Nashville this week: Shannon McNally, a Ryman benefit, Orville Peck and more

From a songwriter summit at the Ryman on Monday to Josh Rouse in the Bluebird's 90 seats on Saturday, here are the shows worth planning around, Nov. 9–15.

There are 72 shows on the Nashville calendar this week, and the best of them go small. A $12.85 ticket at The Basement and 90 seats at the Bluebird are two of this week's best bets, alongside a Monday at the Ryman stacked with songwriters. Here is the week, night by night.

Monday, Nov. 9: Keith Urban and friends at the Ryman Auditorium, 7:30pm. The 30th Annual Concert for Cumberland Heights puts Urban alongside Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, John Hiatt, Lilly Hiatt, Shawn Colvin, Richard Thompson, Robert Earl Keen and Pat McLaughlin. That is a remarkable lineup for one Monday.

Monday, Nov. 9: The Time Jumpers at 3rd & Lindsley, 8pm. A Monday-night show at 3rd & Lindsley.

Tuesday, Nov. 10: Charlie Parr at Exit/In, 8pm. Folk and blues from Parr in a 500-capacity room. Tickets.

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Mack Geiger at Nashville Palace, 6pm. An early country show out by the Opry. Tickets.

Thursday, Nov. 12: Shannon McNally at The Basement, 9pm. The week's best ticket for the money: $12.85 to see McNally in the room under Grimey's on 8th Avenue South. Tickets.

Thursday, Nov. 12: Lauren Alaina at the Ryman Auditorium, 7:30pm, with Hannah Harper opening. Tickets.

Friday, Nov. 13: The Jayhawks at the CMA Theater, 7:30pm. The Country Music Hall of Fame bills it as the Sanctuary Park Tour, celebrating 40 years of the band, in a 776-seat theater inside the museum.

Saturday, Nov. 14: Josh Rouse at the Bluebird Cafe, 9pm. Ninety seats, $39.94. As close to a songwriter as this town gets. Tickets.

Sunday, Nov. 15: Orville Peck at The Truth, 8pm, with Abbie Callahan, on his Man Turned Mule Tour.

Every night, Thursday through Sunday: the Grand Ole Opry, 7pm. The Opry runs four straight nights at the Opry House this week, Nov. 12 through Nov. 15. Tickets for Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

If you only do one, make it Thursday at The Basement. Twelve dollars and change, a 9pm start and one of the best small rooms in town.

Sources: AXS: 30th Annual Concert for Cumberland Heights (axs.com); 3rd & Lindsley (3rdandlindsley.com); TicketWeb: Charlie Parr at Exit/In (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Outhouse Tickets: Mack Geiger at Nashville Palace (events.outhousetickets.com); TicketWeb: Shannon McNally at The Basement (ticketmaster.evyy.net); AXS: Lauren Alaina at Ryman Auditorium (axs.com); Country Music Hall of Fame: Sanctuary Park Tour celebrating 40 years of The Jayhawks (countrymusichalloffame.org); TicketWeb: Josh Rouse at the Bluebird Cafe (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Ticketmaster: Orville Peck Man Turned Mule Tour Nashville (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Grand Ole Opry (opry.com); Nashville Scene: The Basement 21st anniversary (Grimey's/Basement) (nashvillescene.com); Original Fuzz: Grimey's + The Basement (originalfuzz.com)