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Dates Set For Smitty Corporate Band Challenge

July 30, 2025/by Lorie Hollabaugh

This year’s Smitty Corporate Band Challenge benefiting Nashville’s W.O. Smith Music School will take place at the school on Aug. 11-12.

The fun-filled competition presented by Live Nation pits bands from various Nashville companies against each other for cash prizes and bragging rights, with members of Nashville’s creative community serving as judges. The competition finals take place Aug. 18, and this year’s competition includes bands from the following Nashville companies:

800 Pound Gorilla Media
Big Loud
CAA (Creative Artists Agency)
Concord
Element47
SESAC
Thompson Cat
UTA (United Talent Agency)
Wasserman
Wiatr & Associates
WME (William Morris Endeavor)

Tickets for The Smitty are $25 per night and include dinner as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and can be purchased here.

The W.O. Smith Music School has been providing music lessons and musical instruments to Nashville’s underserved children ages 8 to 18 for more than 30 years. Volunteer teaching artists are community members, local performers, studio musicians, and university students with a passion for sharing their musical gifts.

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Lorie Hollabaugh
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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