ShowUp Action Summit: Nashville

The ShowUp Action Summit is a gathering of artists, legislators, movement leaders, and industry executives for a first of its kind conference centering the music community’s work in activism and advocacy. Join us on Friday, May 17 at Nashville's Riverside Revival for the day-long event, which is timed to follow the close of the Annual Music Biz Conference.

In this time of urgency, we will recognize the activism work of the music community, identify opportunities for fans and the industry to amplify artists' voices, and gather education and inspiration from legislative and movement leaders to help galvanize a path forward.

Free with registration to artists, industry, and movement leaders. Capacity is limited. Reserve your seat now.

ShowUp Action Summit

Riverside Revival

1600 Riverside Dr.

Nashville, TN

10am-4pm

Please note this is not a fan-facing event, and we are reviewing all registrations before issuing tickets to maintain the integrity and safety of our event. Lunch and hospitality provided by our friends at The Orchard.

Ali Harnell leads female-led/female-powered tours, events, initiatives, and programs for global live entertainment leader Live Nation with a mission to drive gender equity. She has produced tours for Oprah, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Katie Couric, and most recently Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper’s Unwell Tour. Harnell executive produced the Grammy nominated song “A Beautiful Noise,” recorded by Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile to celebrate women’s suffrage and the fight for social justice. She has helped raise tens of millions of dollars collectively for causes and nonprofits, producing large scale benefit events annually. Harnell serves on the Boards of MusiCares, Music Artists Coalition, and LIFEbeat.. She is an Advisor to Save The Music and Women in Music.

Tennessee Two Plus One

The state of Democracy in Tennessee with Nashville-based, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and activist Margo Price in conversation with Representative Justin J. Pearson and Representative Gloria Johnson of the Tennessee Three. TN State Representatives Pearson and Johnson gained national attention last year as outspoken advocates for gun control in the wake of the Covenant elementary school shootings in Nashville. Rep. Gloria Johnson is also a current candidate for US Senate in Tennessee running against Marsha Blackburn.

Direct Input: Voting

How artists at every stage of development can and do drive voter education and turnout. Panelist include Tequila Johnson, powerhouse Co-founder of TN's Equity Alliance, responsible for registering 200,000 black and brown voters in TN since 2020; Lucille Wenegieme, Executive Director of Headcount, an industry leading organization for 20 years ; Emily White, founder of iVoted, the ground-breaking nonprofit increasing voter turnout by producing events & activating venues to let fans in with a selfie from outside their polling place; and Denitia a Nashville based artist and activist recently named to CMT's Next Women of Country Class of 2024.

Our decision to host the first Action Summit in Nashville was an intentional one.

Unlike in any other US city, the music community of Nashville has been galvanized by a cascading series of man-made and natural tragedies within city and state limits: a tornado leveling homes, businesses and houses of worship; gun violence, including school shootings; legislative attacks on our at-risk and marginalized neighbors; the outright banning of books and intentional underfunding and privatization of public schools.

Nashville artists have responded at every turn, joining & leading efforts to mobilize and advance change.

What has this community learned? What support do they need?

We will be in Nashville to recognize the vanguard nature of this music community’s activism; to celebrate it, learn from it, and identify strategies and tools to support this community, and music communities like it all over the US.