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| 2024 Americana Music Honors & Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 18, 2024 |
| Location | Ryman Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Most nominations | Tyler Childers and Sierra Ferrell (3) |
| Website | americanamusic |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Circle, PBS, |
The 2024 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at the Ryman Auditorium the in Nashville, Tennessee.
The marquee event for the Americana Music Association and the centerpiece of their annual Americanafest, artists are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry and the americana genre. The show is set to be livestreamed on the Circle YouTube channel and on the AMA's Facebook page, alongside live radio broadcasts on Sirius XM and local Tennessee stations WSM, WMOT and WRLT. An hour-long special of highlights will on PBS in November as part of Austin City Limits.[ citation needed ]
Tyler Childers and Sierra Ferrell led the nominations, with three each.[ citation needed ]
The eligibility period for the 23rd Americana Music Honors & Awards is April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The nominees were announced by Gina Miller on May 7, 2023, at a ceremony at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville which featured performances from SistaStrings, Sierra Ferrell, Kaitlin Butts, Megan McCormick with Amanda Fields and Ethan Ballinger, and The War and Treaty. [1]
| Artist of the Year | Album of the Year |
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| Song of the Year | Emerging Act of the Year |
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| Duo/Group of the Year | Instrumentalist of the Year |
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