Rocketown
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| Location | 401 6th Ave. S. Nashville, Tennessee |
| Type | Music venue |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Punk, Alternative Hardcore, MetalCore, Emo, Screamo |
| Opened | 2003 |
| Former name(s) | Rcktwn |
| Capacity | 350 (seated dinner) 1,400 (standing room only) |
| Website | http://www.rocketown.com/ |
Rocketown, also known as Rcktwn, is a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m²) facility with entertainment space, a coffee bar, and indoor skate park, located in Nashville, Tennessee. First opening in Franklin, TN in 1994-95 by Christian artist Michael W. Smith, Rocketown was created as a safe, drug and alcohol-free place for teenagers to hang out. After closing its building for a brief period, it re-opened in 2003 in downtown Nashville.
Rocketown features classes, skateboarding, video games, and concerts. The concerts are open to patrons of all ages.
It's focus is to be a safe all-ages venue that also provides after-school activities such as recording, film editing, art, dance, and much more.
Artists who have performed there include: Prince, Death Cab For Cutie, Rancid, Silverstein, Underoath, Norma Jean, Eisley, Chiodos, Alert The Sky, Atreyu, As I Lay Dying, Saosin, AFI, I Am Ghost, Panic! At The Disco, Alcina, This Love These Hands, Sophia, , August Burns Red and many, many more Hidden Among Heroes, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Hawthorne Heights, Bury Your Dead, Unearth, Trivium, Alesana,
