Specialties
We are your only little local music store in downtown Nashville, Indiana - offering affordable instruments to inspire the beginner and locally made beauties to awe the professional. In addition to our storefront located just East of the Courthouse, we are also excited to offer lessons and workshops for all ability levels (guitar, banjo, dulcimer, mandolin, fiddle, ukulele, and more) and a preschool music program for your littlest musicians! Need a repair - we can help! Do you want a custom-made instrument - we can do that, too! Come and see us!
History
Established in 2007.
In 2007 (after the closing of Mountain Made Music), Kara Barnard joined local banjo builder Jeffrey Russell to start Weed Patch Music Company, still in its current location directly east of the courthouse in downtown Nashville. These two worked together for several years to provide a hub for both local musicians and tourists alike before Kara parted ways in 2012. In 2016, when Jeff was ready to pursue other things, Kara contacted former student and friend, Kristin Thompson, and the two women decided to revive Weed Patch Music Company under new ownership. Though Kara left Weed Patch in 2020, Kristin has continued sole ownership and management of Weed Patch with a highly dedicated and enthusiastic team of employees. Since 2020, the shop has expanded its physical location into the shop next door and is now over twice as big! Regular private lessons, instrument workshops, luthier talks and demonstrations, in-store concerts, and more are now a regular part of life at the shop!
Meet the Business Owner: Kristin T.
Kristin has been living her dream come true as an owner to this unique and independent music store since 2016. She began taking guitar lessons as a kid from Tom Pickett's Music Center in Columbus, Indiana, but really found her passion in the banjo with instructor and former Weed Patch owner, Kara Barnard. With Kara's excellent instruction, Kristin was able to learn and improve her pickin' skills. Kristin comes from a family of bluegrass pickers, square dance callers, and foot stompers, and some of her favorite memories include pickin' her banjo while her 90-year old grandmother sang along!! Stop by the store to get to know Kristin today!
