Mayor's Office of Children and Youth

Mayor's First Day Festival 2008

Mayor's First Day Festival 2008 logo

The Mayor's First Day Festival is Sunday, August 3, 2008 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Sommet Center (formerly the Nashville Arena), 501 Broadway in Downtown Nashville. Mark your calendar and plan to attend a fun-filled celebration of our schools, children and parents.

Second Harvest Food BankMayor Dean is hosting a food drive at the festival this year to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank. Please bring a non-perishable food item to help feed the hungry in Nashville.
View a list of the most-needed items

FIRST DAY SPONSORS

  • AmeriChoice by United Healthcare
  • Amerigroup Community Care
  • Asurion
  • AT&T
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust
  • CLARCOR
  • Comcast
  • Dell
  • Dollar General
  • Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.
  • First Tennessee Bank
  • Gaylord Entertainment Foundation
  • Genesco
  • Harris Teeter
  • HCA/Tristar
  • Ingram Industries
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Kroger
  • Labels Unlimited
  • LP Foundation
  • Memorial Foundation
  • Metro Water Services
  • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Nashville Electric Service
  • O'Charley's
  • Office Max
  • Piedmont Natural Gas
  • Publix
  • R.G. Anderson Company, Inc.
  • Sanford
  • SESAC
  • Shoney's
  • Sommet Center
  • SunTrust
  • Target
  • Tractor Supply Company
  • Vanderbilt University

In 2000, Metro Government adopted the following civil service rule (Section 4.17) to provide leave for city employees on the First Day of School. View Section 4.17.

For more information or questions, please call (615) 862-6000.