CMA Fest is just around the corner. From June 4th-10th, downtown Nashville will be taken over by fans and artists. We’re trying to keep you up-to-date with all the events going on. Here are the fanclub parties that are posted so far.

Monday, June 4, 2012

• 12:00 Noon – Rodney Atkins – tickets on sale in April

• 1:00 PM – Lee Brice and Jerrod Niemann – 3rd and Lindsey – Joint Fan Club Party – $35 – Doors open at 1PM- Includes lunch, concert and M&G.  Visit www.leebrice.com  or www.dehydrationnation.net
• 6:00PM – 10:45PM – CMA Global Artist Showcases – The Stage on Broadway  Visit http://aristoworks.com/clients/global/ for details.

Tuesday, June 5th

• 11:00 AM – Darryl Worley – The Stage – Members $45, Non-Members $55 – Lunch, Performance, Meet and Greet

• 12:00 Noon – Gary Allan – Rocketown
• 12:30 PM – 3:45PM – CMA Global Artist Showcases – The Second Fiddle  Visit http://aristoworks.com/clients/global/ for details.

• 3:00 PM – Clay Walker – 3rd & Lindsley – $45 Members, $50 Non-Members

Wednesday, June 6th

• 9:00AM – Tracy Lawrence – Margaritaville

• 10:00AM – Montgomery Gentry – Third and Lindley – includes music from MG, brunch,  souvenir, M & G – $35 for fan club members and $45 for non-members and includes a one year membership to the Underground

• 9:00PM- Dierks Bentley- Cannery- $35 Members/$40 non-members.  Tix on Sale Friday, April 20th

Thursday, June 7th

• 8:00AM – Josh Thompson - Margaritaville - Breakfast will be served, Josh will perform at 9 with a meet & greet to follow. Tickets are $25 for fan club members and go on sale Monday March 19th at www.thechromebulletcrew.com

• 10:00AM – Cowboy Troy and Friends Fan Club Party – Just Kickin Saloon

• 10:00AM – Lonestar Fan Club Party – Ford Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Ticket on sale now at www.lonestarnow.com

• Josh Thompson at Margaritaville 8am – 11am Doors open at 8, breakfast will be served, Josh will perform at 9 with a meet & greet to follow. Tickets are $25 for fan club members.
• 11:00AM – Miranda Lambert – Fontanel Mansion – One ticket per fan club member – $30 each

• 12:00 – George Jones – For Fan Club Members & Up to 3 guests • Includes Goody Bag, & Lunch with Drink and Dessert. – Nashville Palace – COST IS $35 PER PERSON. – Tickets at http://2012gjfc.eventbrite.com/

• 12:30PM – Chris Young – TX Troubadour Theater – One ticket per fan club memeber – $28.50
• 3:00 pm – Jana Kramer Album Release Party at aVenue -  120 3rd Avenue South  You can visit http://www.janakramer.com for details.

• Luke Bryan- TBA

Friday, June 8th

• 8:00AM – Buddy Jewell Fan Club Party – Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant – $15 Advance, $20 Door – www.buddyjewell.com/store

• 12:00 Noon – Ty Herndon- Rockettown

• 2:00pm- Joe Nichols Fan Club Party- Country Music Hall of Fame

Saturday, June 9th

• 1:00PM – Scotty McCreery – Rockettown -performance,Q&A, lunch, souvenir, door prizes, signed 8 x 10, meet and greet and more – each member can purchase 2 tickets, one fan club member and one guest - fan club member $35 – Guests $45 - tickets on sale now http://scottyfans.com/

• 3:00PM – Julie Roberts – The Rutledge.  Tickets range from $10-$45 and include meet & greet, performance& more.  JulieRoberts.com for tickets.

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CMA Fest Fan Club Parties are always the hottest tickets in town.  We have known people to come to town during CMA Fest week simply for the Fan Club Parties.  It’s your chance to get up close and personal with all of your favorite arists while in the company of other die hard fans.  It’s a time to party, celebrate music and have fun!

Thanks to our friends at FanClubHouse.com CMTT has your chance to win a pair of tickets to 6 of the HOTTEST Fan Club Parties in town! 

Before you enter to win please check the dates and times of the Fan Club Party to make sure you will be in town and available to attend:

• Monday, June 4th Jerrod Nieman & Lee Brice Fan Club Party
• Tuesday, June 5th Clay Walker Fan Club Party & Chords of Hope Benefit  – 2 Great Events Combine
• Wednesday, June 6th  Montgomery Gentry Fan Club Party
• Thursday – June 7th  Lonestar Fan Club Party
• Friday, June 8th Fan Clubhouse Party (includes: Bo Bice, Bryan White, One Night Rodeo and Sarah Marince)
• Saturday, June 9th Scotty McCreery Fan Club Party

To Enter to Win simply click the button below and fill out the entry form.  HURRY!  Contest ends Friday, May 11th!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!

• Jerrod Nieman & Lee Brice Fan Club Party – Dave W.
• Clay Walker Fan Club Party & Chords of Hope Benefit – Holly M.
• Montgomery Gentry Fan Club Party – Jeff R.
• Lonestar Fan Club Party – Cindy H.
• Fan Clubhouse Party – Dianna W.
• Scotty McCreery Fan Club Party – Wendy G.

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Clay Walker has set the date for his third annual “Chords of Hope” benefit concert for multiple sclerosis. It’s a disease he’s been battling himself since 1996.

Walker will host the concert on June 5th at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville. The proceeds will help fund MS research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Walker will perform along with friends Jerrod Niemann, Hal Ketchum and Sarah Marince.

Clay describes the benefit as a truly special event because it lets him perform for fans and raise money for MS research at the same time. Walker’s charity Band Against MS has raised more than $2 million since he started it in ’96 to help others living with the disease. Walker has sold over 11 million albums and had 11 number-one hits.

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Here’s a look at the new singles coming to Country radio in the first few weeks of 2012:

Jan. 3
Tim McGraw/Better Than I Used To Be (Curb)

Jan. 9
Blake Shelton/Drink On It (Warner Bros./WMN):
Canaan Smith/We Got Us (Mercury)
Josh Turner/Time Is Love (MCA)
Miranda Lambert/Over You (RCA)

Jan. 17
Clay Walker/Like We Never Said Goodbye (Curb)
Dustin Lynch/Cowboys And Angels (Broken Bow)
Ronnie Dunn/Let The Cowboy Rock (Arista)

Jan. 23
Eli Young Band/Even If It Breaks Your Heart (Republic Nashville)

Also expected in January:
Easton Corbin/single TBA (Mercury)
Ira Dean/Something About A Sunday (Average Joes)
Marlee Scott/Train Wreck (Big Ride/InstiGator)
Phil Vassar/single TBA (Rodeowave)

Who are you most excited to hear new music from in 2012?

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Some of today’s hottest country stars will join members of the Band of the Air Force Reserve along with The Air Force Strings from Washington D.C. to present Holiday Notes From Home—a TV special to air over the Christmas holiday on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). The program is sponsored by the Air Force Reserve Command.

Holiday Notes From Home will be broadcast in 177 counties to over 1.7 million people all around the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan along with every military installation overseas and all the ships and submarines at sea. It will also air on Great American Country (GAC).

Country hitmakers Little Big Town and Lee Ann Womack took some time out of their busy schedules to join hosts, chart topping country artist, Clay Walker and Great American Country’s (GAC) Nan Kelley, to give something back at this time of year and deliver this heart-felt holiday tribute, produced specifically for the men and women of our military and their families. This show also included a pre-show performance by southern country/rocker Adam Fisher.

This time of year can be especially difficult for our troops—separated from their families during a season that is all about family and tradition. The show will bring a little bit of “home” to those serving the call of freedom around the world. Christmas carols, the holiday spirit and the newly restored Opry stage decorated for the holidays will hopefully bring military families closer together and help them experience the magic of the season.

“This concert is for all of our troops who are continually deployed overseas, all of their families who are left behind, and for the employers who make such a big difference in those families lives,” said Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Chief of the Air Force Reserve. “If we can give just a little back to all those groups of people, I want to do this each year.”

Great American Country (GAC) air dates and times
(please note all times are in eastern time zone):
12/22/2011 08:00 PM
12/23/2011 12:00 AM
12/23/2011 11:00 AM
12/23/2011 05:00 PM
12/24/2011 07:00 PM
12/25/2011 10:00 AM

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Some of today’s hottest country stars will join members of the Band of the Air Force Reserve along with The Air Force Strings from Washington D.C. to present Holiday Notes From Home—a TV special to air over the Christmas holiday on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). The program is sponsored by the Air Force Reserve Command.

Holiday Notes From Home will be broadcast in 177 counties to over 1.7 million people all around the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan along with every military installation overseas and all the ships and submarines at sea. It will also air on Great American Country (GAC).

Country hitmakers Little Big Town and Lee Ann Womack took some time out of their busy schedules to join hosts, chart topping country artist, Clay Walker and Great American Country’s (GAC) Nan Kelley, to give something back at this time of year and deliver this heart-felt holiday tribute, produced specifically for the men and women of our military and their families. This show also included a pre-show performance by southern country/rocker Adam Fisher.

This time of year can be especially difficult for our troops—separated from their families during a season that is all about family and tradition. The show will bring a little bit of “home” to those serving the call of freedom around the world. Christmas carols, the holiday spirit and the newly restored Opry stage decorated for the holidays will hopefully bring military families closer together and help them experience the magic of the season.

“This concert is for all of our troops who are continually deployed overseas, all of their families who are left behind, and for the employers who make such a big difference in those families lives,” said Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Chief of the Air Force Reserve. “If we can give just a little back to all those groups of people, I want to do this each year.”

Great American Country (GAC) air dates and times
(please note all times are in eastern time zone):
12/10/2011 08:30 PM
12/11/2011 07:00 PM
12/14/2011 08:00 PM
12/15/2011 12:00 AM
12/15/2011 10:00 AM
12/18/2011 10:00 AM
12/22/2011 08:00 PM
12/23/2011 12:00 AM
12/23/2011 11:00 AM
12/23/2011 05:00 PM
12/24/2011 07:00 PM
12/25/2011 10:00 AM

Internationally known artists such as Wynonna and Naomi Judd, Lonestar, Aaron Neville, Amy Grant, Take Six and Sandy Patti have graciously given their talents to entertain the troops overseas with previous Holiday Notes From Home shows. Holiday Notes From Home originally started out as a radio show over ten years ago, but due to it’s immense popularity, the Air Force Reserve Command decided to transition to television to reach a larger audience. To date, the show has entertained millions of American men and women serving the call of freedom abroad. In 2009, the show garnered the first Emmy nomination ever received by a military band. With talents like Little Big Town and Lee Ann Womack, this year’s show is destined for greatness as well.

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The annual Holiday Notes From Home Christmas concert is being taped Thursday, October 6th at 7pm at the Grand Ole Opry House. This event will be hosted by none other than GAC’s Nan Kelley and country music star Clay Walker.

The free tickets are an early holiday present to anyone who wishes to attend, with priority given to military families. The show will be taped live at the Opry and features performances by Little Big Town, Lee Ann Womack and a pre-show set by country outlaw Adam Fisher.

Members of the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve, service members from Fort Campbell, KY, and the Tennessee Army & Air National Guard will be invited as special guests. They will accompany participating artists to send their holiday greetings to our soldiers and their families serving all around the world. The recording, Holiday Notes From Home, will air numerous times throughout the Christmas season on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Network (AFRTN).

Tickets are free and the event is open to everyone who wants to hear great music while showing their support for our military. If you have a loved one serving in the military, bring a sign to show some pride for your friend, spouse or family member. Tickets are available at the link below. The audience will need to be seated by 6:45 p.m.

Get tickets at http://holidaynotesfromhome.eventbrite.com/
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