Love Thy Good Neighbor
Originally Published, East Nashvillian
July 2018
With events and celebrations all across town, Jack Davis and Good Neighbor Festivals aim to bring Nashville together
Jack Davis arrived in Nashville 14 years ago with a job wrangling large-scale live events for Vanderbilt University, and a keen interest in the community. The combination of the two planted a seed.
“While I was at Vanderbilt, I had the privilege of serving on the Nashville Pride board and a couple of other non-profits,” Davis says, weeks away from the 15th Annual Tomato Art Fest, the largest festival he now organizes. “I had always done live event management, arena management, and large events, so (combining the two) seemed like a good fit.”
Davis saw transformative potential in large, community- focused events, and an opportunity to become a driving force behind those kinds of events here in Nashville. He also noticed that, in Nashville, something was missing.