The Academy of Country Music® announced today the special honorees to be celebrated at the 19th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® HONORS™. Honorees for the “Country Music Industry’s Favorite Night” will include Bill Anderson, Brett James, C2C: Country to Country, The Carter Family, Eric Church, Kacey Musgraves, Paramount + Hit Television Series: “Landman”, Leslie Fram, Mike Curb and Scott Zolke. The ceremony is set to take place on Wednesday, August 19th at The Pinnacle in Nashville. Four-time ACM Award winner Carly Pearce is back for the sixth year as the evening’s host, this year alongside three-time ACM Award winner Parker McCollum co-hosting for the first time. Performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.
Presale tickets and early bird ticket pricing for ACM Honors™ will be available Wednesday, June 24 for ACM A-List subscribers and ACM Members and public on-sale tickets will be available on Friday, June 26 through AXS.
Additionally, previously announced ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year winner Ella Langley, ACM Songwriter of the Year winner Jessie Jo Dillon, as well as ACM Studio Recording Award and Industry Award winners, will be feted at ACM HONORS and announced the week of July 6.
ACM A-LIST AND MEMBER TICKET PRE-SALE: Tickets for the 19th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® HONORS™ will be available for ACM A-List subscribers and ACM Members beginning Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00 AM CT,. To gain access to presale tickets before they go on sale to the general public, sign up for the ACM A-List free email newsletter and you’ll be sent a pre-sale code that will grant you access to purchase tickets in advance of the public on-sale.
GENERAL PUBLIC TICKET ON-SALE: Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10:00 AM CT on Friday, June 26 through AXS.
Mike Curb is an acclaimed producer and songwriter, as well as the founder and owner of Curb Records, a powerhouse independent record label. Since entering the music industry in the 1960s, Curb has worked with the likes of Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Lyle Lovett, Wynonna Judd, Rodney Atkins, Lee Brice, Dylan Scott, Kelsey Hart, Hank Williams Jr., Jo Dee Messina and more. As a songwriter, he has co-written hits and themes for countless major films and television series, including films starring Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicholson, Mike Myers, Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow and more. Outside of music, Curb has served as the Lieutenant Governor of California and established the Mike Curb Foundation, which provides funds to support music education, preserve historical music sites, aid homelessness initiatives and more. He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a star on the Music City Walk of Fame and was elected to the ACM Board of Directors in 1991 and served for multiple years. Through his longtime record label work, public service and commitment to bringing Country Music to screens with some of the biggest stars in the world, Curb’s versatile contributions have solidified his legacy.
Past recipients of the ACM Icon Award include, Alabama, Brooks & Dunn, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Eric Church, Charlie Daniels, Mike Dungan, Joe Galante, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alan Jackson, George Jones, The Judds, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, George Strait, Conway Twitty, Ben Vaughn, Hank Williams, Trisha Yearwood, and Dwight Yoakam, among others.
