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Music Schedule

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  • Thursday, June 5, 2008
    • Sommet Center
      • 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
        Chevy™ Plaza
        Free and open to the public.
    • Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages at Riverfront Park
    • VAULT™ Concert Stages at LP Field
    • truTv™ Fan Fair® Hall
      • 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
        Mary Kay® presents Acoustic Corner
        inside the Nashville Convention Center (Room 209) Rhonda Towns.
    • McDonalds® - Dr Pepper® Family Zone
      • 11:00 AM
        Music City Rising Star Youth Vocal Competition
        (Located in front of Hilton Hotel.) For an application and/or for more information about this opportunity please contact MUSIC FESTIVALS at 1-800-545-0935 ext.150
      • 11:00 AM - 4:15 PM
        Main Stage
        Includes a Ronald McDonald and Strawberry Shortcake Show, and the Nashville Zoo.
    • Hard Rock Cafe
      • 11:30 AM - 1:50 PM
        Daytime Outdoor Stage
      • 11:00 PM
        Outdoor Stage
      • 11:00 PM
        CMA Songwriter Series
        Jessi Alexander, Dave Berg, Luke Laird, and Jon Randall trading stories and playing songs. Tickets are $15 and are available through Ticketalternative.com to buy online; or charge-by-phone at (877) 725-8849.
        This event requires a separate ticket
  • Friday, June 6, 2008
    • Sommet Center
    • Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages at Riverfront Park
    • VAULT™ Concert Stages at LP Field
    • truTv™ Fan Fair® Hall
      • 11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
        Mary Kay® presents Acoustic Corner
        inside the Nashville Convention Center (Room 209) Rachel Williams, and TelluRide.
    • McDonalds® - Dr Pepper® Family Zone
      • 11:00 AM
        Music City Rising Star Youth Vocal Competition
        (Located behind the Hilton Hotel.) For an application and/or for more information about this opportunity please contact MUSIC FESTIVALS at 1-800-545-0935 ext.150
      • 11:00 AM - 4:30 PM
        Main Stage
        Taylor Ware.
    • Hard Rock Cafe
      • 11:30 AM - 1:50 PM
        Daytime Outdoor Stage
        Colt Ford.
      • 11:00 PM
        CMA Songwriter Series
        Marv Green, Brett James, Bobby Pinson, and Rivers Rutherford trading stories and playing songs. Tickets are $15 and are available through Ticketalternative.com to buy online; or charge-by-phone at (877) 725-8849.
        This event requires a separate ticket
      • 11:00 PM
        Outdoor Stage
  • Saturday, June 7, 2008
    • Sommet Center
    • Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages at Riverfront Park
    • VAULT™ Concert Stages at LP Field
      • 6:30 PM
        Gates Open
      • 7:45 PM
        Nightly Concert at LP Field
        Hosted by the stars of ABC Daytime including Bobbie Eakes ("Krystal Carey"), and Ricky Paull Goldin ("Jake Martin") from "All My Children"; Kassie DePaiva ("Blair Cramer") from "One Life to Live"; and Bradford Anderson ("Damian Spinelli"), Rebecca Herbst ("Elizabeth Webber"), and Jason Thompson ("Dr. Patrick Drake") from "General Hospital". In performance order: Jason Michael Carroll, Little Big Town, Jamey Johnson, Rodney Atkins, Darryl Worley, and Trace Adkins.
    • truTv™ Fan Fair® Hall
      • 11:00 AM - 3:15 PM
        Mary Kay® presents Acoustic Corner
        inside the Nashville Convention Center (Room 209)
    • McDonalds® - Dr Pepper® Family Zone
      • 11:00 AM
        Music City Rising Star Youth Vocal Competition
        (Located in front of Hilton Hotel.) For an application and/or for more information about this opportunity please contact MUSIC FESTIVALS at 1-800-545-0935 ext.150
      • 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM
        Main Stage
    • Hard Rock Cafe
      • 11:30 AM - 1:50 PM
        Daytime Outdoor Stage
      • 11:00 PM
        CMA Songwriter Series
        Rodney Clawson, Ashley Gorley, Lee Thomas Miller, and Tim Nichols trading stories and playing songs. Tickets are $15 and are available through Ticketalternative.com to buy online; or charge-by-phone at (877) 725-8849.
        This event requires a separate ticket
      • 11:00 PM
        Outdoor Stage
        Mark Wills.
  • Sunday, June 8, 2008
    • Sommet Center
    • Greased Lightning® Daytime Stages at Riverfront Park
    • VAULT™ Concert Stages at LP Field
    • truTv™ Fan Fair® Hall
      • 11:00 AM - 3:15 PM
        Mary Kay® presents Acoustic Corner
        inside the Nashville Convention Center (Room 209) Sage Keffer, Timothy Craig Fan Club, and Miko Marks.
    • McDonalds® - Dr Pepper® Family Zone
      • 11:00 AM
        Music City Rising Star Youth Vocal Competition
        (Located in front of Hilton Hotel.) For an application and/or for more information about this opportunity please contact MUSIC FESTIVALS at 1-800-545-0935 ext.150
      • 11:00 AM - 3:50 PM
        Main Stage
        Includes a Ronald McDonald and Strawberry Shortcake show Taylor Ware.
    • Hard Rock Cafe

Schedule subject to change. All times are Central Daylight Time