Little Big Town, Midland, Judah & The Lion Sign On For YouTube’s ‘Cash Fest’ Concert Honoring Johnny Cash

YouTube has announced a Nashville concert, Cash Fest, to celebrate the music of Johnny Cash, as well as the Nov. 11 premiere of the YouTube Originals documentary The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash.

Cash Fest will take place Nov. 10 at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium and will feature performances from Little Big Town, Midland, Judah & The Lion, Elle King, Matt Shultz (Cage the Elephant), Cam, Grace Potter, Devin Dawson, Drew & Ellie Holcomb, Lucie Silvas, Wilder Woods, John Oates, John Carter Cash & Ana Cristina Cash, Carlene Carter with the Carter Family, and more, performing their favorite Johnny Cash songs.

Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit MusiCares®, helping musicians with critical assistance in times of need. Tickets are available at tpac.org.

The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (TRAILER), created with the full cooperation of the Cash estate and rich in recently discovered archival materials, is a 90-minute documentary from Emmy Award-winning director Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher, Springsteen on Broadway) that explores the artistic victories, the personal tragedies, the struggles with addiction, and the spiritual pursuits that colored Johnny Cash’s life. The documentary will be available for free on YouTube Originals on Nov. 11.

 The documentary originally made its debut in March at the SXSW Film Festival and also screened recently at the 50th Annual Nashville Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival as part of the event’s Backlot Series. The Gift: The Journey Of Johnny Cash: Original Score Music From A Film By Thom Zimny, will be released in November by Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.

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