Big ceremony for Ellis set next week

A “topping off” celebration for the newly renovated Ellis Theater, and centerpiece of Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music, will be held at 10:00 a.m. in downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Guests will be invited to sign the final steel beam and then watch as it is lifted onto framework of the theater, marking a major milestone in Phase I construction of Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music.

With the completion of the Ellis Theater renovation, construction of the $30 million project is well underway. Once completed, Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music will create a 50,000+ square foot campus featuring the Ellis Theater, a newly constructed museum, classrooms, community hall, meeting and event space, and a rooftop performance venue.

With over 20,000 invaluable items, Stuart’s collection of country music artifacts is the largest private collection of its kind in the world. Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music will embrace the roots of country music in its educational curriculum and programming, bringing both legendary stars and the emerging artists of tomorrow to the Ellis Theater stage.