TNPresenters (TNP) is an association of professional performing arts presenting organizations, agents, and artists throughout Tennessee & surrounding states who aim to strengthen the quality and scope of the performing arts in Tennessee and the region. Since being founded in 2006, TNP has helped hundreds of arts professionals work together to develop business relationships and cooperative ventures that accomplish that mission.

To assist our members with this goal, TNPresenters offers the infrastructure for communication, education, and networking that enhances the role of performing arts as a vital component of life in large and small, urban and rural communities.

That infrastructure includes

• a website listing our members

• a members-only section of the website with training and member details

• a database of members

• valuable professional development sessions

• regular virtual & in-person meetings

These tools enable members to pursue collaborative booking opportunities, share resources, and address issues of interest.

TNPresenters meet twice annually, at varying locations throughout our membership territory, and offers a chance to gather during regional professional conferences such as OAPN, GA Presenters, and the yearly meeting of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) in New York to share booking information, artist development opportunities, and funding options.

TNPresenters also partners with the Tennessee Arts Commission to co-sponsor ArtsConversation, Tennessee’s bi-annual performing arts conference, which provides a complementary networking opportunity to North Carolina’s ArtsMarket.