A new Patsy Cline exhibit will be unveiled at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on April 15 to coincide with the first night of a six-week run of the musical, Always ... Patsy Cline. The artifacts and memorabilia come from the collections of three of Cline's fans -- Theresa Shalaby, Bill Cox and Mark Willix. The musical was first staged at the Ryman in 1994. Mandy Barnett will reprise her role as Cline, and Tere Myers will return as Louise Seger, a fan who met the singer at a concert and often corresponded with her.

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is scheduled for this weekend, April 17-19, at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. Paul McCartney headlines April 17, along with Morrissey and Franz Ferdinand appearing that day. The Killers headline April 18, with M.I.A., Joss Stone and the Drive-By Truckers also performing. April 19 closes the festival with The Cure, as well as My Bloody Valentine and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing that day as well. For a full list of artists appearing daily at the festival, log onto cochella.com.

MerleFest 2009 will be held April 23-26 at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C. with more than 95 acts on 15 stages. Linda Ronstadt will make her first appearance at MerleFest on Sunday, April 26, closing the four-day festival on a high note with a performance consisting entirely of traditional mariachi songs sung in Spanish. Joining her will be the Grammy-winning Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano.

This year's lineup at MerleFest, featuring over 95 performers, also includes Emmylou Harris, Travis Tritt, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Tift Merritt, Blue Highway, The Waybacks, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, John Cowan, Great Big Sea, Jim Lauderdale, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, The Greencards, Dailey & Vincent, Ollabelle, The Del McCoury Band, the SteelDrivers, BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet, and Doc Watson.

Billy Currington will headline a concert following the Country Music Marathon and Half Marathon in Nashville on April 25. Opening acts include Ashton Shepherd and the Carter Twins. The concert is open to the public and tickets are $30.

The 40th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival will be held April 24-26 and April 30-May 3 with Sugarland among the many acts participating. Known as Jazz Fest, the event also features Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, Dave Matthews Band, James Taylor, Tony Bennett, Bon Jovi, Emmylou Harris, the Del McCoury Band, and many more. For a full list of performers and the events schedule, log onto nojazzfest.com.

Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire and Kid Rock are some of the acts that will perform at StageCoach this year. The event will be held April 25-26, 2009 in Indio, California. Others scheduled to perform include Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Chris Cagle, Darius Rucker, Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Darius Rucker, the Charlie Daniels Band, the Zac Brown Band, plus many more.

Free concerts will be held in Las Vegas leading up to the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5. Jason Alden will headline the Fremont Street Experience on April 3, joined by Jake Owen, Julianne Hough and Matt Stillwell. LeAnn Rimes will perform on April 4, along with Kellie Pickler, the Zac Brown Band and Gloriana.

The ACM Awards will be air live on CBS from Las Vegas on April 5.

Many artists are participating in Earth Hour, an event that will be part of the world's largest demonstration of public concern for climate change. Jo Dee Messina will play a free concert in downtown Nashville in honor of Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28. At 8:30 p.m., more than 200 Nashville businesses (including the honky-tonks on Lower Broadway) will go dark for one hour. As the skylines go dark, the city's officials are asking all city residents to turn off non-essential lighting as part of the Earth Hour demonstration about cutting down energy waste.

Lady Antebellum’s Earth Hour participation includes joining the Brita FilterForGood campaign, encouraging fans to cut their use of disposable water bottles, which pack land fills with plastic. "The message of our new video for 'I Run To You' is about paying it forward and being there for others when they need you," band member Hillary Scott says. "We are going to try and make small lifestyle changes now to pay it forward for people younger than us, like my little sister, so that they have a clean, healthy and safe environment to enjoy years from now."

As a part of Earth Day, Travis Tritt will play a free concert on April 20 in Austin, Texas. The concert is one of 10 Green Apple Thank You concerts in various cities recognizing Earth Day. Also, an Earth Day On The Mall show will be held April 19 in Washington, D.C. Performers for that event have yet to be named.

9 to 5: The Musical will debut April 7 at the Marriott Marquis Theatre on Broadway. The play is based on a book by Patricia Resnick, co-writer of the original screenplay, and the 1980 movie in which Parton co-starred with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman. The musical is directed by Joe Mantello and cheoreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler with music and lyrics written by Dolly Parton. The three female leads in the musical will be played by Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block and Megan Hilty.

Craig Morgan will again this year host a charity ride and concert on March 31 near Dickson, Tennessee. The event will include motocross and ATV trail-riding, a silent auction and an acoustic concert. Those scheduled to participate in the event include professional motocross riders Andrew Short, Kevin Windham, Destrey Abbott, Fred Andrews and Barry Hawk, with a concert featuring Craig Morgan, Bucky Covington, Blake Shelton, James Otto and more! The event will celebrate the launch of the Craig Morgan Fund, which benefits several local and national youth-based charities.