Elle King, Butch Walker, Shooter Jennings, Wynonna And More Set To Play Dylan Fest

Dylan Fest: A Celebration of Bob Dylan‘s 76th Birthday, has been set for May 23-24 at the Ryman Auditorium. The second annual two-night concert event will feature an array of artists paying tribute to the music of Bob Dylan by performing their favorite Dylan songs.

Set to appear at the festival are Wynonna & The Big Noise, Elle King, Shakey Graves, Duane Eddy, Boz Scaggs, Valerie June, Hamilton Leithauser, Moon Taxi, Richard Hawley, Shooter Jennings, Anderson East, Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards, Butch Walker, Karen Elson, Langhorne Slim, John Paul White, The Weeks, Rayland Baxter, Bones Owens, Danny Masterson, The Whigs, The Watson Twins, Jonathan Tyler, Paul Cauthen, Gill Landry, Lauren Shera, The Texas Gentlemen, Eric Pulido of Midlake, Shelly Colvin, Odessa and many more.

In addition to commemorating Dylan’s 76th birthday, the concerts will also celebrate Dylan’s recent Nobel Prize win and marks the 50th anniversary of his 1967 album, John Wesley Harding, recorded at Columbia’s Studio A in Nashville.

Tickets go on sale April 21 at ticketmaster.com. The shows will benefit Refuge Foundation for the Arts, a non-profit providing sanctuary for the pursuit of creative expression through music and art that was founded in response to the lack of resources available to artists today.