Nashville Meets London 2018 Music Festival Returns with Highly Anticipated Talent Lineup
Representing the USA are Sam Palladio, Tyminski, The Sisterhood Band, and Dylan Schneider; Representing the U.K. are The Adelaides, Frankie Davies, Jade Helliwell, Holloway Road, Keywest, Two Ways Home, and Worry Dolls
2-day FREE event set for July 28-29 in Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf, London
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(Nashville, Tenn. – May 8, 2018)
– The 2018 lineup has been announced for the highly anticipated FREE
summer music festival, Nashville Meets London, set for July 28 – 29 in
Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf, London. This year’s talent
representing the US is ‘Nashville’ actor, singer-songwriter, and
musician Sam Palladio; multi-award-winning vocalist and instrumentalist Tyminski;
Rod Stewart’s daughter, Ruby Stewart and daughter of country group
Baillie & the Boys’ Michael Bonagura and Kathie Baillie, Alyssa
Bonagura’s female Country Rock duo The Sisterhood Band; and Dylan Schneider,
who has been labeled by Billboard as “Country Music’s Next Rising Star”
and has surpassed 1.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Representing the U.K. are Country Pop trio The Adelaides, singer-songwriter Frankie Davies, BCMA Female Vocalist of The Year Jade Helliwell, U.K. country-pop duo Holloway Road, multi-award-winning and multi-platinum selling folk, rock and pop band Keywest, Alt-country/folk duo Two Ways Home, and the tenacious female duo and multi-instrumentalists Worry Dolls.
In addition to the two-day festival, Nashville Meets London recently announced that prior to the festival’s kick-off, on Friday, July 27,
Buck’ N Bull Saloon and NML will come together to host an official
festival pre-party; a ‘Southern Fridays’ boat cruise down the River
Thames. The programme will include acoustic performances by Liv Austen, Frankie Davies, and Raintown, and a DJ set by Baylen Leonard featuring
fan-favorites spanning Country and Americana. More information
surrounding the pre-festival cruise is available by visiting www.bucknbullsaloon.com.
Since the inaugural Nashville Meets London festival in August 2016, the festival has showcased popular performances by American
Young, Logan Brill, Ashley Campbell, Russell Dickerson, Ty Herndon, Sam
Outlaw, Logan Mize, Angaleena Presley, Lucie Silvas, and Jo Smith,
alongside U.K. based acts Yola Carter, Flats & Sharps, Kevin
McGuire, Megan O’Neill, Pauper Kings, Hannah Rose Platt, Raintown,
Wildwood Kin and William the Conqueror. The
event has drawn an impressive number of people and left an
overwhelmingly positive response among UK-based Country music fans and
locals.
A recent surge in the popularity of Americana and Country music has
created a demand for more opportunities in the U.K. In May 2018, Nashville Meets London launched a monthly residency, Nashville Meets London Presents,
providing an opportunity for more artists to be introduced into the
market throughout the months leading up to the annual festival.
The site of this year’s festival, Canada Square Park, is located in the heart of Canary Wharf, which hasover 300 shops, bars, and restaurants. Canary Wharf Arts + Events presents aworld-class, year-round artsand
events programme, offering tenants and visitors over 200 diverse and
culturally inspired events throughout the estate. The majority of these
events are free for all and range from outdoor theatre, live music
concerts, sporting events, dance performances, community showcases,
global street food and family-friendly shows.
Nashville Meets London is co-produced by Canary Wharf Arts + Events, Peter Conway Management and Nashville-based agency, The AristoMedia Group. U.K. based radio DJ Baylen Leonard leads the Artistic Programme and serves as Host. Ascot Travel Services exclusively booked travel for this year’s festival.
Please note: The two-day event is open to the public
and free for all to enjoy. Audience space is unreserved and limited. For
everyone’s enjoyment, portable furniture is not permitted and for
everyone’s safety, glass bottles and glasses are not permitted.