On October 15th and 16th, the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival will feature fourteen music performers in a live streaming event that will be centered at the Historic Dyess Colony, inside the boyhood home of Johnny Cash. The festival is scheduled to stream Oct. 15-16, and then be available on-demand for ticket holders for a week.
The feature performance of the festival is the first-ever concert from inside the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home by Cash’s daughter, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash. In addition to her own performance, Cash has curated a series of exclusive performances by 14 other artists. The artists joining Cash are Cedric Burnside, Jessica Coombs, Sheryl Crow, Rodney Crowell, Dailey & Vincent, Erin Enderlin, Vince Gill, Sarah Jarosz, Jamey Johnson, Keb’ Mo’, The Milk Carton Kids, Margo Price, Darius Rucker, and Chris Stapleton. The artists, representing a variety of strands of American music, are some of the most popular performers in the country.
After successful music events in Arkansas State University’s First National Bank Arena beginning in 2011, the benefit event was expanded to a three-day heritage festival in 2017 and moved to Dyess. This year’s festival will be the first to be held virtually.
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