The rates for the Americana Music Festival & Conference will be rising beginning July 31. Rates are currently $365 for members and $465 for non-members. The early bird rates will expire July 31. An additional price increase will occur later this summer, with rates topping at more than $400 for members and $500 for non-members.
A registration allows admission to more than 160 evening festival, as well as a ticket to the Americana Honors & Awards show at the Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 17, as well as this year’s inaugural Americanafest stage event at Nashville Riverfront featuring The Avett Brothers on Saturday, Sept. 20. The Americana Festival & Conference will run from Sept. 17-21 in Nashville.For more information and to register, visit eventbrite.com.

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ASCAP‘s We Create Music Series will take place at Nashville venue The Basement on July 16 beginning at 5 p.m. Doug Brown, Love and the Outcome, Josh London, Jonathan Jackson, Gavin Slate, and Jacob Davis are among the performers. For more information, visit thebasementnashville.com.

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PLA Media has added Texas singer Pat Waters & The Chainlink Band to its roster. Waters is also the “National Spokesperson for America’s Drug Free Promotions,” (501c 3, non-profit organization) traveling to hundreds of school districts throughout the Southwest performing and visiting with youth about the dangers of illicit drugs, teen bullying, teen suicide and the abuse of alcohol.
“Today’s students are our country’s future,” Pat said.  “It is my aim to help steer them in the right direction using music, my own personal story and statistical facts.”  For more information, visit patwaters.com.

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Ticketing company Eventbrite, which is located in Nashville, San Francisco, London and Mendoza, seeks part-time, full-time, and team lead positions as part of their customer support team, known as “WeRock.” The support team is available 24/7 to troubleshoot, problem solve, and give excellent customer service.
Team members will communicate with customers to aid in making their events a success. For more information, visit eventbrite.com/jobs.

Liz Allen Fey, CEO of Strategy and Leadership LLC, has been selected to facilitate the annual program for Leadership Music. Allen Fey is the seventh facilitator in the organization’s 25 year history and the first female to serve in that capacity.
She was a member of the Class of 2014, and assumes the role held consecutively over the past 25 years by Vanderbilt Law professor Dr. James Blumstein, former Country Music Hall of Fame Director/Nashville Endowment for the Arts Director Bill Ivey, producer Garth Fundis and most recently, Steven J. Tepper, former Associate Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise & Public Policy at Vanderbilt University. Attorney Chip Petree (’11) and artist manager John Ingrassia (’11) served as co-chairs of the year for the Class of 2012 and facilitated the program days.
For more than 20 years, Allen Fey has worked as a strategy consultant in various industries, including music, health care, hospitality, finance, manufacturing, food service, education, government, retail, technology, non-profits and communities. She is an alumnus of Leadership Nashville as well.
Debbie Linn, Executive Director of Leadership Music, stated Allen Fey possesses a successful combination including keen knowledge of the music industry coupled with practical experience, history and knowledge of future trends, and the ability to stay current on industry issues. “Each program day is focused on one segment of the music industry, so the facilitator at the start of each program day primes the class with issues to watch for and observes the dynamics at play as the day progresses,” Linn said. “Then at the end of the 11-hour day, she facilitates the one-hour caucus, providing an open, off- the-record forum for the class to speak freely (without retribution) and contribute their observations or asks questions designed to encourage discussion.
“As a professional facilitator, Liz is uniquely qualified to step into this role, and we feel incredibly fortunate to have her on board in this important role.”
The Class of 2015 begins in September.

LeAnn Rimes will spend December 2014 spreading Christmas cheer during a holiday-themed tour titled ONE Christmas in select cities. The tour will run Dec. 5 through Dec. 19.
A coinciding six-song Christmas EP, titled ONE Christmas—Chapter 1, will be released during the holiday season. The project will be produced by Rimes and Darrell Brown, and it marks the first of three Christmas albums Rimes will release over consecutive holiday seasons. ONE Christmas—Chapter 2 will be released in 2015, and ONE Christmas—Chapter 3 will be released in 2016.
“I love EVERYTHING about the holidays,” said Rimes, “and want to share the magic and joy of the season with my fans. I look forward to playing some of my favorite Christmas classics for music lovers in an intimate, cozy setting.”
Rimes announced the tour via a YouTube video, which also hinted at an upcoming special event in New York City.
ONE Christmas Track Listing:
Silent Night Holy Night
I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas
Blue Christmas
Someday at Christmas
Hard Candy Christmas
White Christmas
ONE Christmas tour dates are as follows:
Friday, Dec. 5 Rutland, VT at Paramount Theatre
Sunday, Dec. 7 Bethlehem, PA at Sands Center
Thursday, Dec. 11 Elmira, NY at Clemens Center
Friday, Dec. 12 Poughkeepsie, NY at Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Saturday, Dec. 13 Englewood, NJ at Bergen Pacific Arts Center
Tuesday, Dec. 16 Manhattan, KS at McCain Auditorium
Thursday, Dec. 18 Chicago, IL at Arcada Theatre
Friday, Dec. 19 Manistee, MI at Little River Casino