Here are all the performers and presenters for the 2024 Americana Awards & Prizes: Full List

The 23rd Annual Americana Honors & Awards, set for September 18 at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium, will be packed with unforgettable performances.

Duane Betts will open the show performing the Allman Brothers Band's “Blue Sky,” written by his father Dickie Betts. The song appeared on the 1972 classic Eat a peachthe band's first album to enter the top 10 of the Billboard 200. Dickie Betts died on April 18 at the age of 80.

Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell will close the show with “Return of the Grievous Angel,” the opening track by Gram Parsons. Sad Angelwhich featured Harris. The album was released in January 1974, four months after Parsons died of an overdose. He was only 26.

The Americana All-Star Band, led by Buddy Miller, will return to support the artists performing on Americana music's biggest night. Other band members include Don Was (who is up for a lifetime achievement award), The McCrary Sisters, Bryan Owings, Jerry Pentecost, Jen Gunderman, Jim Hoke and Larry Campbell.

In addition to this year's top nominees, Sierra Ferrell, Noah Kahan and Brandy Clark are set to appear on the show.

Blind Boys of Alabama Dave Alvin, Dwight Yoakam and Shelby Lynne will also appear, receiving lifetime achievement awards.

Other performers set for the show are SistaStrings (who will perform with Clark) and Fantastic Negrito (who will perform in a tribute to the late Reverend Gary Davis, who will receive the Legacy Award in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music).

The program will be filmed for broadcast on PBS at Austin City Limits time period in November. The awards show is the centerpiece of the annual Americanafest, which returns for its 24th year on September 17-21.

The show is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. CT. Doors open at 5:30pm. CT.

Here are all the performers and presenters for the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards.

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