of five studio albums, as well as a cover album, an EP and a live DVD/CD...
, filmed their live CD/DVD Colors
Colors (DVD)
Colors Live is the first video album from Between the Buried and Me, was released on October 14, 2008. The concert was filmed at the Rocketown in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, August 2, 2008...
at Rocketown, on August 2, 2008. The Christian metal
Christian metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, is a form of heavy metal music usually defined by its message in a song's lyrics as well as the band's dedication to Christianity...
band Demon Hunter
Demon Hunter
Demon Hunter is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, started in 2000 by brothers Don Clark and Ryan Clark. All of Demon Hunter's members are Christians and express their love for Jesus in many of their songs. Although the brothers created the band, only one remains, Don Clark...
also filmed a live show at Rocketown for their live DVD/CD.
Rocketown moved a few blocks to a new location in the summer of 2010. The city began construction for the new Music City Center
Music City Center
The Music City Center is a convention center currently under construction in the SoBro district in Nashville, Tennessee. The current convention center is the 115th largest in the country competing for one-fourth of the convention market. This new project will allow the city to compete for...
and expanded Korean Veterans Boulevard, so the venue relocated. The last show at the old location (401 6th Ave S), Travisfest, was held on Saturday April 24. The first show in the new building, Clash of the Genres, was on April 30th. The now current main building was open on August 6th, 2010 as a part of the Back to School Bash/Grand Opening weekend.