FOCUS on the 615
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FOCUS on the 615 recently spent time at a very special event sponsored by NRA Country and Remington Arms called Ladies Range Day aka “High Heels & Caliber” at the Nashville Armory. This was the first event event we know of its kind and was organized by Morgan Mills.
Pictured L-R: Moe Bandy, U.S. Rep Marsha Blackburn, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, Tennessee Lt. Gov Ron Ramsey, Nancy Jones, WSM-AM Host Bill Cody, Naomi Judd, John Rich.
Some of the biggest stars in country music turned out for a red carpet event Thursday, April 23, to commemorate the grand opening of the George Jones Museum, celebrating the life and work of one of the icons of country music. More than 800 people turned out for the gala event.
L-R: Vince Vaugh, Mayor Karl Dean, Butch Spyridon
Vince Vaughn was honored for his efforts in highlighting Music City as a comedy destination with the highly successful Wild West Comedy Festival.
Mayor Karl Dean, along with the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation, will present Vince Vaughn, president of Wild West Productions, with an official “Key to the City” in honor of his efforts to highlight Music City as a comedy destination via the highly successful Wild West Comedy Festival. The “Key” presented by the Mayor will be a framed piano key from Nashville artist Ben Folds’ piano that was damaged in the 2010 flood. The event will precede comedian Frank Caliendo’s festival debut.
The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will present its first-ever Artists, Management & Touring Town Hall on Tuesday, May 12, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel in Nashville during the annual Music Biz 2015 conference.
Lightning 100 proudly announces the return of the Live On The Green Music Festival to Public Square Park in downtown Nashville. In its seventh year, Nashville’s premiere free music festivalwill take place Thursdays August 20, 27 and September 3, and will wrap up with a weekend finale planned for September 10, 11 and 12.
Have you heard of Skyville Live? If you haven’t, do yourself a favor and get acquainted with this wonderful music series. We have been very lucky to have been able to attend the first 2 shows.
The Wild West Comedy Festival announced today that Bud Light, “The Perfect Beer for Whatever Happens,” will return as presenting sponsor; and Netflix, the premiere destination in original and stand-up comedy programming, as associate sponsor for year two of the festival. The festival takes place in Nashville on Tuesday, April 14 through Sunday, April 19.
LtoR: Dr. Jeffrey Balser, Bill Hearn, Reverend Becca Stevens,
Steve and Judy Turner and Ken Levitan Photo credit: Getty Images
The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research honored Steve and Judy Turner with The Spirit of Nashville Award; Dr. Jeffrey Balser, Medical Research Advancement Award; Bill and Billy Ray Hearn, Frances Preston Lifetime Music Industry Achievement Award; Ken Levitan, Tony Martell Outstanding Entertainment Achievement Award and Becca Stevens, Lifetime Humanitarian Award last night at the 7th Annual Nashville Honors Gala, held at the Omni Hotel downtown. The gala raised nearly $500,000 and has raised close to 3 million dollars since its inception in 2009. Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean joined the sold-out event to honor these individuals whom have made indelible marks on the community.
Kenny Chesney – clad in a dark sleeveless Grace Potter and the Nocturnals t-shirt – hit Nashville like a house a-fire. From the opening of the New Orleans funeral drum corps/street preacher noir film until the last ringing note of Joe Walsh’s hard-charging “All Night Long,” the East Tennessean showed how much he missed the fans since he walked offstage after two sold-out nights at Foxboro’s Gillette Stadium in 2013.
