This year’s event raised $215k

Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots held their sold-out seventh annual Million Dollar Show at the legendary Ryman Auditorium Wednesday night (Apr 3rd), raising $215,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Since 2014, Bones and The Bobby Bones Show have raised over $24.8 million to help kids fight cancer and life-threatening diseases.

The star-studded lineup included performances from Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots, Sam Hunt, Jon Pardi, Megan Moroney, Ben Rector, Ian Munsick, Nate Smith, Mat Kearney, Edwin McCain, Grace Bowers, and Lauren Watkins.

Fans were treated to several surprise guests throughout the evening, including rock band Lit, performing their smash hits “My Own Worst Enemy” and “Miserable,” and Turnpike Troubadours, taking the stage with their songs “Diamonds & Gasoline” and “Good Lord Lorrie.” As a final surprise, Bones welcomed Post Malone to the stage as the closing act, making his unofficial Ryman debut performing Hank Wiliams’ “Honky Tonk Blues” and his single “Stay.”

Radio and TV personality Bobby Bones hosts the nationally syndicated iHeartRadio program The Bobby Bones Show, which broadcasts to over 185 stations and is the No. 1 country morning show with millions of monthly listeners. The award-winning show is a three-time CMA Award winner, a four-time ACM Award winner and earned Bones the title of youngest-ever inductee into the prestigious National Radio Hall of Fame Additionally, the media personality’s fan-favorite podcast, BobbyCast, which features candid long-form interviews with top artists and industry figures has been downloaded nearly 20 million times. Bones is the two-time No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Bare Bones: I’m Not Lonely If You’re Reading This Book and Fail Until You Don’t: Fight Grind Repeat, and recently released his first children’s book, Stanley The Dog: The First Day of School.