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Located in the heart of the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, Billy Bob’s Texas first opened its doors in 1981. Since then visitors have enjoyed live entertainment each month when stars from the present and past grace the stages. Billy Bob’s Texas has begun a year-long celebration, marking its 40th Anniversary and will be bringing in the biggest names in music along with some of the hottest rising stars from across the country. ....
“We were thrilled at the opportunity to work with Scotty McCreery and partner with such an incredible and important organization again,” Billy Bob’s Texas General Manager Marty Travis said in a news release. “I love having an opportunity to help a great cause like ACM Lifting Lives, and doing it while performing at a legendary venue like Billy Bob’s Texas is an added bonus,” McCreery said. The philanthropic arm of the Academy of Country Music created the fund last March when the pandemic shut down live music and continues to write checks today. We re hearing from our colleagues, the bus drivers, songwriters, lighting techs saying, I m still out of work , said the nonprofit s executive director Lyndsay Cruz, I think we reached about 200 people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, to date, and our grants are small, $1,000 to $1,500, $2,000. So really, any amount helps. ....
Live entertainment venue owners and local leaders gathered Wednesday at Billy Bob’s Texas in Fort Worth to celebrate the passage of the “Save Our Stages Act.” ....
Updated on December 30, 2020 at 8:34 am NBC 5 News Some help is on the way for the entertainment industry. Wednesday morning, state leaders are holding a press conference at Billy Bob s Texas in Fort Worth to highlight the good news. Congressman Roger Williams (R, TX-25) is expected to speak alongside management from entertainment industry professionals like Billy Bob s, Encore Live and Visit Fort Worth/Hear Fort Worth. The Save Our Stages Act, which has been included in the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, is expected to provide $15 billion to eligible live entertainment venues, performing arts organizations, museums and motion picture operators across the country that have been shut down during the pandemic. ....
He said the star, who died Saturday at 86, graced Billy Bob’s mainstage 10 times. “Charley was one of the first guys to kind of knock the wall down, and it wasn t because he was African-American or Black, Travis said. It was the fact that he was great. In an interview just last month ahead of receiving a lifetime achievement award, Pride told NBC DFW he never set out to pave a new path. Country music legend Charley Pride will be honored with the Country Music Association’s 2020 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at what’s considered the biggest night in country music. NBC 5’s Deborah Ferguson reports that Pride, 86, just sees himself as a man who wanted to sing and play music. ....