BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Birthplace of Country Music - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Birthplace of Country Music X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Birthplace of Country Music REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210909T203000 DTSTAMP:20240328T121349 CREATED:20210831T133745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T173228Z UID:44450-1631214000-1631219400@birthplaceofcountrymusic.org SUMMARY:Festival Kick-Off Concert: Cruz Contreras & Friends DESCRIPTION:Kick off the 20th anniversary of Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion with a special Thursday night performance by Cruz Contreras & Friends at The Sessions Hotel’s new Lauderdale Stage! \nDate: Thursday\, September 9\, 2021 \nTime: 7:00 p.m. \nLocation: Lauderdale Stage\, The Sessions Hotel \nTickets: $40 \nBUY TICKETS \nCruz Contreras\, former front man of The Black Lillies\, has a long history of performing at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion and will join us the evening prior to the festival at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum for a special kick-off concert with a few of his very special friends – Molly Contreras (vocals)\, Jake Smith of Jubal and Cereus Bright (guitar)\, Robert Richards of The Black Lillies (bass)\, and Kris Killingsworth of Thrift Store Cowboys (drums). \nAbout the Artist: \nMulti-instrumentalist\, vocalist\, songwriter\, and producer Cruz Contreras has roots in Tennessee and Michigan\, but has impacted Americana music worldwide.   \nThe frontman\, founder\, and driving force behind The Black Lillies’ raw and rootsy sound also co-founded Robinella and the CCstringband\, and has collaborated with musicians ranging from John Oates and Jim Lauderdale to Langhorne Slim and The Turnpike Troubadours. His projects have topped both the Billboard and Americana radio charts\, won Independent Music Awards\, and been nominated for the Americana Music Association’s Emerging Artist of the Year award. After over a decade touring under the name The Black Lillies\, Contreras is currently performing as a solo act and has been recently collaborating with cellist Dave Eggar\, fiddle player Billy Contreras\, and wife Molly Contreras.   \nOver the years\, Cruz has appeared on nationally broadcasted television including Late Night with Conan O’Brien\, CMT\, VH-1\, GAC\, Bluegrass Underground and PBS Television’s Sun Studio Sessions. His music has been lauded by outlets as diverse as American Songwriter Magazine\, Rolling Stone\, NPR’s Morning Edition and Vanity Fair\, among others. Contreras is currently at work on his debut solo album\, ‘Cosmico’\, to be released 2021. URL:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/event/festival-kick-off-concert-cruz-contreras-friends-2/ CATEGORIES:Festival,Festival Activities ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021_BRRR_CruzContreras-KickOff_Ticket.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR