The Grand Ole Opry
/ðə ˌɡrænd əʊl ˈɒpri/
/ðə ˌɡrænd əʊl ˈɑːpri/
(also also informal The Opry)
- a US stage show of country and western music that has been performed every week in Nashville, Tennessee and broadcast in a radio programme on Saturday nights since 1925. It is among the longest-running radio programmes in the US and the world, and all the most famous country singers and musicians have appeared on it.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
The Grand Ole Opry