The Academy of Country Music has announced the ACM Party for a Cause Festival, a 2-day outdoor music festival on April 5-6 during the Week Vegas Goes Country leading up to the ACM Awards. The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley are set to headline the event, which will raise awareness and funds for a variety […] Continue Reading →
The CMA Foundation donated $1.2 million to benefit music education programs in Metro Nashville public schools through their Keep the Music Playing campaign at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Tuesday night. The announcement was made during a reception prior to the Fourth Annual CMA Keep the Music Playing All Star Concert hosted by Scotty McCreery. “Providing […] Continue Reading →
Craig Morgan will headline the 14th annual St. Jude Country Music Marathon & ½ Marathon post-race concert at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium on Saturday, April 27 with special guest Sarah Darling. The musically-themed road race attracts more than 30,000 runners, walkers and 6,000 junior racers who will take on the 26.2 and 13.1-mile courses with […] Continue Reading →
Want to own a truck once driven by Billy Currington? Here’s your chance! Ram Truck brand is continuing its Road to the Ram Jam country music series by holding the third of five charity auctions where each participating artist will auction off their 2012 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn truck to benefit a charity of their […] Continue Reading →
Thompson Square is giving any fan who sponsors a child through ChildFund International two free meet and greet passes between now and March 23. All fans have to do is visit the ChildFund website, choose a child and complete the sponsorship form. “We love knowing that our fans are helping other children, just like we […] Continue Reading →
Lady Antebellum will host their inaugural Ping Pong & Songs fundraising event on March 23 at The Ensworth School in Nashville. Inspired by the band’s favorite backstage hobby and love of songwriting, the event will include a celebrity ping pong tournament and in-the-round songwriters’ night. Proceeds will benefit the group’s charitable organization, LadyAID. “This is […] Continue Reading →
Jake Owen is going back to his golfing roots to head for a trip to the west coast to participate in the AT&T Pebble Beach National PRO-AM Celebrity Challenge from February 4-10 in Monterey, California. Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley, Josh Duhamel, Chris Berman, Bill Murray, Kenny G, Huey Lewis, Ray Romano, Andy Garcia, […] Continue Reading →
Carrie Underwood has teamed up with Tickets-for-Charity.com to offer fans some of the best seats in the house on her Blown Away Tour. Proceeds from the tickets will benefit ACM Lifting Lives and the C.A.T.S. Foundation. Fans pay the same or better price for tickets but their purchase though Tickets-for-Charity.com support causes important to artists […] Continue Reading →
The CMA Foundation has donated $250,000 towards the construction of the first-ever physical Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame at the new Music City Center. The announcement was made Tuesday during the annual CMA Triple Play Awards and Songwriters Luncheon. “Songwriters are an important constituency group for the Country Music Association,” CMA Board Chairman Troy Tomlinson […] Continue Reading →
The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions will tape an all-star concert special, ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night, on Monday, April 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The concert will be broadcast at a later date on CBS. Tim will handpick the hottest acts of the summer […] Continue Reading →
