If you’ve dared to walk on Lower Broadway in Nashville in the past ten years, you might have noticed things look a little more drunk. Once the gritty home to honky-tonks like Tootsie’s and Robert’s Western World (both still around, thankfully), the famed district is now lined with more than a dozen bars owned or affiliated with country music’s top stars and hosts thousands of revelers each weekend. So what do you do if you don’t drink? Enter Ashley McBryde and her Redemption Bar. Located inside her good friend Eric Church’s joint, Chief’s, the newly opened Redemption is a non-alcohol-forward bar, offering a bevy of craft cocktails without booze (or with, if you prefer). McBryde herself is nearly four years sober and was longing for a place to hang out and see music (the bar hosts singer-songwriter sets on its small stage).

It’s been a big year for McBryde. The Arkansas native recently returned from London, where she performed during the Grand Ole Opry’s first-ever international show at the Royal Albert Hall, and she’s planning to release a new album in 2026, a project produced by pal John Osborne and recorded at his East Nashville studio.

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