Music City Food + Wine Festival Announces Musical Lineup

As part of the weekend-long Music City Food + Wine Festival (Sept. 20-21), event co-founders Kings of Leon announced musical guests will include Hunter Hayes, Jamey Johnson, Charles Kelley, Ashley Monroe, Bobby Bare Sr., Bobby Bare Jr., Clare Bowen, Michael McDonald, Phosphorescent, Brendan Benson, Jessie Baylin, Billy Joe Shaver, The McCrary Sisters, Moon Taxi, The Watson Twins and more.
Each artist will perform songs representative of Music City, backed by local musicians, The Long Players, and hosted by Comedy Central’s Ben Hoffman. Beginning at 7 p.m. at Walk of Fame Park in downtown Nashville, Harvest Night presented by Infiniti, is available with individual tickets ($225 per person), or included in a All-In weekend pass ($500).
Additionally, food and beverage samplings will include chefs, Sean Brock (Husk); Jonathan Waxman (Adele’s by Jonathan Waxman & Barbuto); Ashley Christensen (AC Restaurants); Tyler Florence (Chef & TV Personality); Amanda Freitag (Empire Diner); Michael Hudman & Andy Ticer (Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen & Hog and Hominy); Mike Lata (FIG & The Ordinary); Tim Love (Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Woodshed Smokehouse, Queenie’s Steakhouse, Love Shack & White Elephant Saloon); Masaharu Morimoto (Morimoto Restaurants); Aarón Sánchez (Chef & TV Personality); Alon Shaya (Domenica); Frank Stitt (Chef & Restaurateur); Michael Symon (Chef, Restaurateur & TV Personality); Levon Wallace (Proof on Main); and Andrew Zimmern (Chef & TV Personality).
Events, post and prior, will take place at Nashville’s Public Square Park, including cooking demonstrations, wine, beer & spirits tastings, intimate panel discussions, book signings and daily Grand Taste tents from previously announced local food purveyors.
For more information and tickets, click here.
Previously Music City Eats, the 2014 Music City Food + Wine is produced by Vector Management’s Ken Levitan and Andy Mendelsohn, Kings of Leon, Jonathan Waxman, C3 Presents (Austin FOOD & WINE Festival, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and Lollapalooza).