The Public Bored

For Individuals

A turn on the biggest screens in the city — for the people who live, work, and walk around them every day.

RECENT MESSAGES

Real people, real billboards, real moments. Yours could be next.

Nashville billboard airing: WARPED TOUR DC IN THE HOUSE! See you soon Nashville! Aired

WARPED TOUR DC IN THE HOUSE! See you soon Nashville!

From Lyssa

Nashville billboard airing: To my amazing daughter! Love you so much Lyssa. Aired

To my amazing daughter! Love you so much Lyssa.

From Dina Bean

Nashville billboard airing: Goose, you're going to be the best dad ever. Happy early Father's Day!! 🩷 Aired

Goose, you're going to be the best dad ever. Happy early Father's Day!! 🩷

From @elainadsmith

Nashville billboard airing: Happy birthday Peter! Aired

Happy birthday Peter!

From Wefunder

Nashville billboard airing: You're doing a great job and it's gonna be OK. Aired

You're doing a great job and it's gonna be OK.

From @ben.hoback

Nashville billboard airing: Treat everyone the way you want to be treated. Aired

Treat everyone the way you want to be treated.

From @drew_meckler

Nashville billboard airing: your smile can make someone's day Aired

your smile can make someone's day

From @bumgarnerclevenger

Nashville billboard airing: Drink more water Aired

Drink more water

From @drew_meckler

Nashville billboard airing: Do what you love Aired

Do what you love

From @annieofsin2

Nashville billboard airing: Dig deep and find whats Inside of you Aired

Dig deep and find whats Inside of you

From @braydon_noah & @olivia_hope77

Nashville billboard airing: Be nice Aired

Be nice

From @barifaye314

A Fresh Screen

Right now, this page of The Public Bored is intentionally simple: text only, on a black screen. It is the start of a new movement — a fresh, blank surface handed back to the people who walk past it every day. No logos. No graphics. Just your words, lit up in the city.

Custom designs, photos, videos, and full creative billboards are part of our business and music offering.

The Idea

Billboards are among the most public-facing forms of communication on the planet. Every day, they help businesses grow, artists reach audiences, organizations spread awareness, and communities share important messages.

The Public Bored is building new ways for everyday people to participate in that network through a growing collection of billboards and digital experiences. By working alongside billboard operators, we're helping make public spaces more accessible, more participatory, and more connected.

The most interesting things in a city aren't ads — they're the jokes, shout-outs, birthdays, encouragements, and small acts of love between the real people who live there. That's what belongs lit up at 38 feet tall.

How It Works

  1. Type your message and your name.
  2. Submit it to the free daily queue.
  3. Every day at 6:00 PM Central Time, we pick the next two messages from the queue — oldest to newest, by the time they were approved by a moderator — and air them on the Nashville sign.
  4. Anyone, anywhere can watch the live stream at 6:00 PM CT and see the messages go up in real time.
  5. We'll email you a recap photo when yours airs — share it anywhere.

No ad budget. No agency. Just you, your neighborhood, and a real billboard. Because the free queue moves two messages per day, your spot can take 1–3 weeks depending on backlog.

Don't want to wait?

Skip the queue — go live within the hour.

Founding Members skip the public queue entirely. You can go live immediately, or pick the exact day and hour (Central Time) you want your message on the Nashville sign — and watch yourself appear on the live stream the second it airs.

What This Is Not For

For Individuals is for personal expression — a free moment on a public screen for the people who live around it. It is not a place to sell, promote, or advertise.

  • No promoting a business, brand, product, or service.
  • No selling anything — physical goods, digital products, services, tickets, or merch.
  • No company names, company logos, or company messaging.
  • No promoting music, releases, shows, streams, or artist pages.
  • No links, handles, QR codes, or "follow / DM / visit" calls to action.
  • No campaigns, fundraising, or political promotion.

Running a business or releasing music? We built a whole separate experience for that — including custom-designed billboards, video content, and full creative production.

Why It Matters

The most public-facing surfaces in a city should reflect the people who actually live there. We want to put a little of the energy that lives on your phone back into the physical world — into the streets, into the skyline, into the moment you're walking down Broadway and look up.

A free daily message means everyone gets a turn. A high schooler can wish their friend a happy birthday on the same screen a Fortune 500 brand runs on. That's the point.

The Rules

Have fun. Stay positive. No hate, no harassment, no spam. Messages are reviewed before going live — anything that wouldn't feel right on a public street doesn't make it.

The Principles

  • Anyone gets a turn. One free daily message, no ad budget required.
  • The moment matters more than the impression. We document every airing.
  • Stay positive. No hate, no harassment, no spam — humans review every message.
  • The billboard is part of the show, not the ad break.
  • Real people, real screens, real streets. No bots, no stock mockups.

All content is entirely at the discretion of our moderation team and must be reviewed for regulatory compliance and operational preferences. We may decline or remove anything that doesn't fit, for any reason.