Bonnaroo Fans Experience Some Opry Magic

The Grand Ole Opry cast at Bonnaroo with Opry’s GM Sally Williams backstage before showtime Photos credit: © 2018 Grand Ole Opry | Photos by Chris Hollo

Worlds collided Sunday night in Manchester, Tennessee, at Bonnaroo when the Grand Ole Opry staged its first-ever show from the famed music & arts festival. Opry members Old Crow Medicine Show, Bobby Bare, Del McCoury Band, and Riders In The Sky all performed for the Bonnaroo crowd, as well as Joshua Hedley, LANCO, Nikki Lane, and Maggie Rose.

The occasion was a rare one: in its 92-year history, the Nashville-based Opry has only taken its iconic show outside Music City a few times. Past shows have traveled to prestigious venues such as New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center.

Old Crow Medicine Show Photos credit: © 2018 Grand Ole Opry | Photos by Chris Hollo

Del McCoury and Bobby Bare  Photos credit: © 2018 Grand Ole Opry | Photos by Chris Hollo

Nikki Lane with Joshua Hedley  Photos credit: © 2018 Grand Ole Opry | Photos by Chris Hollo

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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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