Blake Shelton & Friends Celebrate ‘All For The Hall’ Oklahoma Style

Blake Shelton performs at “Oklahoma Is All for the Hall” fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Photo: Courtesy of Phil Clarkin Photography for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Blake Shelton celebrated his final tour stop of his 2024 “Back to the Honky Tonk Tour” on March 30 with “Oklahoma Is All for the Hall,” a star-studded fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Tulsa’s BOK Center.

The event raised nearly $800,000 for the nonprofit museum’s education programs, making it the most successful “All for the Hall” benefit offered outside of Nashville to date. Performers included Justin Adams, Kristin Chenoweth, Wade Hayes, Gwen Stefani, the Swon Brothers and Country Music Hall of Fame members Ronnie Dunn and Vince Gill.

Pictured (L-R): Musuem CEO Kyle Young, Blake Shelton, Museum Board Chair Mary Ann McCready and Museum Board President Vince Gill. Photo: Courtesy of Phil Clarkin Photography for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Shelton performed more than 20 of his songs during the course of the evening, interspersed with appearances from his special guests. Stefani joined her husband for a trio of songs midway through Shelton’s set, including their two country chart-toppers, “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere,” as well as “Purple Irises,” a recently released duet from Stefani’s next album. Dunn’s mini-set was warmly received, with the Brooks & Dunn member sharing memories of local honky-tonks Duke’s Country and Tulsa City Limits.

That theme emerged once more during Gill’s set, when he shared an unreleased song, “Heroes.” He and guitarist Jack Schneider also performed “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” dedicating the song to Shelton’s brother Richie, who died in a car accident in 1990, and fellow Oklahoman and Country Music Hall of Fame member-elect Toby Keith, who died of cancer in February.

Gill began the “All for the Hall” series of fundraising concerts in 2005 by suggesting that country music artists donate the proceeds from one annual performance to the nonprofit Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Proceeds from Shelton’s show support the museum’s educational initiatives, including its flagship Words & Music program, which allows students to tell their stories by writing original song lyrics while developing language-arts skills. The museum’s educational offerings directly served more than 230,000 people last year though in-person and virtual programs.

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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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