Martina McBride Comes To The UIS Performing Arts Center

Exceptional Artists and University of Illinois Springfield announce Martina McBride: The Joy of Christmas 2019 Friday, December 6 at 8:00 PM at Sangamon Auditorium.

Tickets go on sale Friday, August 16th at 10 am.

Tickets available online at UISpac.com or by phone (217) 206-6160
for $149.50, $99.50, $79.50, $59.50 and $39.50.

Pre-sale tickets will be available to FRIENDS of UIS Performing Arts Center donors beginning Tuesday, August 13th at 10 am and to our Email Club beginning Thursday, August 15th at 10 am; all remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 16th at 10 am. To become a FRIEND call the UIS Ticket Office at (217) 206-6160.

Martina McBride is a multiple Grammy nominated country icon, whose incomparable vocals have kept her at the top of the charts garnering six No. 1 hits and twenty top 10 singles. Selling more than 18 million albums to date, McBride has earned fourteen Gold, nine Platinum, three Double Platinum and two Triple Platinum certifications.

Most recently McBride released It's The Holiday Season, a 9-song holiday album. For this album, McBride collaborated with the late Patrick "Pat" Williams who arranged a set of classic Christmas songs with accompaniment from more than 35 world-class musicians at the famed Capitol Studio in Los Angeles and Blackbird Studio in Nashville. This release follows her 1998 multiplatinum White Christmas.

On October 30, 2018 Martina released her second cookbook, Martina's Kitchen Mix: My Recipe Playlist for Real Life. The new collection includes nearly 300 pages of family recipes and new creations from her own kitchen. In 2014, McBride released her first book, Around the Table, a full-color illustrated collection of her favorite recipes, hosting tips, practical menu planning advice, and themed décor inspiration.

Last year also saw the debut of McBride's Food Network show, Martina's Table. McBride shares recipes from her cookbooks, what life on the road is like, and hosts inspirational gatherings for friends and family. Martina's Table can currently be seen on the Food Network every Sunday at 11am CT and through most streaming providers.

McBride has been honored with more than 15 major music awards, including four wins from the Country Music Association and three Academy of Country Music Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year. When Martina isn't in the studio, she focuses her time on charitable causes dear to her heart. Through her Team Music Is Love charity initiative, Martina partners with non-profit causes to help many of the communities she's performing in. Martina also invites fans to join her team in making the world a better place through the power of music. Since 2011, Team Music Is Love has been responsible for many successful fundraising and volunteer projects helping causes such as hunger relief, cancer research, combating domestic violence and helping children in need. For more information, please visit TeamMusicIsLove.com. McBride has been awarded the Covenant House Beacon of Hope Award and Music Business Association's prestigious Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award for her philanthropic efforts on behalf of domestic violence.

McBride resides in Nashville with her husband, John, and their three daughters.

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