August Update

Introduction
Trent Hughes is a senior in high school, where he carries a 3.86 GPA. He the assistant youth leader at his church, plays men’s high school volleyball, performs with his schools orchestra, is an 8 time letterman and created and leads the acoustic songwriters club at his school. Trent plans on attending Belmont University in Nashville, is a member of Nashville Songwriters Association and fronts The Trent Hughes Band (THB).

Since the creation of THB, 3 years ago, Trent and THB have performed numerous charity events, music festivals, county and state fairs, rodeos. In 2014, Trent performed at “The Stage” in Nashville on the day of The CMA’s with Sarah Montgomery, Tim Teague, Dirk Weaver and our friend TJ Wilder, a performance that started the journey and ignited the spark to pursue his passion.

The band embraces new country, while honoring the past. A typical set can include three chord country, southern rock with a hint of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin and other classic rock influences. THB has he ability to perform as a full-on festival band or tone it down for an intimate acoustic setting.

2016 Update
Trent was recently signed with Nan Cassidy of Tunesmith entertainment. Tunesmith Entertainment is a boutique artist development agency with offices in Indiana, Nashville and Englewood Florida. Tunesmith selects artists very carefully and works with a maximum of 3 acts at a time. Mary Sarah, who was recently on The Voice to Nashville is a Tunesmith artists.

On August 15th, Trent Hughes and The Trent Hughes Band was nominated as “The New Artist of The Year” by The Rocky Mountain Country Music Association. Trent and THB was also selected to perform at the inaugural show on October 8th at The Rialto Theater.

2016 Performance Schedule
January 9th - The 110th National Western Stockshow BBQ Throwdown Sponsored by Chevrolet
March 18th - Showcase artist @ the Buffalo Grass Acoustic society
May 13th - Gold Hill Mesa Art and Music Showcase
May 29th - Headliner on the Nash 95.1 FM Stage @ Territory Days
June 30th - Headliner on the 97.9 Big Country Stage @ the Greeley Stampede
July 16th - Opening Headliner / El-Paso County Fair
July 30th - Blue Cross, Blue Shield Stage @ Cheyenne Frontier Days
August 4th - Gold Hills Mesa Parade of Homes
September 11th - Headliner @ the Colorado Springs Downtown 15th anniversary of 9/11
September 17th - The Public House Acoustic with Ronnie Cook
October 8th - The Inaugural Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards

THB will continue to announce the upcoming summer concert schedule that will include, County fairs and Music Festivals throughout Colorado and surrounding states.

EP Release
On May 29th, THB released its first EP “Waitin for Me”. Trent and the band have been in studio from of October to January, The EP will include tracks such as, “How She Rolls”, “This Heart Don’t Bleed”, “Tried and True Man” and “Perfect As I Wanna Be”


2015 Recap
The Trent Hughes Band kicked the core of the summer schedule at The Greeley Stampede on July 4th Later in the month of July THB opened for Willie Nelsons granddaughter Raelyn Nelson. THB made their first appearance at the Denver County Fair on July 31st and then traveled to The Western Slope of Colorado on August 6-8th and performed in studio at Grand Junction’s KEKB/FM and was the showcase artist at The Garfield County Fair. That performance marked the second time THB played the same event as Gary Allan during the summer of 2015. THB also was the last live music and closed the Colorado State Fair on September 7th, which was a fantastic end to the summer tour.

2015 Events
February 20th - Alpha Sig's 1st Annual Patriotic Music Festival
April 14th - High Plains Music Festival
May 15th - The Buffalo Grass Acoustic Society
May 22nd - The Overlook
July 4th - The Greeley Stampede
July 18th - Private Party / Fundraiser @ CSS
July 24th and 25th - Opened for Raelyn Nelson Band
July 31st - The Denver County Fair
August 8th - The Garfield County Fair and Rodeo
September 7th - Showcase Performer at the Colorado State Fair

2014 Events
April 19th - Benefit for Aden Knar
May 16th - Southern Colorado Livestock Auction fronting the Justin Lane Band
May 31st - El Paso County Speedway Seasoning Opening Race
June 28th - Annual Summer Kick-Off Party opening for Jake Loggins
July 4th - America the Beautiful Park, 4th of July Festival
July 20th - National Little Britches Rodeo Finals
September 4th - Performed live at 95.1 debuting "This Heart Don't Bleed"
September 6th -Margarita Mountain Beach Music Festival at the Norris-Penrose Center
September 28th - Headliner at the Spears Southwest Racing Tour "Colorado 100" @ PPIR

Links
www.trenthughesband.wix.com/band
www.youtube.com/channel/UC_woBy9KW4PAzVDqLZX376Q
www.facebook.com/pages/Trent-Hughes-Band/473900909363991
www.powerpresskits.com/PPKs/indexC.aspx?PPK=15748



For more information or booking of Trent Hughes and the Trent Hughes Band, please contact:

Jim Hughes
Direct: 719-649-6746
Email: Thughesband@outlook.com