Many events have been cancelled or postponed since the Covid-19 outbreak this year (2020). But eventually not all is lost as some events have been rescheduled for next year or within the next few weeks or so with a different 'twist' that is. iHeartMedia for one has rescheduled its 2020 iHeartCountry Festival.
The iHeartCountry Festival originally scheduled for May 2 at Austin, Texas, will now be a virtual streaming and on-air radio special on October 23. The seventh annual event features performances from Dierks Bentley, Lady A, Sam Hunt, Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini, Dustin Lynch, Jon Pardi, Riley Green including special performances by Morgan Evans and Gabby Barrett and guest appearance by Bobby Bones. The star-studded event, recorded live on one stage in Nashville, will stream exclusively on livexlive.com and broadcast live across iHeartMedia’s Country music radio stations in local markets and at iHeartRadio.com on October 23 starting at 7 p.m. CT/8 p.m. ET.
iHeartCountry has more than 150 country stations across the U.S. reaching more than 106 million country music listeners per month on broadcast alone, making it the largest country music broadcast radio group in America. The iHeartCountry Festival presented by Capital One is part of iHeartMedia’s roster of nationally recognized events including the iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Concert Tour, iHeartRadio ALTer Ego all presented by Capital One. Adding to iHeartMedia’s nationally recognized list of events is the iHeartRadio Music Awards, iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, iHeartRadio Wango Tango, and iHeartRadio Podcast Awards
Since iHeartCountry Festival is presented by Capital One, Capital One Cardholders will have the opportunity to enter an exclusive sweepstakes for a chance to virtually play in the iHeartCountry Capital One Trivia Night with Kelsea Ballerini, hosted by Bobby Bones. Players will receive an item signed by Kelsea Ballerini and the Trivia Night winner will announce Keslea Ballerini virtually during the iHeartCountry Festival. Capital One cardholders can enter the sweepstakes as of Tuesday, September 22 through Sunday, October 411:59 p.m. ET. For more information, visit www.iHeartRadio.com/CapitalOneTrivia or click here.
“Despite this year’s pandemic, we are honored to still be able to host one of country music’s most anticipated nights with an iconic lineup of the genre’s biggest artists,” said Rod Phillips, Executive Vice President of Programming for iHeartCountry. “Although fans won’t be able to celebrate in person, the show will be available to our millions of listeners across our iHeartCountry stations nationwide and through the exclusive stream on LiveXLive.”
Partners of this year’s event include Country Crock®, Jane, Progressive® Insurance, Tito’s Handmade Vodka and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as the exclusive charity partner.
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