Good Works: The Roys, NSAI, Big & Rich, and Flatts

Sibling duo The Roys have been tapped to headline the Musicians On Call benefit tonight (10/4) at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Nashville. Doors open at 7 pm, with the music starting at 8 pm. Also on the bill are Kimberly Wolff, Hannah Anders and Jason Gregory. Roys members Lee and Elaine Roy are the reigning two-time Inspirational Country Music Duo of the Year, and have performed at country and bluegrass festivals all over the country.

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Tomorrow (10/5) at 9 pm the Bluebird Cafe will host a benefit show for Faith Family Medical Clinic, featuring songwriters Steve Bogard, Brett James, Wayland Holyfield and Monty Powell. Faith Family is a faith-based, non-profit organization that provides affordable health care to uninsured Nashville-area songwriters and musicians. As part of a new partnership with NSAI, songwriter members can now present their NSAI cards to be established as patients. “Many songwriters don’t have health insurance and don’t receive needed health care services because they simply do not know that clinics like Faith Family Medical exist,” says NSAI’s Susan Myers, director of sponsorships. “This affiliation will save local songwriters and musicians tens of thousands of dollars in medical expenses.”

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Big & Rich will also pick up the hospital fundraising torch, when the duo is featured at the Baptist Hospital Foundation’s Rock The Cradle event October 25 at the Loveless Cafe Barn. The dinner and cocktail reception begins at 6:30 pm, and includes a silent auction with exclusive travel packages. Proceeds will support babies born at Baptist and the Beaman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Table sponsorships, as well as a limited amount of individual tickets, are available for purchase at www.rockthecradlenashville.com. “This is a causal, fun event that offers the chance to listen to some of Nashville’s best country artists in an intimate setting and we’re extremely excited to have Big & Rich involved this year,” says Bernie Sherry, president and CEO of Baptist Hospital. In 2010, Rock the Cradle featured Martina McBride and Faith Hill performing together for the first time and raised over $225,000.

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Rascal Flatts is offering fans a unique opportunity to see them at a private fundraiser for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. One hundred tickets will be made available to Flatts fans on a first-come, first-serve basis for the November 2 event. Over the last five years, Rascal Flatts has been hosting concerts for Children’s Hospital in a secluded Nashville location, in conjunction with Bridgestone Arena concerts also benefiting the hospital. Attendees will also have the chance to bid on a full travel package for two for a 2012 Flatts concert date, two tickets and meet & greet passes to see the group at a 2012 Opry appearance, or two tickets to the 2012 ACM Awards with passes for Rascal Flatts show rehearsal. Fans can order tickets here.