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About the Walk of Fame
The Music City Walk of Fame on Nashville's Music Mile is a landmark tribute to those from all genres of music who have contributed to the world through song or other industry collaboration and made a significant contribution to the music industry with connection to Music City.
Gibson Guitar, the world's premiere musical instrument manufacturer with headquarters in Nashville, is the founding sponsor of the Music City Walk of Fame.
Inductees are announced and honored at a special ceremony with a permanent platinum-and-granite, star-and-guitar sidewalk marker. Inducted honorees include: Boudleaux & Felice Bryant, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Reba McEntire, Ronnie Milsap, Roy Orbison, Kenneth Schermerhorn, The Crickets, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Wynonna Judd, Frances W. Preston, Michael W. Smith, Buddy Killen, Barbara Mandrell, Vince Gill, Bob DiPiero, Rodney Crowell and Jimi Hendrix. Click here to read more about the inductees.
Official nomination forms may be downloaded by clicking here or picked up in one of the Nashville Visitor Information Centers (in the Sommet Center tower at Fifth Avenue and Broadway, or in the US Bank building at Fourth Avenue and Commerce).
The Music City Walk of Fame is an official project of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau Foundation (Music City, Inc.). The foundation was established to further the education, research and training for Nashville's hospitality industry and to produce events and projects in association with the City of Nashville. The Music City Walk of Fame is being produced with the support of Gibson Guitar, Maker's Mark, the City of Nashville and Metro Parks.
The Music City Walk of Fame will recognize members of the Walkway of Stars with a commemorative marker. The Walkway of Stars honors country performers of national reputation elected by a majority of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Board of Trustees. See the inductees. Get more information from the Museum.
About the Music Mile
"The Music Mile" is roughly a one-mile stretch which connects downtown to Music Row. Heading west from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, you'll encounter nearby neighbors such as the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Nashville Arena, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, and the soon-to-be-under-construction Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Just a bit further on The Music Mile are the ever-changing galleries of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and down the road you'll find vibrant new entertainment, restaurant and shopping venues on Demonbreun Street and the Music Row Roundabout. The Roundabout, site of the imposing Musica sculpture and adjacent to Owen Bradley Park, serves as a gateway to the music industry that has collected on 16th and 17th Avenues South, including RCA Studio
