For the past five years, the Academy of Country Music has combined its love for country music with giving back to those who need it with the annual ACM Party for a Cause event, which lines up in conjunction with the ACM Awards. This year, the ACMs will bring back the Party for a Cause in a whole new way with several industry and fan events held across Las Vegas this spring.
Beginning on Thursday, March 30 and running through awards day, Sunday, April 2, Party for a Cause festivities will feature some of country music’s biggest and brightest acts including Kelsea Ballerini, Billy Currington, Ryan Follese, Lady Antebellum, LOCASH, Kip Moore, Jake Owen, Chris Stapleton, Michael Tyler, Clay Walker, Brett Young and many others.
“Fourteen years ago, when the Academy moved the Awards to Las Vegas, we kicked off a decade of wide-ranging special events for fans including a motorcycle ride through Las Vegas and the surrounding area, a golf tournament at a prestigious club, concerts on Fremont Street, games and a country lifestyle marketplace and loads of live country music performances. That’s how The Week Vegas Goes Country® earned its moniker. This year, we’re going back to our roots with the evolution of ACM Party for a Cause events taking place throughout Las Vegas, all benefiting ACM Lifting Lives and the good work of the many worthy organizations Lifting Lives supports through grants and more,” said Ed Warm, Chairman of ACM Lifting Lives and Co-Chairman of the ACM Events Committee. “It feels good to align all of our auxiliary events surrounding the ACM Awards with a philanthropic purpose the fans have always embraced.”
“ACM fans have demanded more events, more artist engagement, more variety,” said George Couri, Co-Chairman of the ACM Events Committee. “Some of our fans clearly like the more intimate environments compared to the big festivals, so this year we will give them that version celebrating more artists up close and in their faces. From songwriter rounds to fun party nights out, with this schedule there will be plenty for fans to dive into all day every day.”
Included in the festivities will also be ACM fan experiences, which have yet to be revealed.
All of the events will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy of Country Music.
The 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, Country Music’s Party of the Year, will broadcast live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 8:00 PM ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017:
6:00 PM – 95.9 The Bull’s 9th Annual All-Star Guitar Pull
Location: Red Rock Ballroom, Red Rock Casino Resort Spa
10:00 PM – ACM After Party for a Cause at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country
Location: Stoney’s Rockin’ Country
FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017:
7:00 PM – LOCASH with Ryan Follese and Michael Tyler at House of Blues
Location: House of Blues, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
7:00 PM – ACM Party for a Cause: Songwriter Showcase
Location: The Pearl, Palms Casino Resort
8:00 PM – ACM Party for a Cause: WME Bash at the Beach
Location: Mandalay Bay Beach, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
10:00 PM – ACM After Party for a Cause at Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
Location: I Love This Bar & Grill, Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
10:00 PM – ACM After Party for a Cause at Virgil’s Real BBQ
Location: Virgil’s Real BBQ, The LINQ Promenade
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017:
1:00 PM – ACM Pool Party for a Cause
Location: GO Pool, Flamingo Las Vegas
5:00 PM – ACM Party for a Cause at The Joint
Location: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
7:00 PM – ACM Party for a Cause at House of Blues
Location: House of Blues, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
8:00 PM -ACM Party for a Cause: WME Bash at the Beach
Location: Mandalay Bay Beach, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
10:00 PM – ACM After Party for a Cause at Redneck Riviera
Location: The Grand Bazaar Shops in front of Bally’s Hotel & Casino
SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2017:
8:00 PM – ACM Awards Official After Party at The Joint
Location: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
8:00 PM – ACM Awards Official After Party at The Park Theater
Location: The Park Theater, Monte Carlo Resort & Casino
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