Get ready to kick off a weekend of NDSU football in the heart of Music City! Join fellow Bison fans at Nashville Live!, featuring two floors of high-energy fun at DraftKings Sports & Social and PBR Cowboy Bar. 

What to expect:

  • First 2,000 drinks (with purchase) served in a commemorative Kickin’ Nash mug
  • Great music, photo booths, and the chance to ride a mechanical bull
  • Gear and merch from the NDSU Bookstore, plus Nashville-themed swag
  • Space to sit, mingle, and soak in the pre-game excitement
  • Plenty of Bison Pride!

This event is free to attend and all ages are welcome — just bring your Bison spirit! Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Let’s paint Nashville green and yellow! Horns up!

Nashville Fan Fest

Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 | 5-8 p.m. CT

Nashville Live!

This event is free to attend. All ages are welcome. No registration necessary.

Online registration has now closed.
Questions?  Email us or call 701.231.4352.

PARKING

We recommend parking in the parking garages at 210 Commerce St. or 310 Commerce St. Refer to the parking map below, or visit Parking.com to book a spot ahead of time. Scan the QR code when you arrive at Nashville Live! for 50% off parking costs.

Need a place to hang out on Thursday or Saturday? Skip the lines and head to one of these “Bison bars” to gather with fellow Bison fans, grab a signature drink, and watch the game on Saturday!

Whiskey River Saloon

Whiskey River Saloon is Nashville’s premier honky-tonk on Broadway unlike any other featuring an elevated whiskey bar, mechanical bull, daily live music, VIP table service and a rooftop restaurant with the best view of Broadway.

Get your Bison merch from the NDSU Bookstore during your weekend in Nashville! Find them at Nashville Fan Fest on Friday night, then at Nissan Stadium in section 112 on game day!

Margaret and her husband, Hugh Veit ’79, established the Eleanor S. Fitzgerald Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship to support NDSU students earning advanced degrees in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences or the Department of Human Development and Family Science.

Core areas of home economics remain part of current NDSU degree programs such as accounting; apparel, retail merchandising, and design; education; family and consumer science; financial planning; human development and family science; interior design; and nutrition science.

Home economics programs opened doors, particularly for women, to earn college degrees and pursue careers in education, Extension, state and federal government, business and industry, health care, and more. NDAC listed domestic economy as one of its courses in its founding year, 1890.

Established by Dr. Teresa Conner, dean of the NDSU College of Health and Human Sciences, and co-chaired by Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald ’83 and Col. Esther Meyers ’75, the Wisdom Keepers provide support and share their knowledge and expertise with students, faculty, staff, and leadership in the College.

The home management house at NDAC was the first facility built on a college campus specifically for home management practice. In 1954, it was named in honor of Alba Bales, the first female academic dean at NDAC.