Staff Reports
Vince Gill, Clint Black, George Thorogood and Tesla are all coming to the Brown County Music Center this year.
They’ll join four other national acts from a variety of genres at the new performance space in Nashville between August and December.
Legendary country artist Gill will be the first act to play at the venue, which is scheduled to open Saturday, Aug. 24 behind Salt Creek Plaza in Nashville. The rest of the schedule so far includes:
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Clint Black: Friday, Sept. 20
Home Free: Sunday, Oct. 6
George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Sunday, Oct. 13
Peppa Pig Live!: Wednesday, Oct. 16
Here Come The Mummies: Saturday, Oct. 26
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: Thursday, Dec. 12
Performances from regional and local acts will be mixed in with national touring shows to fill out the venue’s schedule.
Tickets for the Gill and Peppa Pig shows will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19 at browncountymusic center.com and ticketmaster.com. Tickets for other shows will be available at a later date. They also can be purchased at the Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Visitors Center in downtown Nashville and, eventually, at the music center’s box office.
“This is an incredibly exciting time for Brown County, and you can feel the anticipation growing as we get closer and closer to opening day,” said Executive Director Dana Beth Evans in a press release announcing the schedule. “We’ve all put an incredible amount of time and effort into this place to make sure that it is nothing short of amazing for all who attend, including the artists. We hope people are able to take in all the beauty of the venue, the nature around it and the love and care of the people in this community when they visit us.”
Gill has recorded more than 20 studio albums, winning 18 CMA and 21 Grammy awards. Some of his hit singles included “I Still Believe in You,” “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away” and “One More Last Chance.” He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, and has been married to singer Amy Grant since 2000. In 2017, Gill became a touring member of classic rock band The Eagles.
The 2,000-seat Brown County Music Center is being billed as “a visual and auditory masterpiece” offering “an incredibly intimate experience,” with the furthest seat from the stage being only 130 feet away.
The center is also offering a Take A Seat program this year. Anyone who wishes to participate can pay $500 to get a seat reserved in the venue all year. Those who participate will receive an email a few weeks before a show asking if they wish to use their seat. Ticket fees will still apply for each show.
Future performances could include rock, blues, country, pop, jazz, oldies, “throwback artists” and more.
The Brown County Music Center also will be available for rent for community-related activities and special events on non-concert days.
“The Brown County Music Center Board of Directors have banded together to make sure that the Brown County Music Center is both an incredible destination for music lovers and also a central part of its community,” reads the press release announcing these shows. “The venue’s commitment to its community is evident in their plans to locally source and display local works of art and highlight local restaurants and breweries as part of their concessions.”
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Tickets for the Vince Gill and Peppa Pig Live! shows go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19 at browncountymusiccenter.com and ticketmaster.com.
Tickets for the other shows will be available at a later date.
Keep up with show announcements at facebook.com/BrownCountyMusicCenter or browncountymusiccenter.com.
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These aren’t the only national acts coming to Brown County this year.
Brown County Playhouse
The Brown County Playhouse in downtown Nashville will host legendary Western group Riders In the Sky on Friday, May 3 during their 40th anniversary tour.
The Grammy-winning classic quartet, pioneered by Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, performs cowboy country music as well as “wacky humor and way-out Western wit. They’ve performed more than 6,100 concerts in all 50 states and 10 countries, including at Carnegie Hall and the White House.
Billboard magazine has counted them as one of “the most historically significant acts in the history of American music.”
Current Riders are guitarist Ranger Doug; bassist Too Slim; singer, fiddler and rope trickster Woody Paul; and accordionist Joey, the CowPolka King.
Their Playhouse show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $39.50 for general seating and $42.50 for reserved seating, are available at browncountyplayhouse.org.
Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park
Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park in Bean Blossom is lining up several nationally known artists for a string of festivals this summer.
- The Grammy Award-winning Shenandoah headlines this year’s Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival taking place June 8 to 15. The Grascals, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver and Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys also are on the schedule.
- Grammy Award-winning country artists Diamond Rio and Restless Heart will kick off a new Brown County Concert Series at the Bill Monroe park on Saturday, Aug. 17.
- Grammy nominees The Record Company will perform at the Bean Blossom Blues Festival taking place Aug. 22 to 24, as well as Brown County’s own The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band.
Ticket and show information are available at billmonroemusicpark.com.
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