A Celebration in Smashville
Pregame Atrium Entertainment
This year's API Heritage Night Pregame Entertainment will feature performances by artists and dancers including:
MTSU Center for Chinese Music & Culture Ensemble
Tupulaga o Samoa
Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville (CAAN)
Dance of India
Royal Lao Classical Dancers
Gothu Zomi
CAAN Lion Dance
Arena Activities
Explore all the activities and crafts around Bridgestone Arena including:
Smashville Stamps - visit all (6) activation tables and fill your activity card with custom stamps for a surprise & delight! The activity card and hand-carved stamps were designed by logo artist Heather Moulder.
Photo Op with custom logo on the concourse
- Origami and lantern making in the Gnashville Fun Zone
In-Game Celebrations
API Music Heritage Night in-game celebrations include special guests for:
National Anthem: Amber Delacruz
Honorary Towel Waver: Maneet Chauhan
Ford Band Stage: Austin Chatfield
Mayor of Smashville: Arnold Myint
- Featured Performer: Neel Sinha
API Music Heritage Night Jerseys
This logo celebrating API Heritage will be featured on custom Nashville Predators player-signed jerseys available through the Preds Foundation auction. Fans can bid by texting PREDS to 76278. Fans can also purchase autographed mystery pucks at the Preds Foundation table located in the concourse outside Section 106/107.
Visit the Nashville Locker Room at Bridgestone Arena on game day for a Music City Heritage Series display, featuring API Heritage merchandise.
Spotlight Performers
National Anthem: Amber Delacruz
Ford Band Stage: Austin Chatfield
Featured Performer: Neel Sinha
Behind The Design
Meet The Artist: Heather Moulder
Heather Moulder is a graphic designer, printmaker, and musician from Woodbury, Tennessee. She earned her BFA in graphic design from Middle Tennessee State University and worked as a designer and printer at Hatch Show Print for 13 years. She currently works at the Arts Center of Cannon County, where she organizes gallery exhibits, events, and programming for artists in Tennessee– especially those in rural/underserved areas. She creates personal work and freelance design projects at her home studio, Lordymercy, producing prints for touring bands, local businesses, and once: the United States Postal Service.
Community Partner
Community Partner: API Middle TN
Founded in 2019, API Middle TN is an organization working towards racial justice by building API community, lifting API voices, and celebrating API identities. For every ticket purchased from the link below, $10 from every lower bowl and $5 from every upper bowl ticket purchased will be donated back to API Middle TN.