Van Morrison To Receive Americana Lifetime Achievement Award, Headline AmericanaFest Show
Van Morrison has been announced as the headliner for the 2017 AmericanaFest Show at Ascend Amphitheater on Sept. 14, along with his daughter Shana Morrison. The night before the show, Morrison will also be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting at the 2017 Americana Honors & Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 13.
Tickets for the show will be available to the general public May 19, but Americana Music Association members and registrants for the Americana Music Festival and Conference can purchase them via a special pre-sale code beginning May 16.
The Americana Music Festival and Conference runs Sept. 12-17 in Nashville.
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.
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