Nashville is getting its first-ever Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association event when the new Music City Rodeo comes to town at Bridgestone Arena on May 29-31.
Tim McGraw’s Down Home, a partnership with Skydance Media, in association with Humes Rodeo, are bringing the event to the city. McGraw, Reba McEntire and Nashville native Jelly Roll are set to headline the event’s concerts, with all three serving as founding members of MCR.
Each day will showcase seven thrilling rodeo events from bull riding to barrel racing, team roping to broncs, featuring the world’s best cowboys and cowgirls going head-to-head for over $200,000 in prize money. Fans will enjoy the full pageantry of rodeo with additional family-friendly activities like mutton bustin’, clowns, and Rodeo Queens, before culminating each night in a headlining arena concert.
“For eight decades, Nashville’s music stars have been the soundtrack to America’s iconic rodeos—country music and rodeo go hand in hand,” says McGraw. “So, it was time to bring the magic of the rodeo home to Nashville and I’m thrilled to be bringing it here.”
“It’s no secret that rodeo is in my blood, and I’m thrilled to be a part of starting a new Nashville tradition. Country music and rodeo coming together in Music City, what a perfect combination…I just knew I had to be part of it,” shares McEntire.
“As a Nashville native, this felt like a chance to be a part of a history-making event for the city. I have vivid memories when it was announced in Nashville that we were getting a hockey team with the Predators, or a football team with the Titans…and I watched Bridgestone Arena be built from the ground up. Headlining Music City Rodeo in my hometown as a part of the first rodeo brought to town feels like the same type of milestone,” adds Jelly Roll.
Additionally, Music City Rodeo is joining with Nashville’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to benefit the patients and families it serves, with a portion of all event proceeds going toward supporting their mission of providing world class pediatric healthcare and research.
Tickets for Music City Rodeo go on sale beginning March 7, and a select number of pre-sale tickets including VIP packages will be available starting March 5 at 10 a.m. CT here.
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].