A Grateful Dead Drag Matinee Inside a Nashville Bowling Alley
BERTHA reworks the Grateful Dead songbook as psychedelic drag at Eastside Bowl, a Saturday 2 PM matinee in the venue's live room.
🎭 Sat, Nov 7 at Eastside Bowl
🎸 What the Show Is
BERTHA is a Grateful Dead rework staged as psychedelic drag, moving through the band's songbook with cabaret stagecraft rather than a straight tribute set. It runs as a matinee, 2 PM on Saturday Nov 7, which changes who can come and what the rest of the evening looks like. The show is marked 18+. The production is billed as high-energy rather than a seated, song-by-song concert.
🎳 What the Room Adds
Eastside Bowl pairs a vintage bowling alley and arcade with a live venue across several spaces, including The Main Room and The '58, so the building is a whole afternoon's setup rather than a single stage: lanes, pinball, pool tables and a bar serving food and drink. Arrive early enough to use them before the 2 PM start. Food and drink service sits in the same building, so the afternoon does not need a separate meal stop.
🚪 Arriving on Gallatin Pike
The address is 1508A Gallatin Pike S, and the start time is a published 2 PM. Parking and entry happen on site rather than through a downtown box office, so treat the venue itself as the destination. The 18+ note is the one thing to settle before committing a Saturday afternoon. There is a start time and no separate doors time, so plan to be on Gallatin Pike before 2 PM.
