Americana Fest
Muddy Roots
Crooked Smile Fall Fest
Folks I’ll be honest I don’t even know WHERE to begin on this project that happens right here in town every September at different venues all over town. It’s physically impossible to cover the entire festival every year and honestly I prefer to do the majority of my work alone. So this September in Nashville I shall be attending this huge event all over town during different times.
I’m going to try my best to provide all the best information about this huge festival like I do all the others in this format that I have for festivals. So if you are familiar with this event and how it works HERE is where you can buy your wristband or your whole event pass to see all the shows. NOW I will tell you this if you have a wristband and the specific event you want is full from conference holders you WILL NOT be able to see the show, some of the official venues are small in capacity and I have gone through this myself even with a media pass.
So this year this is the official list of venues involved with Americana Fest in some form:
3rd And Lindsley
The 5 Spot
12th And Porter
The Basement And Basement East
Cannery Ballroom
City Winery
Family Wash
The High Watt
Mercy Lounge
Music City Roots at the Factory at Franklin
Station Inn
Third Man
The Sheraton Hotel downtown is the official hotel of the event this year. And also here are a ton of other hotels to stay at in Nashville within driving distance of the venues, pretty much everything is not very far here. I’m going to add to this list as time progresses and I always do research to add to the list here, like I said this is a big event and pretty much is the better alternative to CMA Fest. For downtown hotels click HERE that link has around 20 hotels.
Club Hotel Nashville Inn And Suites
Country Inn And Suites Opryland North
Best Western Opryland
Holiday Inn Express Opryland
Airport Super 8 Opryland
Courtyard Nashville
Hampton Inn And Suites
Guest House Inn
Days Inn Opryland
Fiddler’s Inn Opryland
So as of this far the Americana Association has announced the second round of featured acts for the festival and right now I am still checking out which acts will be at which venue, and will have an extensive schedule by the end of August for you.. The second addition brings the 17th Annual AmericanaFest artist list to 121 and more than 180 artists will be announced by the first week in September. Recently Billboard magazine recognized Americana Music on their charts by creating a whole new area for it. It certainly created a milestone for music that websites like mine frequently feature.
This HUGE Nashville festival has about every artist I have EVER covered within the Americana circuit and Texas scene as well as some I recognize from Kansas City scenes and west coast too. This festival is SO large next year I’m planning on taking a week vacation to try to cover as much as possible within the ranks of this monstrosity.
The Americana Music Association is a professional not-for-profit trade organization whose mission is to advocate for the authentic voice of American roots music around the world. The Association produces events throughout the year; including the Americana Music Festival & Conference and the critically acclaimed Americana Honors & Awards program. The Americana Music Association receives enormous support from the Tennessee Department of Tourism, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Music City Networks, Pandora, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, SoundExchange, AT&T, and Yazoo Brewing Company, For more information, or to purchase an Americana Music Festival & Conference registration, please visit www.americanamusic.org.
The 17th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference will take place September 20-25, 2016. The event brings together fans and music industry professionals alike, offering six days of celebration through seminars, panels and networking opportunities by day and raw, battery recharging showcases each night. The Americana Honors & Awards Show is the featured performance of the festivities, taking place at the historic Ryman Auditorium. T Bone Burnett will be delivering the keynote speech.
The Americana Honors and Awards show on September 21, 2016 at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN is the celebrated program and is the capstone event of “AmericanaFest,” the Americana Music Festival and the Conference. Right now the members have already voted on who won each category and the nominees are as follows:
Fond Object Records
The Basement
The Family Wash
The Bluebird Cafe
ACME Feed & Seed
The Bistro at Emma
Ascend Amphitheater
The Basement
ACME Feed & Seed
The Basement East
The Basement
City Winery – Nashville
The 5 Spot
The Bluebird Cafe
The Basement
City Winery – Nashville
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement
Wends:
11:30 am
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
Alley Taps
City Winery – Nashville
The 5 Spot
Ryman Auditorium
The Family Wash
ACME Feed & Seed
ACME Feed & Seed
The High Watt
City Winery – Nashville
The 5 Spot
Mercy Lounge
The Family Wash
The Station Inn
The Basement East
The Basement
The Cannery Ballroom
ACME Feed & Seed
The Station Inn
The 5 Spot
Mercy Lounge
The Family Wash
City Winery – Nashville
The High Watt
The Basement East
The Basement
The Cannery Ballroom
The Basement
The High Watt
The Station Inn
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement East
The Family Wash
The 5 Spot
Thurs
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
InDo Nashville
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Howlin’ Books
The Crying Wolf
12th & Porter
Alley Taps
New West Records
The 5 Spot
Razor & Tie Music
The Groove
The Filming Station
Union Station Hotel
ACME Feed & Seed
The Bluebird Cafe
The 5 Spot
3rd & Lindsley
Music City Roots at the Factory at Franklin
The Station Inn
Ascend Amphitheater
American Legion
The High Watt
3rd & Lindsley
Mercy Lounge
The Basement
The Station Inn
Downtown Presbyterian Church
City Winery – Nashville
Third Man Records
The 5 Spot
12th & Porter
The Cannery Ballroom
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Station Inn
American Legion
The High Watt
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement
3rd & Lindsley
Third Man Records
The 5 Spot
The Family Wash
12th & Porter
The Basement East
Mercy Lounge
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Cannery Ballroom
American Legion
The Basement East
The Station Inn
The Family Wash
12th & Porter
The 5 Spot
Third Man Records
Mercy Lounge
City Winery – Nashville
The High Watt
The Basement
3rd & Lindsley
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Cannery Ballroom
Mercy Lounge
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement
The Family Wash
The High Watt
The Basement East
American Legion
3rd & Lindsley
The 5 Spot
Third Man Records
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Cannery Ballroom
American Legion
The Family Wash
The Basement East
The High Watt
The 5 Spot
3rd & Lindsley
The Basement
Mercy Lounge
Third Man Records
12th & Porter
8:30 am
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Howlin’ Books
12th & Porter
ACME Feed & Seed
The Family Wash
The 5 Spot
The Groove
The Filming Station
InDo Nashville
Grimey’s New & Preloved Music
Razor & Tie Music
The Bluebird Cafe
ACME Feed & Seed
ACME Feed & Seed
The Station Inn
City Winery – Nashville
The 5 Spot
The High Watt
The Basement East
The Basement
Mercy Lounge
12th & Porter
3rd & Lindsley
The Cannery Ballroom
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Station Inn
Mercy Lounge
3rd & Lindsley
12th & Porter
The Family Wash
The 5 Spot
The High Watt
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement East
The Basement
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Cannery Ballroom
12th & Porter
3rd & Lindsley
The Basement
City Winery – Nashville
The 5 Spot
The Station Inn
The Basement East
The Family Wash
The High Watt
Mercy Lounge
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Cannery Ballroom
12th & Porter
Mercy Lounge
The Station Inn
The High Watt
The Basement East
The 5 Spot
City Winery – Nashville
The Basement
3rd & Lindsley
The Family Wash
The Cannery Ballroom
Communion Presents at The Anchor
City Winery – Nashville
The Family Wash
The Basement
The High Watt
3rd & Lindsley
The Basement East
The Station Inn
Mercy Lounge
The 5 Spot
10:00 am
Antique Archeology Nashville
ACME Feed & Seed
The 5 Spot
InDo Nashville
Grimey’s New & Preloved Music
The Groove
The Filming Station
The Station Inn
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The Family Wash
12th & Porter
The Bluebird Cafe
The Basement
Mercy Lounge
City Winery – Nashville
The High Watt
12th & Porter
3rd & Lindsley
The Station Inn
The 5 Spot
Communion Presents at The Anchor
Mercy Lounge
The Station Inn
3rd & Lindsley
The Basement
12th & Porter
The Family Wash
The 5 Spot
City Winery – Nashville
The High Watt
Communion Presents at The Anchor
The Basement
The Family Wash
The 5 Spot
3rd & Lindsley
The High Watt
City Winery – Nashville
The Station Inn
12th & Porter
Mercy Lounge
Communion Presents at The Anchor
Mercy Lounge
The Basement
12th & Porter
The Station Inn
The 5 Spot
The Family Wash
City Winery – Nashville
3rd & Lindsley
The High Watt
City Winery – Nashville
The 5 Spot
Mercy Lounge
12th & Porter
The High Watt
The Family Wash
The Basement
The Station Inn
3rd & Lindsley
11:00 am
City Winery – Nashville
Bobby’s Idle Hour
Fond Object Records
The Family Wash
George Jones Museum
