 Recently, the Mountain Arts Center in Pressensburg was selected by the American Music Association to join the 23rd annual Americana Fest. This year's festival will be focusing on celebrating music and artists that have come out of Kentucky. Americana Fest will be taking place September 19th through the 23rd in Nashville, Tennessee. This year it's a showcase and a focus on Kentucky music. We've had so much Kentucky music to fame here lately. And so they wanted to add a lot of the venues that are part of that to their showcase. And so this year, I got the call a couple of months ago and asked if we were interested and so the Mountain Arts Center was honored to be a part of that, put on that map as you could say as part of Americana Fest and we get to showcase what we do and what we have done and be a part of it and be a presence down there all week. Did you hear about the wireless plan with no credit check? No contracts, but tons of great features. It's forward pay with Appalachian Wireless. Deals start as low as $19.99 per month for unlimited talk and text and no long-term commitment. Use your own device or ask about deals on the latest and greatest devices, some as much as $250 off. Forward pay on the region's best network. Because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. The Appalachian Wireless dot com for terms and conditions. The Mountain Arts Center is no stranger to local performing artists whether they're up and coming or already in the spotlight. For more information on Americana Fest conference panels and musical showcases, visit AmericanaMusic.org. We definitely have the resume. We've had all these Americana stars that you see today, most of them have played here on their way up or currently. I mean, you've got Jason Isbill, Tyler Childers, some of the big stars, Chris Stapleton, some of the rising stars like local honeys and Cole Cheney, things like that. We are part of the Country Music Highway, we have so much talent in Eastern Kentucky. This is the premier arts center in Eastern Kentucky. We're definitely proud to be a part of it and honored that we were asked to be a showcase venue. Reporting from Outantop News, I'm Nick Colum.