COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM EVENTS
THROUGH MARCH 10, 2013
All events are included with museum admission and FREE for museum members, except as noted.
* Please visit the museum’s website for autograph signing rules.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
6th Annual Ford Community Day 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (FREE)
(Visit http://countrymusichalloffame.org/ford-day-2013 for details on free admission and special discounts.)
Fiddle and Banjo Demonstration w/Matt Combs 10:30 a.m. (FREE) & Dave Talbot
Musical Petting Zoo (weather permitting) 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (FREE)
Songwriter Session w/Chris Janson and Phil O’Donnell 11:30 a.m. (FREE)
Hatch Show Print Letterpress Demonstration 12:00-4:00 p.m. (FREE)
Performance & autograph signing w/ Josh Turner* 12:30 p.m. (FREE)
Poets and Prophets: Salute to Legendary Songwriter 1:30 p.m. (FREE)
Red Simpson
Autograph signing w/Red Simpson* 3:00 p.m.
Performance & autograph signing w/Lauren Alaina* 3:30 p.m. (FREE)
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Fiddle Demonstration w/Buddy Spicher 1:00 p.m.
Film Screening: Town Hall Party (1959) 2:00 p.m. (FREE)
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Songwriter Session w/J. Fred Knobloch 11:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Forever with Us: The 50th Anniversary 1:30 p.m.
of a Country Music Tragedy
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Resophonic Guitar Demonstration w/Johnny Bellar 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Songwriter Session: Kristen Kelly and Striking Matches 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Fiddle Demonstration w/Renaé Truex 1:00 p.m.
The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum tells the story of one of the world’s most popular art forms. Here, the music and its makers speak through timeless art, the latest interactive exhibits and live performances. Visitors may also dine at Two Twenty-Two Grill & Catering™, located in the museum’s Curb Conservatory, which offers a wide variety of contemporary southern cuisine.
The museum is located at 222 Fifth Ave. S. in downtown Nashville (SoBro district), and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
The Museum Store is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily and Two Twenty-Two Grill & Catering is open from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Guitarist David Andersen performs Monday through Saturday at the restaurant from 11:30 am to 2:30 p.m. A snack bar, Two Twenty-Two 2Go, is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
Admission is $22 for adults, $14 for children ages six to 17, and free for children under six. The museum offers discounted admission ($18) to seniors (60 and older), the military and students (with valid IDs). Group rates are available for tours of 15 or more. There is no charge to visit the Curb Conservatory or the Museum Store.
Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum’s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the foundation also operates CMF Records, the museum’s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print®. More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.