Jan. 12, 2012: The CMA has just announced that Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Faith Hill, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, and Zac Brown Band will be joining Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, and The Band Perry in the lineup of artists scheduled to perform at the 2012 CMA Music Festival.
Jan. 12, 2012: Inventory update! We are sold out of our downtown hotel packages (the Courtyard, Hampton, and Hermitage Hotels), but we do have 5-night packages remaining for the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt with seats in the Premium Lower Level Section 133 or 134. Packages are for 3 or 4 people per room.
Dec. 2, 2011: We have 9 remaining packages at the Hampton Inn downtown; these are five-night packages for two people featuring seats in the Premium Club Level Section 235, the Premium Lower Level Section 134 or 135, or the Floor Level Section F Row 6 or Row 8. The Hampton Inn is located within easy walking distance of the music venues. Please call 615-383-3012 for availability for 3, 4, 5, or 6 person packages (extremely limited availability). The Hampton Inn is located within easy walking distance of the music venues. We are sold out of all our other downtown hotels so these are the last remaining packages featuring walking-distance proximity to the Festival. Book online here.
Dec. 1, 2011: Carrie Underwood is the first artist announced to perform at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. The CMA traditionally begins to announce artists for the Festival in mid-February, but country fans have been given a gratifying surprise with the early news that Carrie Underwood is on the docket to play the 2012 CMA Music Festival.
Oct. 29, 2011: Inventory alert! We have one remaining package for two people at the Courtyard downtown. Room type available is nonsmoking king (with a single king-sized bed). Seat selection will be in Premium Club Level Section 235, Premium Lower Level Section 134, or Floor Level Section F Row 3. Available for booking online here. See all our available hotel/ticket packages here.
Oct. 17, 2011: *NEW! We now have queen suites available for 3-6 people at the downtown Hampton Inn. Please call BlueShoe Nashville at 615-383-3012 for prices and location of seats (Premium Club, Premium Lower Level, Floor).
Oct. 14, 2011: Now available: a Gold Circle package for two at the downtown Hampton Inn (located within walking distance of the music venues). Room is a king suite and breakfast is included. Gold Circle seats in Section C Row 37. Book now.
Sept. 22, 2011: We'll be posting some new packages shortly that include king and queen suites at the downtown Hampton Inn & Suites. Please check back for details.
Sept. 14, 2011: Gold Circle packages for two people at the downtown Courtyard Marriott are now available for booking online. Seats will be in Section B Row 29, Section C Row 37, or Section C Row 38.
August 23, 2011: Inventory alert! We have one remaining 4-person package at the 5-star Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. Seats will be in the Premium Club Level Section 235 Row D or with an upgrade option to the Premium Lower Level Section 134 Row B seats 1 - 4. Online booking now available.
A limited number of Gold Circle packages for two people at the Hermitage Hotel remain. Seats will be in Section A, Row 17 or Section C Row 32. Please call BlueShoe Nashville at 615-383-3012 for Gold Circle availability and booking details.
August 11, 2011: Our 2012 CMA Music Festival packages debut today. You can see 5-night package prices here and book online beginning at 2 p.m. Central. Looking for Gold? We do indeed have Gold Circle packages: please call 615-383-3012 for details.
August 10, 2011: The wait is almost over. BlueShoe's CMA Music Festival 2012 packages will go on sale here tomorrow (Aug. 11) at 2 p.m. Central (that's Nashville time, naturally). Hotel/ticket packages feature 5 nights at The Hermitage Hotel, the Courtyard Marriott downtown, the Hampton Inn downtown, the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt, and the Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt.
July 28, 2011: Drum roll, please. BlueShoe's 5 night ticket/hotel packages with Premium Club, Premium Lower Level (including our favorite Section 134), and Floor Level seating will go on sale here on Thursday, August 11, 2011. A limited number of Gold Circle packages will also become available on August 11. More details to follow.
July 24, 2011: It's hard to believe it's been over a month since the 40th Annual CMA Music Festival finished up another great gathering of musicians and fans here in Nashville. A three-hour special on the 2011 Festival will air nationally on ABC on Sunday, August 14--so mark your calendars. In a few days, we'll be announcing the debut date for BlueShoe's 2012 hotel/ticket packages. Hint: it's getting close. You'll be able to purchase your five-night package online here at BlueShoe Nashville. |
Past news from the 2011 CMA Music Festival
June 14, 2011: The 2011 CMA Music Festival is over and we'd like to send you off with a story of southern hospitality from one of our BlueShoe clients. It shows something about why it's easy to fall in love with the small-town friendliness and kindness of Nashvillians:
Here's the story exactly as she emailed it to us:
It's Barbara Franck here, the lady from Vancouver Island in Canada who is in Nashville with her 77 year old Uncle Joe.
I had something happen today that was so amazing, I wanted to tell you. I want someone in the tourist industry to know how well I was treated.
We grabbed a cab back to our hotel at lunchtime today--the heat downtown was killing us. Turns out I dropped my wallet in the cab and didn't notice. We were just thinking about getting into the air conditioned room.
A few hours later, while I was napping, the front desk called me to say the cabbie had my wallet and was downstairs wanting to return it. It had about $750 cash and three credit cards in it--and I got it ALL back. Apparently after he left here he went straight to some sort of two-hour class, so no other patrons had been in the cab. He saw the wallet and saw my Canadian ID and remembered that we were the only Canadians he had driven today and where we were staying. I gave him a $50 tip. I hope that was enough?
Yes, I know it's crazy to carry that much cash--but my uncle is old school and wanted me to bring cash from his US currency account from home, which he had been saving for this trip.
I didn't get the cabbie's full name, but it is Tony from Yellow Cabs. I hope you will have a moment to pass this info along to someone in the tourism sector in town. Creates a lot of good will. We have been saying all week how hospitable everyone here has been!
Despite the heat, we are having a wonderful time. Hope to meet you tomorrow at the Open House if we are downtown during those hours.
Regards,
Barbara
June 12, 2011: The fourth and final night of a fantastic CMA Music Festival ends this evening with the JaneDear girls, The Band Perry, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Taylor Swift.
June 11, 2011: Chris Young, Little Big Town, Josh Turner, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, and Rascal Flatts take to the big stage tonight at LP Field.
June 10, 2011: The lineup for LP Field tonight is tremendous: Ashton Shepherd, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, and Reba.
June 9, 2011: Pocket schedules for the Festival are available at information booths and at Bridgestone Arena downtown. Also--go to the Fan Fair Hall at the Convention Center to find out information about the autograph sessions. We'll be posting more information about the autograph sessions later today.
June 8, 2011: Nashville's Signature Music Event Celebrates 40 Years; Country Superstar Dolly Parton to Sign in the Fan Fair Hall For the First Time in Over Three Decades.
Country Music icon Dolly Parton will sign autographs on Saturday at Noon, for a limited number of lucky winners in the Fan Fair Exhibit Hall. Parton, who hasn't signed autographs at the event since the mid 1970s, wanted to do something special for fans in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Fan Fair.
June 7, 2011: BlueShoe/CMA Festival travelers--it's the eve of your arrival in Nashville. Here are some of the guides we've emailed you in the last month. They're online as PDFs so in case you forgot to print them before you left on your journey:
CMA Shuttle route map:
http://www.blueshoenashville.com/cmashuttlemap2011.pdf
Restaurant recommendations:
http://www.blueshoenashville.com/blueshoebestofnashville2011.pdf
CMA Music Festival Program Schedule (remember the CMA's printed pocket schedules can be picked up for free in downtown at the Information booths and at Bridgestone Arena:
http://www.blueshoenashville.com/Music Reigns at 2011 CMA Music Fest.pdf
June 5, 2011: Award-winning and top selling country star Rodney Atkins headlines Music City Gives Back with a host of other artists on Tuesday, June 7th in downtown Nashville. Josh Thompson, Thompson Square and others will join Atkins for a night of great music. The concert will increase awareness, accept donations of needed items and raise funds for tornado victims for the American Red Cross Relief Fund through donation collection locations around the event. Donations will be directed through the Nashville CVB foundation, Music City, Inc. The concert is open to the public and will be held between 2nd and 4th Avenue beginning at 7:00p.m. The public can make donations at the event or by visiting www.redcross.org.
June 2, 2011: For BlueShoe/CMA Music Festival travelers arriving early: this Saturday (June 4), there'll be a free concert at Centennial Park from 3 to 6 p.m.
It's one of a series entitled "Musicians Corner." Inspired by "Speakers Corner" in London and Nashville's hunger for free outdoor summer music programming, the 2011 season promises to be entertaining and compelling, as each week musical performers and special guests illustrate the diversity, passion, and fellowship of Music City. Local charity partners, local food vendors, and eco-friendly proponents will augment the pastiche of musical performances to create a community gathering space in Centennial Park. Musicians Corner is located in Centennial Park on 2600 West End Avenue in Nashville, TN. Events take place in the front of the park across from the Holiday Inn and McDonalds.
For the Musicians Corner on Saturday, June 11 (during the CMA Music Festival week), there'll be a SPECIAL CMA EVENT WITH LOVE & THEFT, SARA JEAN KELLY, THE HENNINGSENS, HEATHER MORGAN, ANDREW COMBS & FEATURED CHARITY PARTNER BONAPARTE'S RETREAT WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY EMMYLOU HARRIS. See the Musician Corner website for details.
May 28, 2011: Attention BlueShoe/CMA Music Festival travelers! We've been sending email blasts to our BlueShoe clients with updates on the Festival and helpful information about Nashville. In the last few weeks, we have emailed you with the following messages:
May 27: Dolly Parton to be perform at Marty Stuart's Late Night Jam on June 8 at the Ryman Auditorium
May 27: Transportation from Nashville International Airport (BNA) to your hotel
May 26: CMA Map of downtown Nashville and shuttle route for Festival
May 25: Nashville restaurant recommendations
May 19: CMA Music Festival 2011 Frequently Asked Questions (Autograph/Photo sessions)
May 16: CMT Awards Show tickets go on sale May 21!
May 12: Lee Ann Womack to Headline GAC's 2011 CMA Music Festival Kickoff Breakfast
If you have not received the above messages, please check your spam or junk folders (sometimes messages can end up there by mistake). If you still can't find the messages, contact us and we'll resend whatever you're missing. And keep watching your email. We'll be sending more information related to your pending trip to Nashville.
May 25, 2011: BlueShoe is now sold out of hotel/ticket packages, but we believe there are still 4-day Festival passes available through the CMA box office at 800-262-3378. Don't let the General Admission tickets that are available discourage you. It's true you won't be close to the stage, but the music will sound fine. In fact, it will sound terrific.
May 23, 2011: And then there was one. We have one remaining 5-night package with floor level seats (Sect. H Row 10) available at the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt in midtown Nashville (12 blocks from the music venues of the Festival). Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
May 19, 2011: Then there were two. We are now down to two remaining CMA Music Festival packages. Both are for the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt in midtown Nashville, a new property that opened in the summer of 2009. The Hilton Garden will be offering a complimentary shuttle downtown (the music venues are 12 blocks from the hotel). Breakfast is included in the 5-night package. Tickets are floor level in Section F Row 8 or Section H Row 10 or in the club level in Section 227 (the club level has the unique benefit of offering an air-conditioned concourse). Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
May 17, 2011: Newly added today! A handful of three-night packages at the Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt for arrival on June 9 and checkout on June 12. Packages available are for 2 or 4 people with club level seating in Section 227. Limited availability. See prices here.
We have also received two more rooms from the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt for the CMA Music Festival dates of June 8-12, 2011. Packages available are for 2 or 4 people with your choice of club level seating in Section 227 or Floor Level seating in Section F Row 8 or Section H Row 10. Limited availability. See prices here. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
May 16, 2011: Inventory alert! We have one remaining package at the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt. It's a five-night package for four people with seats on the floor in Section H Row 10. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
May 11, 2011: Thanks to the gracious Director of Sales at the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt, we have just received a few additional rooms for the important dates of June 8-13, 2011. AND we have wonderful seats to match with the rooms, including one set of Gold Circle seats. So if you're looking for a hotel/ticket package for the CMA Music Festival we do now have availability with seats in the Premium Lower Level Section 135, on the floor in Section F Row 5, and in the Gold Circle Section E Row 38. Limited availability. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
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May 6, 2011: The reigning CMA Vocal Duo of the Year, Sugarland, has joined the performer lineup for 2011 CMA Music Festival. The duo will perform during the Nightly Concerts at LP Field on Friday, June 10. Additionally, the Nightly Concert at LP Field on Thursday, June 9 will feature guest appearances from two superstars. The first "American Idol" winner and multi-Platinum recording artist Kelly Clarkson will join Jason Aldean during his set for a performance of their recent multi-week No. 1 hit duet "Don't You Wanna Stay." That same evening, 16x CMA Award-winner Alan Jackson will join his friends Zac Brown Band during their set to give fans a special performance of their hit collaboration "As She's Walking Away."
April 7, 2011: It's two months and counting until the CMA Music Festival opens for its 40th annual year in Nashville. If you're looking for a hotel/ticket package, please continue to check back here for updates to our inventory. Although we are currently sold out, you can still buy 4-day Festival passes from the CMA. Contact the CMA box office Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1-800-262-3378 or visit their website.
March 29, 2011: We're waiting on word for the precise room types we'll have to sell for the Hilton Garden Inn packages. Please check back for the latest updates or call BlueShoe Nashville at 615-383-3012.
Mar. 28, 2011:Hold tight, CMA Music Festival travelers. We sold the last room in our original inventory to the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt a few days ago, but the helpful Director of Sales there is in the process of adding a handful of rooms to our block. Check back here later today and we should have a notice up when the new 5-night packages are online and ready for booking. We still have great seats in the Premium Lower Level, on the floor, and in the Gold Circle.
Mar. 17, 2011:We have just received a fresh infusion of Club level tickets from the CMA. Club level is on the 200 Level at LP Field and is the only level that has access to an air-conditioned concourse (a wonderful amenity for ducking out of the hot June weather and enjoying some refreshments). We have packages remaining at the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt, the Hampton Inn downtown, and the 5-Star Hermitage downtown. Seats remaining in our inventory feature Premium Lower Level Section 133, 134, and 135 and some splendid Gold Circle seating. Please call 615-383-3012 for more information or check back here for updates.
Mar. 9, 2011:Inventory alert! We have 5 remaining packages for the downtown Hampton Inn, featuring 5 nights hotel lodging for 2, 3, or 4 people to a room. Seats will be located in the Premium Lower Level Section 133 or 134. Upgrade to floor level is available in Section F Row 3, 5, or 8. Upgrades to Gold Circle are available for the 2-person packages. Book online now.
At the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt in midtown Nashville, we have 7 remaining packages. The packages for 1, 2, 3, or 4 people feature Premium Lower Level seating in Section 133. Upgrades to Floor Level seating in Section F Row 5 or 8 are available. Book online now.
Finally, our best seats in the Premium Lower Level in Section 134 and 135 and in the Gold Circle are matched with the 5-star, 5-diamond Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. Please call 615-383-3012 for details on our current inventory.
Mar. 8, 2011: Three months from today, Nashville will begin hosting its biggest musical event of the year—the CMA Music Festival. And to whet your appetite for the coming extravaganza, today the Country Music Association released the next set of names for the Festival: Brad Paisley, Zac Brown Band, Sara Evans, Little Big Town, Josh Turner, Easton Corbin, the JaneDear girls, Ashton Shepherd, and Chris Young.
If you're looking for Gold Circle packages or Premium Lower Level packages (Section 135, 134, or 133), we've had some nice ones become available at the 5-star Hermitage and the Hampton Inn. Both are downtown hotels within walking distance of the music venues. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
Feb. 24, 2011: As promised, they're here! The last of our splendid downtown packages at the Hampton Inn (featuring Premium Lower Level Seating in Sections 134 and 135 and Floor Level and Gold Circle upgrades, along with packages at the lovely midtown Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt. See details and prices for our 2011 CMA Festival packages here. You can purchase the Hampton packages here and Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt packages here. Embassy Suites Opryland/Airport Hotel packages and Baymont Inn packages will be posted shortly.
Feb. 19, 2011:After a flurry of bookings following the Feb. 8 CMA announcement of the first 12 artists scheduled to perform at the CMA Music Festival, we're pleased to say that we still have a small inventory of well-located seats in the Premium Lower Level, on the Floor, and in the Gold Circle. The big news is that we have just received additional rooms at the Hampton Inn downtown and we'll be matching those with some of our best remaining seats. Please call 615-383-3012 for further information. Note that online booking is temporarily unavailable. Packages will be available for purchase once again on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. See details and prices for all 2011 CMA Festival packages here.
Feb. 8, 2011: Big news! Today the CMA made their the first announcement of artists scheduled to perform at the CMA Music Festival in June. Drum roll, please: Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert join Lady Antebellum, Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Reba, Darius Rucker, and Keith Urban as the first artists announced as performers during the Nightly Concerts at LP Field during CMA Music Festival. This will be Crow's first performance at CMA Music Festival. Additional names and performance schedules will be announced in coming weeks. See the full press release here.
Feb. 7, 2011: A Hermitage Hotel CMA Music Festival package for two has just become available today through a cancellation. The seats are among the best we have (Section 134 Row B or Gold Circle Section E Row 22). Please call 615-383-3012 for details. The Hermitage Hotel is Nashville's only 5-star, 5-diamond hotel; it is located downtown within walking distance of the music venues.
See prices for all 2011 CMA Festival packages here.
Feb. 4, 2011: Yes, we do indeed still have packages for the CMA Music Festival with an array of choice seats. Our ticket inventory includes Premium Lower Level seating in Section 133, Floor level seating in Section F Row 5 & Row 8, and an array of Gold Circle seating in Sections C, D, & E. All packages are for five nights with arrival on Wed., June 8, 2011 and checkout on Mon., June 13, 2011. See details and prices for all 2011 CMA Festival packages here.
Feb. 2, 2011: Inventory alert! We are about to sell out of packages at the Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt. We have two remaining packages at this midtown hotel, located 15 blocks (1.25 miles) from the music venues. The hotel is surrounded by a diversity of restaurants within easy walking distance. During the Festival, the hotel runs a special shuttle 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. on the half hour to a downtown location such as the Country Music Hall of Fame (this puts you within walking distance of the music venues); the charge for the 4-day Guesthouse shuttle pass is $40.00 USD per person and can be purchased when you check in. A taxi one way from the Guesthouse to downtown is approximately $7.00-$8.00 USD. The Metro city bus is also available one block from the Guesthouse on West End Avenue. Breakfast and hotel parking are included. Book package online.
Jan. 15, 2011: Another "Best of the Fest" package for BlueShoe Nashville debuts today online. The Baymont Inn West will be operating as a newly-renovated and updated Holiday Inn Express by Festival time. Breakfast, complimentary parking and Premium Club Level or Premium Lower Level seating are included in this five night package for two, three, or four people. The hotel is located five miles west of downtown and the CMA Music Festival venues, with easy access via Charlotte Avenue or I-40. Book online.
Jan. 8, 2011: Embassy Suites Airport/Opryland packages are now available for online booking! Enjoy a whole lot of hotel and wonderful seats with this five-night CMA Music Festival package, including a spacious 2-room suite, pool, exercise facility, lovely atrium lobby, full breakfast, manager's reception in the afternoon, complimentary parking, and inhouse restaurant. Prices start at $749 per person, based on double occupancy. Seats are located in the Premium Club Level Section 234 or 235, with upgrades to Premium Lower Level Section 133 available.
Jan. 6, 2011: BlueShoe has some new Gold Circle seats for the Festival! New inventory is available for the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt, located 12 blocks from the music venues of the Festival. Featured seats include premium lower level Section 133 or 134, with upgrades now available for Floor Level seating in Section F Row 4, 5, or 8. A limited number of Gold Circle packages have been put online today (book online). Please call 615-383-3012 for more information.
Dec. 31, 2010: The old year still has a surprise or two left in it, including some fresh offerings for our downtown hotels. Due to a cancellation, we have had a 5-night Gold Circle package for two at the Hampton Inn become available. For more information, and to book online, go here. And for those who want the very best, there's no place like the Five-Star, Five-Diamond Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. We've been sold out of Hermitage packages for over a month, but last week the hotel graciously allotted a few more rooms to our block. You may book a Hermitage 4-night package with seats in Section 134 Row B (2nd row) here.
Dec. 22, 2010: newly available at the Hermitage Hotel--four-night package for two featuring seats in Section 134, Row B (2nd row) or Gold Circle Section C Row 32. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
Dec. 16, 2010: Available for the first time online today—2011 Gold Circle packages at the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt. These five-night packages feature Gold Circle seating in Section B Row 33 or Section C Row 38. Book online here.
Dec. 6, 2010: We're working on a list highlighting some of our best Nashville packages for the coming year, including Gold Circle packages and Premium Lower Level seats in our favorite Section 134 for the CMA Music Festival. Check back later this week for the unveiling.
Dec. 4, 2010: It's a little more than six months and counting until the 40th Annual CMA Festival kicks off here in Nashville. Our packages feature splendid premium club level (section 234 and 235) tickets or premium lower level seats in section 133, 134, and 135. All the club level and lower level seats in our inventory are located on the west side of LP Field. This is our preferred location because it puts you in the shade in the early evening and you don't have the sun shining on you or in your eyes (remember it's Nashville in the summer and it can be just a mite hot). In terms of our Gold Circle downtown packages, we have two remaining at the lovely Hampton Inn and Suites with seats in Section A Row 19: available for online booking here.
Nov. 29, 2010: CMA Country Christmas airs tonight at 9:30 Eastern (8:30 Central) on ABC. Artists featured include Kellie Pickler, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Rascal Flatts, and many more.
Nov. 25, 2010: Happy Thanksgiving from BlueShoe Nashville. To celebrate the holiday and help make your shopping as convenient as possible, we're putting up one of our best Gold Circle CMA Fest 2011 packages for online purchase.
If you would like to experience the CMA Music Festival in the most immediate and exhilarating way, stay in the heart of Nashville so you can walk to the music venues. The Courtyard Marriott on Fourth and Church is one of the more elegant hotels in the city and it's supremely well-located for Festival goers. Your Festival passes covers all the day and night-time concerts, along with admission to the autograph/photo sessions at the Convention Center.
We have one remaining package for two at the Courtyard--and it's a head- turner. Featuring Gold Circle tickets in Section A Row 19, the package includes five nights (June 8-13, 2011) hotel lodging, two four-day Gold Circle passes to the 2011 CMA Music Festival, and tax. Price is $1599.00 per person, based on double occupancy. The package will be online by 12 noon on Nov. 25, 2010 and there's only one of them. A nonrefundable deposit of $350.00 USD per person is due at the time of the booking. The balance of the package price is due by March 1, 2011. If you'd like to present this package as a gift, we'll be glad to prepare a customized gift certificate for you.
Book here. You can see our full listing of CMA Fest 2011 packages and prices here.
November 20, 2010: Every year BlueShoe Nashville receives telephone calls and emails from clients who would like to present a Music City gift to a friend or a loved one for an anniversary, a birthday, a holiday, or some other special occasion. These calls become more frequent as we approach the Christmas season. In an effort to highlight some of our best Nashville hotel/ticket vacation packages, in the next few weeks we'll be listing our Festival packages with detailed descriptions. All of our ticket/hotel packages come with the option of a gift certificate we'll be glad to customize for you with the name of the recipient, the giver's name, the occasion for the gift, a color photo of Nashville or the concert event, and any personal expressions you'd like to include.
So without further ado, here's the first listing of BlueShoe's "Best of the Fest" packages:
Five-night Premium Club or Lower Level Package for Two to Four people at the midtown Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt, featuring 5 nights accommodation (June 8-13, 2011), breakfast, four-day Festival passes with seats in Premium Club Level Section 234 or 235 or upgrade to Premium Lower Level Section 133. Prices begin at $749 per person, based on double occupancy. Tax is included. Complimentary hotel parking. Located 15 blocks or 1.25 miles from the music venues. Hotel will offer shuttle that runs on the half hour from 8 a.m. to one hour after the concert ends each night. Passes for shuttle available at checkin; the cost is $40 per person with fee covering the four-day Festival period. The Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt is surrounded by restaurants within walking distance. Breakfast is made-to-order by a staff chef and includes omelettes, waffles, and an array of sides.
Available for booking online: Book Now.
September 1, 2010: A 3-hour special on the 2010 CMA Music Festival airs tonight on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central.
The performance to watch for is Keith Urban's cover of Joe Cocker's arrangement of "With a Little Help from My Friends."
Urban dedicated the song to the people of Nashville who pulled together to help their neighbors during the terrible flooding in early May. With film footage of flood scenes playing on the stage screen behind him, Urban was joined by Tony Brown on the piano, Sarah Buxton, Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman. It was one of the most masterful and moving performances of the entire Festival.
August 31, 2010: Drum roll, please . . . our third downtown hotel/ticket package debuts online today. The popular and lovely Hampton Inn & Suites is now available for booking online for the 2011 CMA Music Festival.
August 28, 2010: We're pleased to announce our CMA Music Festival 2011 packages for the Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt are now online and available for purchase.
See all package prices here.
August 24, 2010: Hotel/Ticket packages for the The Hermitage Hotel and the Courtyard Marriott downtown are now available for purchase online. Our other hotel packages will be up and ready for booking shortly. See all package prices here.
August 23, 2010: Prices for our 5-night hotel/ticket packages for the CMA Music Festival 2011 are now online. We're still in the process of updating hotel photos and information, but you can get a good start on reading about the different hotels here.
Packages will be available for purchase online in the next day or so.
August 13, 2010: Our renewal program for our 2010 CMA Music Festival clients is nearly complete. Packages for the 2011 CMA Music Festival will go on sale to the public shortly. As part of our "Best of the Fest" offerings, we'll be featuring the same great hotels we partnered with in 2010. These properties include the wonderful 5-Star Hermitage Hotel, the downtown Courtyard Marriott, the downtown Hampton Inn, the new Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt, the Guesthouse Inn Vanderbilt, the Embassy Suites Airport, and the Baymont Inn West. Seats offered will include Lower Level Sections 134 and 133, Floor Level in Section F (Rows 3, 4, 5, & 6), a limited number of Gold Circle (including a handful of "Original Gold" located within the first 21 rows in the midsections of B, C, & D).
Bookmark this page and checkback for an update on the pending launch of these "Best of the Fest" packages.
July 12, 2010: Next year's Festival is scheduled for June 9 -12, 2011. We anticipate putting our 2011 hotel/ticket packages on sale here in early August.
June 15, 2010: The 2010 Festival wrapped up four days of extraordinary country music Sunday night, June 13. Performances by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band, Trace Adkins, Reba, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, and Brad Paisley were among the highlights on the big stage at LP Field.
Our 2011 ticket/hotel package prices are not yet on sale. Once prices are finalized, we'll post an announcement here regarding the opening date for package sales. If you are a 2010 BlueShoe client, watch your email for notification from BlueShoe: if you'd like to renew your package with your current seats, or upgrade, you'll be given an opportunity to do so before packages are opened for sale online.
June 9, 2010: Note to our BlueShoe/CMA Music Festival clients--when you check into your hotel for the CMA Music Festival and receive your white ticket envelope, you'll find something extra inside--BlueShoe's Best of Nashville Savings Cards, along with a printed guide with our recommendations for the best restaurants and attractions in Music City. The laminated cards are designed to be worn on your CMA Fest lanyard for easy access. We've also created a Google map highlighting our Best of Nashville suggestions and showing the CMA Music Festival venues and the hotel locations. Click on the place-markers on the map to launch a window with a description of the special discounts being offered at each restaurant or attraction and weblinks for more information; you'll need to show your BlueShoe Best of Nashville card in order to receive the discounts.
June 8, 2010: Hot off the press (or, rather the CMA's website)--the list of artists and their booth numbers, along with date and time of their autograph sessions: Artists' Autographs Sessions.
June 5, 2010: A five-night Gold Circle package at the Hampton Inn Downtown for two people has become available today. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
SOLD OUT.
May 27, 2010: A five-night package at the new Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt for two people has become available today. Please call 615-383-3012 for details.
May 7, 2010: We're coming back from the deluge and there's a raft of special events this weekend to raise flood relief funds. There's also a number of free entertainments being offer to help Nashvillians relax and rejuvenate. Tonight the Nashville Symphony is hosting a free performance in the public square at 8 p.m. Christopher Cross will be the special guest performer and parking is free at the Metro Courthouse/ Public Square Garage. See a list of events here.
May 6, 2010: The days are now lovely in sunshine and Nashville is mopping up. If you have time to lend a hand, volunteers are needed at the Farmers' Market tomorrow to help prepare for a reopening of the market on Saturday. In the wake of the flood, there are many, many places around Nashville in need of volunteers to pitch in and help clean. You can see a complete list of opportunities at Hands On Nashville.
May 5, 2010: Wet but not whipped! The Show will go on. The Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Country Music Association have released statements regarding the floods in middle Tennessee and the status of the Music Festival in June. The short version: the CMA Music Festival will happen! More details here: Nashville CVB issues statement and the CMA reassures Festival goers.
April 6, 2010: As Mr. Perkins' song goes, "It's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, Now go, cat, go." There's still time to secure your hotel and tickets for the world's premier Country Music Festival with BlueShoe's Two for the Show CMA Packages. Perfect for couples, each package features accommodations for two at the Baymont Inn and 300 Level General Admission 4-day festival passes. Priced at $499 per person (based on double occupancy), the package includes five nights hotel (June 9-14, 2010), breakfast, tax, and CMA Festival passes. Call and ask about our Two for the Show special: 615-383-3012.
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