2024 Merchants & Music Festival Headliner Announced

Warner Music Nashville’s MULTI-PLATINUM star Gabby Barrett has been announced as the headliner for the 2024 Merchants & Music festival in Fort Thomas, KY, and will be performing on Saturday, September 28 at 9 p.m.

A record-breaking force in Country music, the powerhouse vocalist recently delivered her most autobiographical work to date with the sought-after sophomore release of Chapter & Verse. In a stunning evolution of PLATINUM Goldmine and its Deluxe edition – a 2020 release with smashes like meteoric breakout 7X PLATINUM #1, “I Hope,” 4-week Hot AC #1 crossover “I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth),” 3X PLATINUM three-week #1, “The Good Ones,” and PLATINUM “Pick Me Up” – Barrett took greater creative control than ever before and co-produced the full album with nine co-writing credits. Bringing this new music and more to the stage, she’s currently climbing the Country radio charts with new single, “Dance Like No One’s Watching.”

Surpassing 3 BILLION global career streams, she’s also stacked major accolades like Billboard Women in Music 2022’s Rising Star Award, 2021 CMT Artists of the Year, and the iHeart Radio Titanium Award, plus nods from ACM, AMA, Billboard, CMA, CMT, and iHeartRadio.

Merchants & Music is the largest music festival in Northern Kentucky as it enters its 20^th season this year and has featured past performances by Bret Michaels, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Andrew McMahon, and Dustin Lynch, along with hometown favorites such as Borderline, River City, and Tone Yard. The festival also boosts NKY/Cincinnati food trucks, West Sixth Beer, as well as a kids section featuring Cincinnati Circus, face painting, balloon artists, and bouncy houses.

Thanks to local sponsors and the community, the one-day music festival is free to the public.

More information about Merchants & Music can be found at www.merchantsandmusic.com and on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/MerchantsandMusic/

ABOUT GABBY BARRETT:
Warner Music Nashville’s MULTI-PLATINUM star Gabby Barrett continues to prove herself to be an unstoppable force in Country music. Surpassing 3 BILLION global career streams, the powerhouse vocalist delivers her most autobiographical work to date with sophomore album, Chapter & Verse, including current single “Dance Like No One’s Watching” and hit “Glory Days.” PLATINUM “Pick Me Up” off the Deluxe version of her top-streaming PLATINUM album, Goldmine, followed mega breakout 7X PLATINUM #1 “I Hope”; 4-week Hot AC #1 crossover “I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth)”; and 3X PLATINUM three-week #1 “The Good Ones.” Ruling the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for a record-breaking 27 weeks, “I Hope” was the first debut single by a solo female artist to top the Country radio charts since 2017 and made her the youngest artist with a #1 debut at Country radio in over two decades. Tallying major accolades like Billboard Women in Music 2022’s Rising Star Award, 2021 CMT Artist of the Year, and the iHeartRadio Titanium Award, plus nods from ACM, AMA, Billboard, CMA, CMT, and iHeartRadio. A dynamic entertainer, Barrett has also co-hosted the ACM Awards and CMA Country Christmas. For tour dates and more, go to www.GabbyBarrett.com.