Music and Racing Come Together in 2020
BRISTOL, TN/VA - For the first time in history, Bristol’s racing and music combine for the ultimate 10-day experience for fans. It’s all happening throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Sept. 10-19, 2020.
The new Rhythm and Racing Super Ticket will give music and race fans the opportunity to experience 10 days of fun, music, racing and excitement.
The new Rhythm and Racing Super Ticket will offer music and race fans the opportunity to experience two of the region’s biggest events in 10 days. The Super Ticket includes a three (3) day weekend wristband to the Festival and a three (3) day ticket to all the races at Bristol Motor Speedway, including the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race. The cost of the ticket package begins at $150 per ticket.
The Rhythm and Racing Super Ticket is on sale now. For existing Bristol Motor Speedway 2020 Season Ticket Holders, call the ticket office for information on adding this new option to your package.
The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival will be held Sept, 11-13, 2020, followed by NASCAR bringing a trio of championship playoff races to Bristol Motor Speedway for the first time Sept. 17-19, 2020.
For those who love to camp at music festivals and race weekends, Bristol Motor Speedway will also make select camping options available to the public Sept.10-18, 2020.
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion and the races at Bristol Motor Speedway will bookend an incredible week of activities taking place around the region, which details will be announced in full at a later date. From race events in Kingsport, Johnson, and Bristol, to a special concert on Thursday night, Sept. 10, to kick off the festivities, Rhythm and Racing Week promises to be an unforgettable experience that places the region’s very best assets on the same stage.
For more information, visit www.RhythmandRacing2020.com.
About Bristol Motor Speedway
Forged amid the scenic mountains of Northeast Tennessee near the Virginia state line, Bristol Motor Speedway is The Last Great Colosseum, a versatile multi-use venue that hosts major auto races, football games, concerts and many other captivating events.
The facility features a 0.533-mile concrete oval race track with 28-degree corner banking and 650-feet straightaways that offers racing in several NASCAR touring series, highlighted by two major Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekends.
While at the track, fans are offered a unique viewing experience courtesy of Colossus TV, the world’s largest outdoor center-hung four-sided video screen with a 540,000-watt audio system.
The adjacent quarter-mile dragstrip, Bristol Dragway, offers more than 50 events annually, including the marquee NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. The Thunder Valley Amphitheatre presented by Ballad Health transforms Bristol Dragway into a premier outdoor concert venue for the world’s greatest music performers.
Three football games have kicked-off inside the oval, most notably the 2016 Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol, where border rivals the University of Tennessee and Virginia Tech met before an NCAA-record crowd of 156,990.
In existence since 1961, Bristol Motor Speedway was purchased in 1996 by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., a publicly traded company that is a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States. For more information, please visit www.bristolmotorspeedway.com.
About Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia is heralded as the birthplace of country music, home to the 1927 Bristol Sessions recordings.
The award-winning Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion is a celebration of that great legacy and is renowned for its diverse headliners, established touring acts, up-and-coming artists, and some of the Appalachian regions finest music across a wide variety of roots genres.
It is also noted for its unique downtown setting along State Street, where Virginia and Tennessee meet to form the twin cities of Bristol.
The festival hosts an estimated 45,000 attendees across 20 outdoor stages and indoor venues with more than 130 acts of live music over the course of the three-day weekend. The Festival is run by the Birthplace of Country Music.
For more information about Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, visit www.BristolRhythm.com.