‘All For The Hall’ Benefit Raises More Than $900K For Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum

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Pictured (L-R, front row): Ernest, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter of The War And Treaty, Brenda Lee, Patty Loveless, Mickey Guyton, Hardy; (L-R, back row): CEO of Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum, Kyle Young, Matthew Ramsey, Geoff Sprung, Trevor Rosen and Brad Tursi of Old Dominion, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Riley Green and Country Music Hall Of Fame and Museum Board Chair, Mary Ann McCready. Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Keith Urban and Vince Gill returned to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena last night (Dec. 5), to host Urban’s recurring “All For The Hall” benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn perform onstage for “All For The Hall.” Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The star-studded lineup featured performances from Kelsea Ballerini, Ernest, Riley Green, Mickey Guyton, Hardy, Old Dominion, The War And Treaty, Trisha Yearwood, Brenda Lee, Brooks & Dunn and Patty Loveless. During the show, artists performed a song that defined a memorable moment in their life, in addition to one of their own songs, and Urban and Gill joined many of the artists onstage throughout the evening.

The night’s performances included Urban on “Wild Hearts,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color” and “Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys),” Gill doing “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away” and “Rocky Mountain Way,” Lee sharing her classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Old Dominion on “Memory Lane” and “Alive,” Hardy doing “Truck Bed” and “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive,” Yearwood on “The Song Remembers When” and “You’re No Good,” and Brooks & Dunn doing “My Maria” and “I Ain’t Living Long Like This,” among many more.

Kelsea Ballerini performs onstage for “All For The Hall.” Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The evening also featured a performance of an original song from the museum’s flagship education program, Words & Music, which pairs students with songwriters to teach lyric writing and language arts through music. With the support of professional songwriter Paulina Jayne, Abigail Sowards, a senior from Stewarts Creek High School, performed her song “These Moments” alongside her fellow classmates John Dechira and David Guydon. Sowards is among the more than 8,000 students this year who have participated in the museum’s Words & Music program.

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