Walking in Memphis

2 MEMPHIS  /  2 NASHVILLE

Discover Tennessee’s music history! From Graceland to the Grand Ole Opry you’ll walk in the steps of some of America’s most iconic musicians. Perform at Graceland and the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as record a performance in the same studio where Elvis and Dolly Parton sang many of their hits!

Tour Highlights

  • Round-Trip Transportation by Bus or Air

  • 3- and 4-Star Quality Hotels with Quad Occupancy

  • Tour Manager

  • Daily Breakfast and Dinner (Unless Otherwise Noted)

  • Overnight Security

  • Basic Travel Protection

  • Stax Museum of American Soul Music

  • National Civil Rights Museum – Lorraine Motel

  • Graceland

  • Grand Ole Opry House Backstage Tour

  • Tickets to a Grand Ole Opry Show

  • RCA Studio Recording

  • Country Line Dancing Lessons

  • Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage

  • The Parthenon

  • Tickets to a Grand Ole Opry Show

  • 2 Performance Opportunities

Itinerary

5 Days / 2 MEMPHIS / 2 NASHVILLE

Welcome to Memphis, the birthplace of Rock and Roll! Upon arrival, meet your Tour Manager and begin with a sightseeing tour of this musical city right away, seeing the Mighty Mississippi, Beale Street with its World Famous “Home of the Blues”, Cotton Row, and Victorian Village. Enjoy a visit to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music! Enjoy dinner together (D)

Following a continental breakfast, served each day at your hotel, visit the National Civil Rights Museum, Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was tragically assassinated. Here you will learn about the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Have time for lunch on your own, then depart for Graceland, the mansion home of Elvis Presley. Here you will have your first performance opportunity of the tour! Tonight enjoy a special riverboat dinner cruise along the Mississippi!

Depart for Nashville, the Country Music Capital of the World! Begin your exploration with a backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry House! Enjoy dinner together, then see a show at the Grand Ole Opry!

After breakfast, tour the historic RCA Studio where Elvis recorded many hits. There’s an opportunity to enter the recording studio and record a song together as a group. Following the visit have lunch at the Wildhorse Saloon, followed by line dancing lessons. Visit Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage where you’ll have the chance to explore this home as well as perform your final concert of the tour! Celebrate your successful performance tour to Tennessee with dinner and jazz at BB King’s Blues Club.

This morning, have time to shop on Broadway and visit the Parthenon, a tribute to Ancient Greece right in Tennessee. Then depart for your trip home! (B)

Sample Customizations*

GENERAL CUSTOMIZATIONS

  • Add day(s)/Remove day(s)
  • Add/Remove meals
  • Add a performance
  • Add a musical highlight
  • Add an activity or exclursion

ADD A MUSICAL HIGHLIGHT

  • Workshop with a local professor
  • Workshop at the National Museum of African American Music
  • Visit the Johnny Cash Museum
  • Sun Studio Guided Tour
  • Memphis Rock and Roll Museum
  • Add an exchange performance with a local school
  • Add an outreach performance with a local church or senior community

ADD AN ACTIVITY OR EXCURSION

  • Ghost Tour
  • Visit the Frist Art Museum
  • Tour the Capitol Building
  • Belle Meade Plantation
  • Belmont Mansion
  • Slave Haven/Burkle Estate Museum
  • Memphis Zoo
*All customizations subject to operational feasibility and availability

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