&mdash Compiled by Jacque Hillman,Karen Boothby, Lisa Meals • The Jackson Sun • May 25, 2009 Catch this season’s art exhibitions at the Ned
R. McWherter West Tennessee Cultural Center, 314 E. Main St. in Jackson. The Ned’s exhibits, all with free admission, are on display from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Here’s the schedule: Tickets are available at the box office or through TicketMaster outlets, including FYE in Jackson. Tickets are also available by calling (901) 525-3000 or (901) 743-ARTS or by visiting or www.ticketmaster.com. They say the traffic jams are spectacular every summer when the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival makes itself at home at a farm in Manchester. This year’s Bonnaroo will run June 11-14 in the small Coffee County community. This year’s musical lineup includes Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Al Green, Snoop Dog, Erykah Badu, Jimmy Fallon, Merle Haggard, Ani DiFranco, Del McCoury Band, Zac Brown Band, Tift Merritt and many more. For more information, visit bonnaroo.com. Country music fans get up close and personal with their idols during Nashville’s annual CMA Music Festival, running June 11-14 at venues throughout the Music City.
Country artists scheduled to appear at this year’s Music Festival include Trace Adkins, Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley and Jake Owen.