OPENING NIGHT EVENT HOSTED BY OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW,
WITH PERFORMANCES FROM STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES, MORGAN EVANS, ASHLEY MONROE, WENDY MOTEN, RIDERS IN THE SKY, RICKY SKAGGS,
MOLLY TUTTLE AND THE OPRY SQUARE DANCERS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Grand Ole Opry returned to the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to headline the festival’s opening night last night. GRAND OLE OPRY AT BONNAROO featured performances from show hosts – and Opry members since 2013 – Old Crow Medicine Show, along with fellow Opry members Ricky Skaggs and Riders In The Sky, special guests Steve Earle and the Dukes, Morgan Evans, Ashley Monroe, Wendy Moten, Molly Tuttle, the Opry Square Dancers, and Opry announcer Bill Cody. GRAND OLE OPRY AT BONNAROO was broadcast live via opry.com and wsmonline.com
The Nashville-based Opry has rarely in its 93-year history taken its iconic show outside Music City, on those occasions visiting prestigious venues such as New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center.