Mobile Bartender in Clarksville, TN
Clarksville sits about 50 miles from our Nashville base.
Clarksville is fifty miles northwest of Nashville, at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers. It's the fifth-largest city in Tennessee, about 167,000 people, and has been shaped for eighty years by Fort Campbell, the 101st Airborne base ten miles up the road. Austin Peay State University sits downtown. The brick buildings around the historic courthouse date to the snuff-tobacco era of the 1800s. Weddings and receptions favor the river-facing venues along the Cumberland and the restored downtown halls.
Clarksville's drink scene runs unusually deep for a military-and-college town: three craft distilleries, six breweries, and the state's first licensed meadery. Old Glory Distilling opened in 2016 and pulled a Double Platinum at the American Spirits Council of Tasters in 2024 for their Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey. Three Rifles Distilling runs a downtown cocktail bar out of the distillery itself. Star-Spangled Brewing is the veteran-owned taproom with the retro-camping fitout; Strawberry Alley Ale Works pairs its ten taps with a scratch weekend brunch; Evill Nash runs the experimental barrel-aged side. Cocktails move through The Mailroom, Gray Fox Bar & Lounge, Harvest Kitchen + Spirits, and Clyde's.
We work riverside weddings on the Cumberland, backyard parties in the Fort Campbell communities, corporate happy hours in downtown Clarksville, birthday parties in the taproom-and-cocktail-bar cluster around Franklin Street, holiday parties at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center, and private parties in the historic downtown halls.
In and around Clarksville
River House at Southern Light Farm
Working farm on Rossview Road with a large aggregate patio and full decks overlooking the river. Panoramic Cumberland views; ceremonies happen on the water side, receptions inside the barn.
Freedom Point
City-owned river's-edge venue with paired indoor and outdoor spaces. Ceremonies happen open-air at the Cumberland's edge; the reception room turns over quickly. One of the more affordable ways to get on the water in Clarksville.
Wilma Rudolph Event Center
City-run event hall named for the Clarksville-born, three-time-Olympic-gold-medalist sprinter. Seats up to 500. Big-format use: gala fundraisers, corporate holiday parties, wedding receptions past the 250 mark.
DoubleTree Clarksville Riverview
Full-service hotel with two ballrooms and river-view breakout rooms. Handles the corporate-and-hotel-block side of Clarksville events.
Tennessee Traditions
Thirty acres of private land east of downtown with an event center and open-air ceremony sites. Middle-of-the-market wedding venue with the space to run a rehearsal, ceremony, and reception without moving.
Around Clarksville
Old Glory Distilling Co.
Opened October 2016. Tennessee whiskey, white rum, moonshine, and a full cocktail bar and tasting room on site. Their Bottled-in-Bond Tennessee Whiskey took a Double Platinum at the 2024 American Spirits Council of Tasters (ASCOT) awards. They expanded to a restaurant and Silo Park in 2024.
Star-Spangled Brewing Company
Veteran-owned brewery downtown, opened by Special Forces vet Josh Romaker. Second location on Spring Street runs a 1970s family-camping aesthetic: the bar is built from a 1977 Airstream, old campers and tailgates on display. 20-barrel capacity, barrel-aging with Blanton's and Buffalo Trace barrels. About as Clarksville as a brewery can get.
The Mailroom
Downtown Clarksville cocktail bar in the historic former US Post Office and Federal Building at 116 N 2nd Street. Draft cocktails and made-from-scratch food off a wood-fired grill; expansive outdoor patio. Weekend brunch, firepit seating.
