BANDSINTOWN, CMT Partner During CMT Music Awards Week

CMT and Bandsintown are partnering up to help fans discover the best rising artists who are taking the industry by storm this week for CMA Music Fest. CMT will be hosting free performances throughout the city by artists and showcasing the best up-and-coming artists in country, with shows by Walker Hayes, The Sisterhood, Bailey Bryan, who has been tipped as a Bandsintown Big Break artist, and more.

Bandsintown will host a bespoke in-app CMT Music Awards Week guide this week to keep fans in-the-know on the best country music offerings in Nashville throughout awards week.

“Music is the core of everything we do at CMT, and we’re excited to grow our biggest event of the year into a multi-day festival with CMT Music Awards week,” said Adam Steingart, SVP of Partnerships, CMT, TV Land and Paramount Network. “We share Bandsintown’s commitment to helping fans discover emerging artists and are thrilled to have Bailey Bryan – a Bandsintown Big Break artist – be part of the CMT experience this week.”

“We’re thrilled to team up with CMT in promoting artist discovery in Nashville.” said Fabrice Sergent, Bandsintown Managing Partner. “The Music Awards week is a great opportunity for fans to discovery their next favorite country artist –  and we’re always eager to help make those connections. We’re also delighted that CMT Music Awards Weeks will feature Bailey Bryan, who has been part of our emerging artists program Big Break, since January.”

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Lorie Hollabaugh

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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