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The Programme

Four Days In Nashville.

Here's what we can tell you.

Mark has big things planned for every day of Backstage Nashville. Some of it we're keeping secret until you arrive. What we will say is this — you will not be bored. You will not stand alone. And you will not want to leave.

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Some Of This Is A Secret.

Mark has things planned that he's not announcing in advance. Not because he wants to be mysterious — because the surprise is part of the experience.

What we can tell you: every day has been deliberately designed. The 4th especially.

Show up. Trust the process. You will not regret it.

The Famous Icebreaker Party happens on Sunday 4th. Everything else — you'll find out when you arrive.

Live band performing under purple stage lights at The Maddox Hotel
Conference by day. Live music by night.

DAY ONE

🎂Mark's Birthday. Your Arrival Day.

Sunday 4th October

Arrive from 3pm.

Check into your named suite. Meet your roommates. Explore the building. The Skyline. The Honky Tonk. The Elvis Penthouse. The Backstage Bungalow. Nine suites. All yours.

Latest arrival: 5pm. (If you're going to be later than 5pm — let us know.)

From 3pm to 5pm: Get settled. Get to know the people you'll be sharing with for the next four days. The suites have full kitchens, pool tables, and enough space to actually relax.

From 5pm until late: Mark has surprises lined up.

We're not going to tell you what they are.

What we will say is this — it's Mark's birthday. He's been planning this. The night ends with the Famous Icebreaker Party. How you get there is all part of it.

Arrive as strangers. Leave as crew.

Pack your cowboy boots. You're going to need them.

DAY TWO

VRMA In The Day. Party At Night.

Monday 5th October

Penthouse breakfast from 7:30am. The whole building together before the day splits. Coffee. City views. Honest conversation. Private chef by Yhangry.

Then we walk to VRMA as a group — 12 minutes on foot. You do not walk into VRMA 26 alone. You walk in with your people.

Mark's daily briefing lands every morning: who to find, what to attend, what to skip, and where the evening starts.

VRMA runs all day at Music City Center. Expo opens 7:30am. Opening General Session 8:30am.

Come the evening — Mark knows where every vendor party is before the official schedule drops. You will not miss a single one worth attending.

DAY THREE

VRMA In The Day. Final Party At Night.

Tuesday 6th October

Penthouse breakfast from 8am. Day three energy. Conversations are deeper now. People are clicking.

Back to VRMA for the final day. Closing Happy Hour at the venue 5–6:30pm. Go. It's the last chance to catch anyone you missed.

Then the final night in Nashville. Broadway is five minutes away. The Hitchcock Tavern is downstairs. The building is yours until Wednesday.

Mark has the final night sorted. That's all we're saying.

DAY FOUR

Breakfast. Build. Go Home With Something Real.

Wednesday 7th October

OPTIONAL — WE UNDERSTAND

This one is optional.

We say that with full awareness of what Tuesday night in Nashville looks like.

If you make it down — there is a final group breakfast from 9am. Private chef by Yhangry. The whole crew one last time.

After breakfast: the AI Buildathon. Hands-on. Bring your laptop. Leave with something built that works in your business from Monday morning. No slides. No theory. Actual output.

Checkout is by 12pm midday.

You leave with new friends. A plan. Something built. And a story worth telling.

"You don't just leave with ideas. You leave with a crew, a plan, and a story worth telling."

🍽️ Food By Yhangry

All group meals — welcome party dinner, daily penthouse breakfasts, and the final Wednesday breakfast — are provided by Yhangry private chefs. Restaurant-quality food cooked fresh in your space.

As seen on BBC Dragons' Den · Backed by Y CombinatorCatering Partneryhangry

📍 Getting To VRMA

Music City Center · 201 5th Ave S · Nashville TN 37203
12-minute walk from The Maddox. Mark coordinates group walks each morning. No Uber needed.

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