Where Grand Ole Opry Artists Wait Before They Walk On
A guided daytime walk through the Opry House: an opening film, the dressing rooms and halls, then the stage when it is open.
This is the Opry's own daytime backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry House, run by Opry Entertainment Group. The show first went out on WSM on November 28, 1925, and it moved into this house when it was built in 1974. The house sits near Opry Mills, about 10 miles from downtown Nashville.
This booking sells only the daytime tour, and sales close 24 hours before each start time. The listing copy also mentions a post-show tour. That one is not an option here.
One booking covers up to 14 people, and every age, infants included, pays the same per-person price. Children need an adult with them. Admission to an Opry show is not part of the tour.
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The listing says daytime tours start in the Circle Room, a custom-built theater, with a film hosted by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Travelers on this year's tours describe the same opening, a short run through the Opry's history.
From there the guide takes you to the Artist Entrance, where performers walk in on show nights, and down halls that travelers say are lined with the members' mailboxes and plaques. The Opry's own tour table lists the dressing rooms, the memorabilia and the WSM radio studio for the daytime tour. A 2025 Opry article puts that studio in the Roy Acuff House, just across the Opry Plaza. The listing adds that tours may also stop in Studio A, the television studio that was once home to Hee Haw. The Opry's own post-show tour page says those tours often stop in Studio A, while its daytime tour pages do not mention it.
The Circle Depends on the Day
The tour can finish on the Opry stage, in the wooden circle at center stage. Both the listing and the Opry say stage access depends on the house schedule and availability that day.
When the stage is open, a staff photographer takes your picture in the circle. Travelers say the prints are offered for sale at the end, and the Opry's table lists that photo as a purchase on the daytime tour. The Opry's rules allow a personal camera on tours. Video and audio recording are prohibited anywhere in the house.
A Big Group on a Tight Clock
The Opry's own table puts a daytime tour at 50 minutes and about 30 people. The listing sells it as an hour, and one booking holds up to 14, so expect to share the halls with other parties. The listing says tours run every 15 minutes, and if your time is full you move to the next one available.
Several travelers this year said their guide moved quickly and that people at the back of a large group struggled to hear. Stay close to the guide if you want the stories as well as the rooms.
The Box Office Comes First
The voucher you receive is not your ticket. Take it to the Opry box office, on site to the left of the main entrance next to the shop, and swap it for a tour ticket. You need a valid photo ID.
The listing asks you to arrive 10 to 15 minutes early in one place and 15 to 20 in another, so give yourself the full 20. If you arrive late, the Opry will try to fit you onto a later tour, but that is not guaranteed and the ticket is not refunded.
Set your map to 600 Opry Mills Drive, the address the Opry gives for the house. The listing also prints two other street numbers, both 2804. It also warns that this tour is at the Opry House and not at the Ryman Auditorium.
📍 Grand Ole Opry House, 600 Opry Mills Drive, Nashville, near Opry Mills and about 10 miles from downtown.
- Box office hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, extended to 7:30 PM on show days.
- The Opry sells pre-booked parking for evening shows only, from 5:00 PM. For a daytime slot, the listing says to leave time for parking and ticket pickup.
- Outside food and drinks, water included, are not allowed in the house.
- The listing marks the tour wheelchair accessible, stroller friendly and suitable for all fitness levels. The Opry's FAQ places an elevator in the lobby, to the left as you enter, and for shows it asks that strollers be collapsible and checked at the door. The Opry's accessibility page says wheelchairs are available free, first come, first served, with a valid photo ID. Service animals are allowed.
- As of October 18, 2026, the booking calendar sold start times from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM through December 31 and showed no open slots on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
- Full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before your start time. Nothing comes back after that.
Travelers holding show tickets for the same evening use the daytime tour as a dry run for the parking and the doors, then come back to watch from the cushioned pews.