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Free concerts, loads of tourists are coming to Nashville for the NFL Draft

Posted at 2:13 PM, Mar 24, 2019
and last updated 2019-04-17 11:43:10-04

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The countdown is on! The NFL draft is just over a month away. You can already see the excitement growing here in Music City.

On any given weekend, you can almost guarantee Broadway will be filled with people.

But from April 25 to April 27, you can expect to see a lot more.

The NFL draft is expected to draw more than 100,000 people to the downtown area each day.

The event has already announced big name talents. Tim McGraw will play a free concert that on Friday night and Dierks Bentley will play a free show Saturday.

Road closures will begin two weeks before the draft on Friday, April 5. Make sure to download the NewsChannel5 app to get traffic updates.