Sunset Country Fest has joined the Country Music Association as a Professional Member. We read CMA’s own pages to work out what the tier includes, what it costs, and what it does and does not do for a Central Florida festival.
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Sunset Stage Series: Drew Baldridge Released the Same Song Three Times. The Third One Went Platinum.
Drew Baldridge put out She’s Somebody’s Daughter in 2019 and nothing happened. He recorded it twice more, sent it to radio on his own label, and it reached No. 1 on Mediabase and Platinum at the RIAA.
The Sunset Country Fest 2027 lineup will be announced on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at 11:00 AM Eastern.
A federal rule has governed how live event ticket prices are displayed since May 12, 2025. Florida law regulates resale instead, which leaves the federal standard doing the display work here.
The 158th Silver Spurs Rodeo arrives in February 2027. Its 8,300 seat arena is the country room Central Florida keeps forgetting it has.
Rory Bourke charted 61 songs over 43 years without being the voice on the record. What his career says about the future of the country songwriter.
The 2026 CMA ballot gave women four of five Single of the Year nominations. Country radio gave songs by women 8.08 percent of airplay in 2025. We look at why the two numbers tell different stories.
Waylon Wyatt turned twenty on stage in Atlanta, has two gold singles and a debut album, and is touring three continents. Florida is not on the route, and the reason is worth explaining.
A Florida native at twenty five, two albums deep without a major label, came home in September to a seated downtown room. That is the whole story of this region.
In April he set a first week radio record. On October 23 his debut EP arrives, and that is the part that actually tells us something.
Opry Entertainment is putting a three story, 33,000 square foot country venue at Universal CityWalk by late 2027. It is real validation for this market, and it still leaves the rung that actually develops Florida artists completely empty.
McKinleigh writes her own songs and opened for The Band Perry in her home county. Meet the rising Kentucky artist and the team building her career.