MTSU Athletics Launches New ‘Live In The Boro’ Concert Series With Bailey Zimmerman

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Bailey Zimmerman will headline the inaugural show of Middle Tennessee State University Athletics new “Live In The Boro” concert series at Murphy Center on Nov. 5 during the university’s homecoming week.

The one-night event from MTSU Athletics and NVRDUL Events will also feature hip-hop heavyweight Waka Flocka Flame, rising country act Miller Holler, and DJ/producer Dee Jay Silver.

Nashville-based NVRDUL Events, an independent concert-promotion and live entertainment company, aims to take over Murphy Center and Floyd Stadium for multiple concerts and special events throughout the academic year with the goal of establishing the campus as a major new live-entertainment destination for fans throughout Middle Tennessee and beyond. A longtime centerpiece of the MTSU campus, Murphy Center hosted numerous landmark concerts, special events concerts and sporting events during its 53-year history. The university will begin major renovations to the facility in 2027.

“We are pleased to take this next step in our goal of making Murphy Center and Floyd Stadium entertainment destinations that will benefit not only MTSU, but Murfreesboro and Rutherford County,” says President Sidney A. McPhee. “Our planned renovations to Murphy Center and Floyd Stadium, made possible through state and private funding, will make these venues even more attractive for such events.”

“Live in the Boro is an exciting opportunity to bring premier live entertainment to our campus while creating a new source of support for MTSU Athletics,” says MTSU Director of Athletics Chris Massaro. “We’re proud to partner with NVRDUL Events to launch this series and thrilled to kick things off with one of country music’s biggest stars in Bailey Zimmerman during Homecoming Weekend. “Live in the Boro will generate new commercial activity around our athletic venues and provide vibrancy to our campus, Murfreesboro, and Middle Tennessee.”

“When MTSU approached us about creating something unique that could both entertain and support Blue Raider Athletics, we knew it was a special opportunity,” says Carri Hyde, founder and CEO of NVRDUL Events. “Launching Live in the Boro with an artist of Bailey Zimmerman’s stature is an incredible way to begin what we believe will become a signature event series for Middle Tennessee.”

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