Nashville, Tennessee – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization, and groundbreaking country music star Ty Herndon today announced the first round of performers who will take the stage for the tenth anniversary of the Concert for Love & Acceptance. Today’s announcement includes pop-country sensation Dasha, as well as David Archuleta, Brooke Eden, Lindsay Ell, and Sam Williams.
Additional performances and appearances will be announced ahead of the show, set to take place on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Category 10 — formerly the Wildhorse Saloon.
“So much has changed since we put the first Concert For Love & Acceptance together back in 2015, and I like to think we’ve been an important part of that change. When people join us for this show, we only ask one thing of them — and that’s to leave their differences at the door and come together for a night of music, love, and acceptance. Nothing has the power to bring us together like music. We’re so much greater than the things that separate us, and we sure could use a little more love and acceptance these days,” said Herndon.
Founded in 2015, the Concert for Love & Acceptance has become a premier event during the week of CMA Fest dedicated to fostering a more inclusive country music community. Proceeds from the event support Ty Herndon’s Foundation For Love and Acceptance, which focuses on supporting the LGBTQ community alongside support for mental health, addiction, and trauma recovery.
Past events have featured appearances and performances by Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Tanya Tucker, Chris Daughtry, Mickey Guyton, Brett Young, Brothers Osborne, and many more. Tickets are on sale now, and fans are encouraged to secure their seats early for this highly anticipated celebration.
The Concert For Love & Acceptance is presented in partnership with Music City PrEP Clinic, Rooted Recovery Stories with Patrick Custer | A Podcast By Promises Behavioral Health, and Southern Pride Process, LLC, with additional support from Chris Watson Travel.
For tickets and more information, visit https://www.f4la.org/.
ABOUT GLAAD
GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org or connect with GLAAD on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.
ABOUT TY HERNDON
Ty Herndon has lived a life and career of extreme highs and lows and celebrates a critical milestone in country music as his record-breaking debut single “What Mattered Most” turns thirty in 2025. Between 1995 and 2002, Herndon charted 17 singles, including his three number ones and seventeen top 10 hits, such as “I Want My Goodbye Back,” “Loved Too Much,” “A Man Holding On,” and “Hands of a Working Man.” He topped the charts in 1996 with the single “Living in a Moment” and again in 1998 with “It Must Be Love.” Ty continued to break new ground throughout the next decade, releasing a Greatest Hits collection, as well as the albums “Right About Now,” “Lies I Told Myself” and the Grammy-nominated “Journey On.” In 2015 he became the first major male country music artist to come out as gay and released the critically acclaimed albums “House on Fire” and “Got It Covered” and launched the annual Concert For Love & Acceptance. His 2022 album JACOB spawned the country radio hits “Till You Get There” and “Dents on a Chevy,” a duet with Terri Clark that spent 7 weeks atop the independent country radio charts, becoming the number one independent country single of 2023. For more info, visit www.tyherndon.com.
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FOR LOVE & ACCEPTANCE
The Foundation for Love & Acceptance, founded by Ty Herndon, is dedicated to harnessing the power of music and media to support mental health and addiction recovery, LGBTQ+ and other at-risk youth, and Nashville’s country music community. Organizations that have benefited from the Foundation include GLAAD, MusiCares, ACM Lifting Lives, the Oasis LGBTQ Youth Center in Nashville, Bianca Page Day, and more. In 2021, the Foundation partnered with education provider Everfi to implement a mental health wellness education program, reaching over 300 schools across Mississippi, Kansas, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, and Washington, DC.
