Photo Credit: Chris Hollo The Grand Ole Opry® partnered with Susan G. Komen® Foundation this evening as part of the special two-show 10th Edition of Opry Goes Pink. Opry member and Capitol Records Nashville’s superstar Carrie Underwood, who flipped the switch on the inaugural Opry Goes Pink in 2009, returned to flip the switch on the Opry’s signature barn backdrop, turning it [...]
The Grand Ole Opry continued its birthday month celebration as it partnered once again with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for a night in honor of Country Cares for St.Jude Kids® featuring superstar group Alabama, John Berry, Chase Bryant, Mickey Guyton, Jackie Lee, Connie Smith and others. Throughout the night’s two shows, videos of inspirational moments from Country Cares for St. JudeKids® played, and St. Jude patients Mabry and Tyler took [...]
Photo courtesy Grand Ole Opry LLC. Chris Hollo, photographer The Grand Ole Opry celebrated its 93rd birthday this weekend with two sold-out two-show nights at the Grand Ole Opry House. In an event-filled week celebrating the show’s nine-decade-plus history with shows featuring new stars, superstars, and legends, the show also cut the ribbon on a $12 million Opry House expansion. Coming to the Grand [...]
It's officially CMA Music Fest Week, and the Grand Ole Opry kicked the fan fair off in a big way. The Opry stage hosted some of country music's most beloved artists for its Tuesday night show, including Opry members Bill Anderson, Terri Clark, Chris Janson, Darius Rucker, Ricky Skaggs, and Carrie Underwood. Additionally, newcomer Ashley Mcbride [...]
Photos by: Chris Hollo Darius Rucker spends time with the veterans and honored military families backstage before Tuesday night's Salute The Troops Opry performances The Grand Ole Opry honored the families of enlisted soldiers last night with two special Salute the Troops Opry performances Tuesday, May 22. The evening’s Opry performances featured performances by Trace Adkins, John Conlee, Lee Greenwood, Chris Janson, Craig Morgan, Kellie Pickler, and Darius [...]
MCA Nashville’s Jordan Davis made his debut performance at the world-renowned Grand Ole Opry Saturday night. Performing “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot” and “Leaving New Orleans” off his debut album Home State, Jordan highlighted why critics and audiences alike have praised the singer/songwriter for “melding the songcraft of artists like John Prine and Jim Croce with the genre’s [...]
The Grand Ole Opry®, the show that made country music famous, will stage its first-ever show from the famed Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN on Sun., June 10featuring Opry members Bobby Bare, Del McCoury Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Riders In The Sky as well as Brothers Osborne, LANCO, Nikki Lane, Lucie Silvas, and more. The Nashville-based Opry has rarely in [...]
Grand Ole Opry members Carrie Underwood and Terri Clark along with newcomer Ashley McBryde and more are hitting the stage at the Grand Ole Opry House Tues., June 5, as the Opry kicks off its CMA Music Fest Week with two shows, 7 and 9:30 p.m. The music begins earlier in the afternoon with a free Opry Plaza Party featuring Warner Bros. recording artist [...]
Photo by: Chris Hollo Country Music Hall of Fame member and Recording Academy "Lifetime Achievement Award" recipient Charley Pride will celebrate his 25thAnniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member with appearances on the Opry Fri., May 4 and Sat., May 5. Pride, who made his Opry debut in 1967, is scheduled to perform extended Opry sets [...]
Minnie Pearl, Wilma Lee Cooper, Jan Howard, Skeeter Davis, June Carter, Kitty WellsPhoto by Les Leverett NASHVILLE,TN For the first time in history, the Grand Ole Opry is opening the doors to the Acuff House, the home built for Roy Acuff in the shadow of the Grand Ole Opry House, to showcase the [...]
