Bandsintown and CMT Partner to Drive Artist Discovery in Nashville Leading Into 2018 CMT Music Awards Week

Ahead of the CMT Music Awards on June 6th, CMT and Bandsintown are partnering to engage the most passionate country music fans in Nashville and help fans discover the best rising artists who are taking the industry by storm.

Starting June 3rd, the CMT Music Awards Week will be taking over Nashville, hosting free performances throughout the city. Showcasing the best up-and-coming artists in country music, these showcases will feature promising names such as Walker Hayes, The Sisterhood, and Bailey Bryan, who has been tipped as a Bandsintown Big Break artist.

On the heels of their popular festival guides for SXSW and Coachella, Bandsintown will host a bespoke in-app CMT Music Awards Week guide to keep fans in-the-know on the best country music offerings in Nashville throughout awards week.

"Music is the core of everything we do at CMT, and we're excited to grow our biggest event of the year into a multi-day festival with CMT Music Awards week," said Adam Steingart, SVP of Partnerships, CMT, TV Land and Paramount Network. "We share Bandsintown's commitment to helping fans discover emerging artists and are thrilled to have Bailey Bryan - a Bandsintown Big Break artist - be part of the CMT experience this week."

"We're thrilled to team up with CMT in promoting artist discovery in Nashville." said Fabrice Sergent, Bandsintown Managing Partner "The Music Awards week is a great opportunity for fans to discovery their next favorite country artist - and we're always eager to help make those connections. We're also delighted that CMT Music Awards Weeks will feature Bailey Bryan, who has been part of our emerging artists program Big Break, since January."

Hosted by Little Big Town, the CMT Music Awards will feature an impressive lineup of superstar performances from Blake Shelton; Carrie Underwood; Chris Stapleton; Dan + Shay; Darius Rucker; featuring Charles Kelley, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan; Dierks Bentley featuring Brothers Osborne; Florida Georgia Line; Jason Aldean; Kelly Clarkson; Kelsea Ballerini; Little Big Town; Luke Bryan and Sam Hunt. The awards show airs live from Nashville on Wednesday, June 6 at 8 pm ET/ PT.

If you'll be Nashville for the CMT Awards week of festivities, download the Bandsintown App
to make sure you don't miss any of the action with their CMT Music Awards Week guide.