Tickets for Babcock Ranch Foundation’s inaugural Nashville Night music festival are now on sale

Music festival features top performers, benefits local students and families

The Babcock Ranch Foundation is releasing discounted early-bird tickets for Nashville Night, its inaugural musical festival and fundraiser featuring Music City’s brightest stars. Limited tickets for the Nov 18 concert in Babcock Ranch’s downtown area of Founder ’s Square are $25 and went on sale to the general public June 5 Tickets can be purchased at www babcockranchfoundation org

“While the evening festival features the opportunity for music fans to enjoy Founder ’s Square’s lakeside backdrop, food trucks and top entertainment, it also helps raise funds for a worthy cause,” said Syd Kitson, chairman and CEO of Kitson & Partners, who formed the Babcock Ranch Foundation to expand and identify new opportunities supporting Southwest Florida’s families and children

“Proceeds from Nashville Night will benefit the Babcock Ranch Foundation, which supports programs and initiatives that enhance, enrich and positively impact the lives of at-risk children ”

Nashville Night sponsorships are also available, and include VIP seating, complimentary food and beverage and more.

The music festival includes blues, rock and country performances by headliner singer-songwriter Deidre Thornell and starring artists Dave Isaacs, Meg Williams and Travis Bowlin.

Seating on the event lawn overlooking Lake Babcock will open at 3 p m and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets Music will begin at 4 p m and continues until 9 p m with food and beverages served by crowd favorite food trucks, as well as the town’s restaurants: Square Scoops, Slater ’s Goods & Provisions, and The Lake House Kitchen & Bar Dallas-born Thornell’s soulful voice and supersized modern country love ballads draw comparisons to Patsy Cline, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert Her blues-inspired 2020 single entitled “Keep on Loving Me” was cowritten with Music City-based guitar teacher and fellow Nashville Night artist Dave Isaacs Known for her show-stopping performances and poignant storytelling, Thornell released the single “Ohio” in fall 2022 with Grammy-nominated producer Sal Oliveri, who’s worked with Chris Stapleton, Pink and Carrie Underwood. “Black Widow,” her newest song from a forthcoming EP, dropped in February 2023