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Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum artist Melissa Etheridge has been added to the star-studded line-up of performers at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s All for the Hall Los Angeles fundraiser, which will take place on Thurs., Oct. 1 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Etheridge joins previously announced performers Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris and Dwight Yoakam. www.allforthehall.com/LA.
Meanwhile, several upcoming events at the Hall in Nashville will be presented in conjunction with Americana Week. There will be a screening of Behind the Confessions: Radney Foster’s Revival featuring opening remarks by Foster (9/17), a Songwriter Session with Will Kimbrough (9/19), Banjo Demonstration with Ned Luberecki (9/20) and a screening of 35 Years of Austin City Limits: The Anniversary Show with Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel with opening remarks by ACL founder Terry Lickona (9/19). Free to Americana Music Association conference registrants with badges, and Nashville Film Festival members.
Other happenings: Interview and Performance with Jerry Chesnut as part of the Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters series on Sept. 26. And free Workshops for Teachers on Sept. 17, 22 and Oct. 1. Details for teachers at education@countrymusichalloffame.com.
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