Stanley Cup Final: Alan Jackson To Play Pre-Game Concert Saturday

NASHVILLE, TN — It's not every day a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and certified legend plays a free concert on Broadway, but it's not every day a city hosts its first-ever major professional sports championship, either.

Country legend Alan Jackson will play a free concert at the Broadway Smash party before Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final Saturday. The party begins at 3:30 with Jackson scheduled to perform at 4:45 p.m. at the stage at Fifth and Broadway. Broadway will be closed between Fifth and Third ahead of the 7 p.m. puck drop at Bridgestone Arena for Game 3 between the Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Jackson, along with fellow singer Jerry Reed and songwriter Don Schlitz, will be inducted in the Hall of Fame later this year.

For more information on the parties surrounding the Cup Final, which Pittsburgh leads 2-0, click here.

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