Industry Events
May 08, 2008
Big Brothers of Nashville "Big Tribute" honoring Andrew Benedict and Jo Walker-Meador — 5:30 pm, Sheraton Nashville Downtown. Individual tickets $75, Reserved table for 10, $1200.
May 09, 2008
A Celebration of Culinary, Musical and Visual Art
with Johnny Carrabba & Vince Gill — 6:30 p.m., Country Music Hall of Fame. Benefits Campus for Human Development and Room In The Inn. tickets $200 at www.Carrabbas.com.
May 13, 2008
10th Annual GRAMMY Block Party — 4:30 p.m., Bradley Park; Invite only. Performances from 3 Doors Down, Damien Horne, Gretchen Wilson, Lady Antebellum, and Montgomery Gentry.
An Evening with John Prine — 7:30 p.m., The Belcourt Theatre. $70. Benefits Gilda’s Club Nashville.
May 15, 2008
SOLID Crawfish Boil — 5 p.m., SESAC Parking Lot
May 17, 2008
5th Annual ACM Celebrity Golf Classic — Las Vegas. Benefits the ACM Charitable Fund.
ACM Charitable Fund’s New Artists’ Party for a Cause™ — 6 p.m., MGM Grand Conference Center Pavilion, Las Vegas. Performances by Luke Bryan, Jack Ingram, Jake Owen, Sarah Buxton, Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift, Carolina Rain and Lady Antebellum.
CMA Songwriters Series — Joe’s Pub, New York City. Featuring “The Hitmen of Music Row” Bob DiPiero, Craig Wiseman, Tony Mullins and Jeffrey Steele.
ACM 5th Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride — hosted by Montgomery Gentry in Las Vegas, benefiting the ACM Charitable Fund
May 18, 2008
ACM Awards — 7 p.m. CT, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
May 22, 2008
International Country Music Conference — 5/22-24, Belmont University
The Producer’s Chair with Norro Wilson — 6 p.m., Douglas Corner; hosted by James Rea
MusiCares Workshop: Making Music; Making Money: Getting to the Bottom of Self-Defeating/Self Limiting Financial Behaviors — 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., MusiCares Office (1904 Wedgewood Ave.)
May 24, 2008
Journeys Backyard Barbeque Nashville Tour Stop — JCPenney parking lot outside Cool Springs Galleria (1800 Galleria Blvd., Franklin, TN). Features live music from Alan’s Folly, Deadsun, Atomic Blonde, Ludo, and Angels and Airwaves and appearances by top national athletes, including X Games superstar Dave Mirra, and Rob Dyrdek of MTV’s Rob & Big.
May 30, 2008
Nashville Screenwriters Conference — 5/30 - 6/1. Union Station Hotel.
June 02, 2008
Lonestar & Friends Strike Out For The Kids — 6 p.m., Hermitage Lanes. Benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Scheduled to appear are Trent Tomlinson, Jo Dee Messina, Little Big Town, Lady Antebellum, American Idol’s Bo Bice and Diana DeGarmo, Joe Nichols, Jake Owen, Jamie O’Neal, Darryl Worley, Chuck Wicks, Bryan White, Chris Young, Ty Herndon, Heidi Newfield and Crystal Shawanda.
June 04, 2008
IFCO Fun Fest 2008 — 7 p.m., Cadillac Ranch. Lynn Anderson, Lane Brody, David Church, Benita Hill, Moore & Moore, Jimmie Van Zant. Hosted by Robert K. Oermann.
18th Annual City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge — 12 Noon, Nashville’s Greer Stadium. Featuring Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill, Phil Vassar, Jake Owen, Chuck Wicks, James Otto, Danielle Peck, Tennessee Titan Cortland Finnegan.
Country Weekly Fashion Show presented by Wrangler — 8 p.m., Wildhorse Saloon.
Marty Stuart’s Late Night Jam — 10 p.m., Ryman Auditorium. Featuring Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, Charlie Daniels, John Rich, Mike Farris, The SteelDrivers and Sunny Sweeney. Benefits both MusiCares and CMA’s Keep The Music Playing.
June 05, 2008
CMA Music Festival — 6/5-8, Downtown Nashville.
June 08, 2008
T.J. Martell Ride For A Cure — Harley Davidson of Cool Springs; featuring post ride concert from Little Big Town
June 17, 2008
Music Producers Institute with Steve Fishell (1st session) — 6/17-20, Sound Emporium Studios.
June 20, 2008 to June 22, 2008
Nashville SongWriters Festival — Open to all genres and skill levels. Featuring an Open House on Music Row, a Writers Retreat, and performances.
June 20, 2008
2008 Summer NAMM — 6/20-22;
June 26, 2008
Music United ‘08—Roots Music Association Convention, Radio Seminar and Music Festival — June 26-29, Alfazar Shrine Center, San Antonio, TX
August 03, 2008
GMA’s Music In The Rockies — 8/3-9, Estes Park, Colo.
August 15, 2008
Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music opening — The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens a new cameo exhibition.
August 21, 2008
2008 SOURCE Foundation Awards and Dinner — Musician’s Hall of Fame and Museum
August 26, 2008
Leadership Music Dale Franklin Award — Loews Vanderbilt Hotel; Honoring five Bradley Family members: Owen (posthumously), Harold, Jerry, Connie, and Patsy
September 05, 2008
2008 Canadian Country Music Week and Awards — 9/5-8. Winnipeg.
September 08, 2008
Miller Harris Memorial Golf Tournament — Temple Hills Golf Club in Franklin, TN
September 13, 2008
Swampstock 2008, hosted by Tim McGraw — Rayville, Louisiana. Benefit’s the Neighbor’s Keeper Foundation.
September 17, 2008
Americana Music Festival & Conference — 9/17-20.
September 29, 2008
IBMA’s World Of Bluegrass — 9/29-10/5, Nashville.
October 12, 2008 to October 16, 2008
Inspirational Country Music Week —
October 16, 2008
14th Annual Inspirational Country Music Awards Show — 7 p.m., Trinity Music City Auditorium, Hendersonville, Tennessee.
October 26, 2008
39th Annual Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony — Renaissance Hotel Nashville
March 04, 2009
Country Radio Seminar 40 — 3/4-6, Nashville Convention Center
September 11, 2009
Canadian Country Music Week and Awards — 9/11-14, Vancouver.
