The Opry Turns Its Birthday Into a Whole Weekend

The Grand Ole Opry is widening its annual birthday celebration, adding more shows to the schedule along with extra parties out on the plaza. The move stretches what has long been a single milestone night into a fuller run of programming for the crowds who come out to mark it. For a stage that has spent decades setting the terms for what country music sounds like, growing the party is its own kind of statement.

With reporting from MusicRow.