Oz’s annual Beyond Bourbon is coming up!
OZ Arts Nashville will present its annual fall fundraiser, Beyond Bourbon: A Benefit Bash for OZ Arts on Wednesday, September 24th, 2025. The event returns to the organization’s creative warehouse in West Nashville and will feature tastings from more than two dozen spirit, wine, and beer brands, as well as food and cigars.
The proceeds from the event support OZ Arts’ upcoming season, which will feature artists from six continents, along with Nashville-based performers, on OZ Arts’ stage. “Each year, Beyond Bourbon creates one of the most fun and engaging benefits of the year, bringing together some of Nashville’s arts supporters with an incredible sampling of top-shelf spirits,” said Tim Ozgener, Co-Founder and President of OZ Arts. “We are thrilled to invite the city to join us at OZ’s creative warehouse for this celebratory event.”
Founded in 2013, OZ Arts Nashville is a contemporary performing arts center housed in a renovated former cigar warehouse. Through performances, exhibitions, and community events, OZ Arts focuses on producing and presenting the work of local and visiting artists who reflect diversity, utilizing new artistic forms and technologies in creative ways, and providing opportunities for meaningful engagement with audiences, students and cultural and civic leaders. Its programming includes theater, dance, music, multimedia performance, and visual arts.
Former Chairman & CEO of HCA Healthcare / Tri-Star Health Milton Johnson along with Denice Johnson will serve as honorary co-chairs for the evening. With them will be a diverse group of co-chairs, including Vickie and Howard Mertz, Marie and Charles Sueing, and Angela and Brian Wright. The night also promises lively entertainment and a silent auction.
Guests can look forward to samplings from brands like Nelson’s Green Brier Whiskey, Guidance Whiskey, Belle Meade Bourbon, Castle & Key, and Doc Swinson’s Bourbon. Other than spirits, the evening includes offerings from Music City Brewing, Bravazzi, and sober-friendly options from Killjoy, Nashville’s premier non-alcoholic cocktail brand. For adventurous palates, Crescent Canna will feature THC-infused beverages.
In addition to an array of spirits, wines, and craft beers, Nashville local Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint will provide signature bites. In a nod to the facility’s history as a converted cigar warehouse, guests can also sample products by Ozgener Family Cigars.
General admission tickets are $250 and include access to the main event. VIP Patron tickets, ranging from $500 to $1,000, grant access to pre-event tastings with limited capacity. Sign up quick! tickets are going fast!!
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.ozartsnashville.org/beyond-bourbon-2025 or contact OZ Arts Nashville at 615-350-7200.
About OZ Arts Nashville
Founded in 2014 by the Ozgener family, OZ Arts Nashville has quickly established itself as one of the Southeast’s most influential and respected producers and presenters focused on the creation and presentation of significant performing and visual artworks by diverse cultural visionaries who are making vital contributions to the evolution of contemporary culture. Through performances, exhibitions, and community events, OZ Arts focuses on producing and presenting the work of local and visiting artists who reflect our diverse society, utilize new artistic forms and technology in creative ways, and provide opportunities for meaningful engagement with audiences, students and cultural and civic leaders. OZ Arts’ unique creative warehouse has developed a reputation as a major national and regional laboratory for experimentation and a home for contemporary dance and performance. More than 50,000 audience members have been introduced to adventurous artists from around the world since the organization opened, and hundreds of local and regional artists have used OZ’s 10,000 square-foot warehouse theater to develop new works. For more information, please visit ozartsnashville.org.
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