Lee Ann Womack, Indigo Girls Anchor Massive AmericanaFest Lineup
The initial lineup for the 17th annual Americana Music Festival and Conference — shorthand: AmericanaFest — has been announced and the diversity is especially impressive this year, even for a genre known for being all-inclusive.
Two of country’s most powerful female vocalists represent Nashville: Lee Ann Womack and Wynonna, who will play with her band the Big Noise. Other country-leaning acts include Sunny Sweeney, Aubrie Sellers, John Paul White, Will Hoge, and the Last Bandoleros and Luke Bell, two of Rolling Stone Country‘s Artists You Need to Know for May.
Seminal folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls are also set to perform, along with Amy Helm, Dylan LeBlanc, Green River Ordinance, Parker Millsap and bluegrass jammers the Infamous Stringdusters. New York City punk-rock frontman Jesse Malin, who will reunite with his old band D Generation to release a new album in July, is on the bill too.
AmericanaFest is held September 20th through 25th at venues throughout Nashville, with the September 21st Americana Honors and Awards the festival’s centerpiece. Nominees for the Americana Honors will be announced May 11th.
Here’s the initial lineup for AmericanaFest, with more artists to be announced later:
Amy Helm
Aubrie Sellers
BRUNS
Bart Crow
BJ Barham of American Aquarium
Brent Cobb
Brian Whelan
Brian Wright
Buddy Miller
Cedric Burnside Project
Charlie Parr
Ciaran Lavery
David Ramirez
Dead Horses
Derik Hultquist
Dietrich Strause
Dylan LeBlanc
Front Country
Grant-Lee Phillips
Green River Ordinance
Hollis Brown
Indianola
Indigo Girls
Infamous Stringdusters
Jay Nash
Jesse Malin
Joe Purdy
John Paul White
Larkin Poe
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
LAU
Lee Ann Womack
Lori McKenna
Luke Bell
Lydia Loveless
Marlon Williams
Mindy Smith
Moonsville Collective
Parker Millsap
Penny & Sparrow
Peter Bruntnell
Phil Cody
Quiet Life
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Ruby Amanfu
Ruby Boots
Ruston Kelly
Ryan Beaver
Sammy Brue
Sara Watkins
Sarah Potenza
Shawn Mullins
Sons of Bill
Sunny Sweeney
SUSTO
Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones
The Americans
The Ballroom Thieves
The Black Lillies
The Bottle Rockets
The Cactus Blossoms
The Handsome Family
The Last Bandoleros
The Pines
Will Hoge
William Clark Green
Wynonna & The Big Noise