Add one more event to the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards’ jam-packed weekend.
Two nights before the ACM Awards are hosted at AT&T Stadium and broadcast to your living room couch on CBS April 19, the academy will host a fundraising gala called ACM Lifting Lives. The event consists of two simultaneous country shows — one at the Omni Dallas Hotel featuring Lady Antebellum and Hunter Hayes; and one at the Fort Worth Zoo with Keith Urban and Little Big Town.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will co-host both events and alternate between venues.
UPDATE, April 13: The event will no longer be at two venues, and instead will stay parked at the Omni Dallas. Why the switch? Per ACM Lifting Lives manager Hannah Martin in a news release sent out today:
"We had donors inquiring about the two locations, asking if it would be possible to attend both events to see the artists performing -- and we realized we were putting people in a difficult position of having to choose between two incredible events. Rather than force people to choose, we decided to 'supersize' the Gala and host it at one location, with all the talent performing, for one amazing night of entertainment."
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Brooks' appearance might be enough to motivate country music fans to purchase a ticket, as he temporarily retired from music in the 2000s. Brooks hasn't played an open-to-the-public concert in the D-FW area since 2007, according to DMN records. (That event cost $5,000 for a table of 10.) Brooks is back on tour this year and so far none of the concert dates are in Texas.
Garth and Trisha plus Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Hayes and Urban make these two events some of country music’s hottest tickets in town.
Are they also the most expensive tickets in town? They start at $1,250. Interested parties can email gala@acmcountry.com for info.
A ticket to the “One Night, Two Cities, All Music” gala on April 17 includes cocktails, dinner, an auction and, of course, live musical performances. Some of the funds will be donated to charities based in Texas, including Children’s Health of Dallas, Cook Children’s of Fort Worth and Brooks’ charity, Teammates for Kids.
Also taking place in North Texas on ACM Awards weekend is a two-day concert at Globe Life Park in Arlington called Party for a Cause, which The Dallas Morning News has already reported. Thirty country musicians will perform inside and outside the stadium on April 17 and 18.
