Backstage Tour of the Grand Ole Opry With Kids?

December 7, 2017

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When deciding to plan a road trip to Nashville , I knew that I wanted the family to visit the Grand Ole Opry. We love music and I wanted the kids to experience this historic place, and hopefully help grow their love of music even more. When I ordered the tickets Here I saw that we could add a backstage tour. There are 3 options: the daytime, the tour after a show, and the VIP tour- which allows you backstage during the performances. I was not sure at the time if it was worth the extra cost, especially with two teenage kids and an 8 year old, but we were so happy that we did it! We picked the tour right after the show and even with the kids a bit tired, they still loved it. By taking the tour we were really able to see the big picture of what goes on behind the scenes for the musicians and guests of the Opry.

We were divided into groups of about 20 people with a tour guide for each group. Each group got lanyards with corresponding colors. First we visited the 16 dressing rooms. They were so cool and all had different themes and décor.

They were each numbered so performers knew which dressing room was theirs.

We also saw the mailboxes for all the inductees into the Opry! Some of the mailboxes were really full and some were not. Currently there are 63 Opry members and each of them has a mailbox. When a member is asked to play at the Opry, they can collect all their fan mail. My daughter was so excited to be able to go back home and write Carrie Underwood a letter. Here is a list of all the members of the Opry. To write a letter, address it to the member with this address: 2804 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN 37214 How cool is that!

We even got to stand on the stage and see the Ryman circle (wood from the original location of the Grand Ole Opry show- The Ryman Auditorium which moved to it’s current location on March 15, 1974) My son had fun practicing to be the next announcer for the Grand Ole Opry.

My daughter even got to hold the microphone and dream she was a big star on stage- she loves to sing!

We learned how the musicians are able to quickly learn how to play all the songs from all the different inductees and guests for each night. Besides being extremely talented, they use this Nashville Number System. Pretty amazing that a bunch of number and symbols can translate to the beautiful music they create!

It was a very cool experience and we are so grateful that we were able to be see what goes on backstage at the Grand Ole Opry House. It was a very relaxed tour, and we were never rushed. The guides took the time to answer all the kid’s questions. For us, the post show tour made sense because we were already planning to be at the Opry House, and we wanted to increase our chances of maybe running into one of the performers. It added more excitement to an already exciting evening. I would recommend the tour to anyone visiting the Opry!To read about our visit to the Grand Ole Opry show go HERE