Salem, Va. (Top40 Charts/ Roanoke Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau) On Saturday, June 1, recent Country
Music Association (CMA) Award winners
Little Big Town and
Hunter Hayes will headline the star-studded Blue Ridge
Music Festival at
Salem Stadium.
Fellow Nashville recording artists Gloriana, Colt Ford, Greg Bates, Will Hoge, Sweetwater Rain and Virginia's own legendary party band, The Skip Castro Band are rounding out the lineup of this day-long event.
Tickets for the event, which will kickoff at 11 a.m., are on sale at the
Salem Civic Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations and charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000. General admission field tickets and reserved stadium seats are $35 plus additional fees. There will also be a limited number of VIP tickets available.
"We are very pleased to be partnering with Mike Smardak and the fine people at Outback Concerts on this event and hope to make the Blue Ridge
Music Festival an annual event in
Salem Stadium," said Carey Harveycutter, Salem's
Director of Civic Facilities.
"We're excited for this event," stated Mike Smardak, President of Outback Concerts.
The hard-working quartet of
Little Big Town was named Vocal Group of the Year at the recent CMA Awards in November and the group's smash hit "
Pontoon" off of their No. 1 album "
Tornado" also was named the CMA's single of the year.
Hunter Hayes, who has made several trips to the valley in recent years, took home the coveted New Artist of the Year honor at the CMA ceremonies in Nashville. Hayes' self-titled debut album already has produced two No. 1 hits including "Storm Warning" and "Wanted." The talented Louisiana native played more than 30 instruments on the album.
Salem has played host to a number of major stars for stadium shows in the past decade. In 2005,
Salem Memorial Ballpark welcomed
Bob Dylan and Willie
Nelson to the stage. In 2006,
Dierks Bentley and
Miranda Lambert headlined the festival, and in 2011, the
Zac Brown Band performed at
Salem Stadium.
