Capitol Nashville Recording artist Little Big Town will once again host the Ride For A Cure on Sunday, July 11, benefiting the T.J. Martell Foundation. This marks the fourth year of the band’s involvement in the charity motorcycle outing, beginning at the Tin Roof in Nashville and riding to the Harley-Davidson Superstore in Columbia.
Registration for motorcycle riders and non-riders begins at the Tin Roof at 8AM with performances by Brett Eldridge and others. The ride kicks-off at 10:30AM and will be followed by a post-ride performance in Columbia at 12:30PM by Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Josh Thompson and The Band Perry.
“Every year we look forward to this day when we can get together with our fans and enjoy a beautiful ride, some great music and raise money for a cause that’s so dear to our hearts,” said Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town.
The T. J. Martell Foundation is offering a special VIP ticket for $300 that includes breakfast, access to the VIP areas during the ride, lunch, a gift bag, t-shirt and performance. Rider plus jam tickets are $35 and include the ride, lunch, t-shirt and performance. Jam tickets are $20. Tickets may be purchased online at www.nashvillerideforacure.com.
Proceeds from Ride for a Cure locally supports cancer research at the Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The T.J. Martell Foundation supports leukemia, cancer and AIDS research.
“This is an amazing event with a demographic that is fun to reach,” said Derek Crownover, President of the T.J. Martell Foundation – Southern Region Board of Directors. “There are some true-blue Martell faithful involved. I have known Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town since before she moved to Nashville. So we go way back. It’s great to see Kimberly, Phillip, Karen and Jimi using their tremendous success to help raise money to find cures for cancer.”
Little Big Town will release their new Capitol Nashville album The Reason Why on August 24. The lead single “Little White Church” is currently Top 15 and climbing.
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