This year’s TEDxNashville is coming up Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 at TPAC, and we’re thrilled to be able to give a lucky East Nashvillian reader a pair of two-day passes to take in a heavy dose of knowledge and inspiration.

ALL ABOUT TEDXNASHVILLE:

Imagine being immersed in riveting, mind-expanding talks, enchanting musical performances, and an overall thought provoking experience. This is TEDxNashville.

Leaders from the Nashville community organize TEDxNashville under a license from TED, in the spirit of the TED mission – to spread ideas that matter.

Just like your favorite TED talks seen online, talks delivered at TEDxNashville are all 18 minutes or less, and will take you on a fast-paced deep dive into some of the world’s most interesting topics. In addition, all talks at TEDxNashville are without any commercial, religious, or political agenda. Isn’t that refreshing?

TEDxNashville primarily features local speakers, however speakers also travel from around the country, and sometimes from around the world, to deliver a talk from the TEDxNashville stage.

By giving local innovators a global platform, as well as featuring speakers from around the country and world, TEDxNashville contributes to Nashville’s reputation as a vibrant and creative city.

TEDxNASHVILLE 2017 SPEAKERS include:
Kira Pollack, TIME Magazine Director of Photography
Bobby Bones, “The Most Powerful Man In Country Music” – Forbes
Maneet Chauhan, Food Network Host, Acclaimed Chef and Restaurateur
Éva Boros, Co-founder of Nashville Walls Project, Executive Producer of Saving Banksy
and others

Also noteworthy: The East Nashvillian’s current cover star, Rodney Crowell, is performing at the event this weekend

If you’d like to make sure you’re in, TEDxNashville passes are available now through TPAC.org (there’s a limited number remaining, so you may want to jump on it quickly).

Wanna learn more? Head to tedxnashville.com for all the details.

Enter to win through this form; we’ll choose and announce a winner at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 17. (The event kicks off at 6.)

Happy entering!