Nashville Unplugged

Aaron Benward’s Nashville Unplugged

Aaron's Benward's Nashville Unplugged presented by Mountain Dew returns to Mandalay Bay every Friday night at Rhythm & Riffs. Aaron will be joined on stage by the songwriters behind some of Country music's best loved songs. Hear the story behind how the music came to be, direct from the songwriters themselves, then watch them perform live! It’s an all-acoustic show that gives the audience the pleasure of an intimate and highly interactive experience with the music they love and the songwriters behind each one.

Rhythm & Riffs | Age 21+

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Free Admission

Upcoming Shows

Friday, July 11 & 25

Friday, August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29

Friday, September 12 & 26

Friday, October 10 & 24

Friday, November 7

Hosted by

Aaron Benward

Aaron Benward is an award-winning and multi-platinum singer/songwriter and music/film/tv producer. Aaron introduced Nashville Unplugged: The Story Behind the Song to Las Vegas in 2009 at Mandalay Bay providing a platform for songwriters to engage with a captive audience. Returning from the pandemic, Nashville Unplugged is better than ever bringing back Aaron and a catalog of songwriters ready to tell their stories and perform their songs live once again at Mandalay Bay!

Friday, July 11

615 Collective - Aaron Godvin, Michael Logen, Nicole Witt, and Sarah Darling

The Six One Five Collective in the spirit of Highwaymen, and Little Big Town - is a Grammy Nominated, IBMA Song of the Year award-winning group of artists/songwriters that have blossomed into one of Music City's best. The Six One Five Collective is a collaborative effort and creative brainstorm of artists mixing the genres of Country, Americana, and Pop. Their sound is an undeniable wall of distinctive harmonies, and voices that are reminiscent of great American bands that have come before them; Fleetwood Mac, Little Big Town, Old Dominion etc.

Their road show is an eclectic mix of original solo music, hit songs they've written for other artists, and high energy songs that are the 'Six One Five sound.' They've toured around the world opening for John Legend, India Arie, John Hiatt, Kenny Chesney, Jon Pardi and more. They've played the Grand Ole Opry stage, C2C and have toured extensively overseas.

Their songs have been written for household names like Kelly Clarkson, George Strait, Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, Lee Brice, Marc Broussard, Sister Hazel, and several TV shows such as Nashville,Parenthood and Virgin River.

Their 615 collective penned song “Kindness” was featured on season 21 of American Idol. They just released their 3rd song to Country Radio called “Doozies”. They'll be on the Six One Five 'We Live For These Nights' tour all summer long.

Six One Five Collective is:
Aaron Goodvin – Double platinum-selling artist with two #1s, six Top 10 hits in Canada, 11 CCMA nominations, and a Juno nomination for Album of the Year. His songs have been recorded by Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, and Cole Swindell.

Michael Logen - Grammy nominated, platinum-selling singer-songwriter for commercial and sync cuts including multiple placements on “Nashville,” “Suits,” “Parenthood,” “One Tree Hill,” and “The Fosters.”

Nicole Witt – Nationally touring award-winning singer-songwriter with songs recorded by George Strait, Lee Brice, Rodney Atkins, and Terri Clark and winner of IBMA Song of the Year for Balsam Range’s “Trains I Missed.”

Sarah Darling - 98-time Grand Ole Opry performer who has toured the world with five full-length albums, singles including a #1 on the UK Country charts and 11 million video views. She is also one of the first Sirius XM The Highway Finds.

Friday Night Unplugged

At Rhythm & Riffs

Join award winning Country music songwriters in an interactive, acoustic-style concert every Friday night hosted by Aaron Benward.

 

 

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