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