Western Tennessee
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The home of Carl Perkins and the inimitable Tina Turner, Jackson is where country and blues collided to create rockabilly. Today, the city embraces all genres of music across the generations, according to VisitJacksonTN.com
Larger venues include Carl Perkins Civic Center, with a 2,200-seat auditorium; Ned McWherter Cultural Arts Center, with a 420-seat theater, galleries, and meeting rooms; New Southern Hotel event venue, with space to seat 400 guests; and Samuel T. Bryant Distillery, with a 3,600-square-foot tasting room.
The 168-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Jackson has 6,230 square feet of function space, while the 98-room Hilton Garden Inn Jackson can seat 100 guests theater style.
Casey Jones Village includes the award-winning Old Country Store and Restaurant, along with the historic Casey Jones home and railroad museum. Rusty’s TV and Movie Car Museum features iconic cars, trucks, motorcycles, and props. In nearby Alamo, the Tennessee Safari Park offers a 7.5-mile drive-through safari and a 20-acre zoo.
Approximately 90 minutes north of Jackson, Paris Landing State Park features a recently opened lodge on the Tennessee River; the lodge offers 91 guest rooms and more than 6,000 square feet of function space, including a 160-person-capacity ballroom.
