Check out the new 3 minute clip of “Etta May’s White Trash Diary” !

Now Booking 2012-2013!

The long-awaited next installment of Jason Petty’s ever expanding production library is finished and will be on the road beginning in 2012. Jason Petty’s The Swingin’ Cowboys is a tribute to the music of the Great American West. This trip down memory lane features songs from Stephen Foster, The Singing Cowboys, and selections from the greatest western swing music ever recorded. An authentic western set along with some of the best musicians in the USA makes for an unforgettable night as Jason narrates the legacy of one of the most influential movements in American music history.  Join Jason Petty along with 2011 Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame inductee Carolyn Martin for a fabulous night of western-themed music, stories, and humor for the entire family.

promotional materials and hi res images coming soon

MCA will be at the NC Presenter’s Consortium ArtsMarket, one of the south’s  premiere arts conferences, to be held in Durham, NC Nov 7 – 10.  Stop by booth #133 and say hello to Charley and new roster addition, Hickory, NC  native Sammy Cortino.

Music City Artists will represent Sammy Cortino in the Southeast territories for PACs, Fairs, & Festivals and casino/corporate dates nationwide. We’re glad to have Sammy in the MCA family!  A few dates to look out for:

Jan 27, 2012 – Hickory, NC - The Old Post Office Playhouse

Feb 25, 2012 – Franklin, NC – Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing  Arts

…more dates to come

Etta May and her one-woman show Etta May’s White Trash Diary sold out beautiful
Merrimack Hall in Huntsville, AL on two consecutive nights Oct 20-21. The reigning “Queen of Southern Sass” was in town to film a full length DVD of her show to be released in early 2012.

Some exciting shows and goings-on for the month of September:
The Funniest Man in America, James Gregory will be performing at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, IN Sept 23
Pat Boone will be performing the National Anthem at his alma mater The University of North Texas in Denton, TX for the home opener on the 10th, followed by a performance of his one man show “An Evening With Pat Boon” at the Murchison Center on the 11th.  Pat will also make an appearance at the  Conroe First Baptist Church that morning.

Jason Petty and Carolyn Martin head to the Rockies for a run of Jason’s “Country Royalty:

9/17 – Durango, CO – Community Concert Hall

9/18 – Rialto, CO – Rialto Theatre

9/19 – Casper, WY – Welsh Auditorium

Pat Boone will close out the month at the Fall 2011  Jubilee Conference in Gatlinburg, TN Sept 27-29

Music City Artists will be at MAC (Booth 235) and PAE (Booth 112) this month.

See you on the road!

Our booth number and location has been moved thanks to an oversight by SouthArts and the subsequent orders from the Baton Rouge fire marshal. We will now be located at booth #112, on the left side as you enter the exhibit space.

Happy to announce that I’ll be helping out good friend Robert Baird (Baird Artists Management) and Gail Lowenberg (Merrymen Performing Arts Center, Kearney, NE) in leading the “Intro to Presenting” session at MAC on Sept 7 at 1:30pm in the conference hall.

Also, our booth at this year’s conference is #235, looking forward to seeing you there!

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Jason is performing his critically acclaimed “Hank & My Honky Tonk Heroes” Aug 1 – 6 at the famed Walter’s Dinner Theatre in Bright, Ontario. Based on the role that won Jason an Obie award for best performance in the Off Broadway hit “Hank Williams: Lost Highway”, Jason Pays tribute to those who influenced Hank and those Hank influenced including Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, and more.

COUNTRY ROYALTY – JASON PETTY & CAROLYN MARTIN’S TRIBUTE TO HANK WILLIAMS AND PATSY CLINE – LIVE AT THE HISTORIC MEMORIAL HALL CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN WILMINGTON, VT – JULY 30 7:30PM –
JASON PETTY, who played to sold-out audiences as the star of “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” at the Little Shubert Theatre in NYC, and CAROLYN MARTIN, Grammy nominated and soon to be inducted into the Western Swing Artists Hall of Fame, in a tribute to the two most influential singers in country music history. Over twenty chart-topping hits performed with a live band. “Hey Good Lookin’,” ”Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Crazy,” “Leavin’ On Your Mind” and more. For tickets and info: www.memhall.org / 802-464-8411