Maren Morris will perform and sit down for a keynote conversation at the 2025 espnW: Women + Sports Summit, Billboard can exclusively reveal.

The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter will first take the stage for a conversation with sports reporter Sarah Spain before performing at the event, which goes down Oct. 28-30 at the Ojai Valley Inn in Ojai, California.

Now in its 16th year, the espnW: Women + Sports Summit aims to bring together “trailblazers across sports, business, entertainment, and culture to drive change and opportunity for women in sports.” Programming includes keynote speakers and conversations, panel discussions, and interactive breakout sessions, capped by evening entertainment and gatherings. Wellness and sports activities (of course) are also woven throughout the day. And if you can’t make it to Ojai, all the Summit sessions will stream across espnW and ESPN digital and social platforms.

Last year, Grammy-winning musician Brittany Howard closed the Summit with a keynote performance.

Morris released her fourth album, D R E A M S I C L E, back in May and is currently on a tour in support of the project, wrapping at the end of this month. Her biggest hits include two Billboard Hot 100 top 20 entries: “The Middle” with Zedd and Grey (No. 5 in 2018) and “The Bones” (No. 12 in 2020). Both songs topped the Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts, while “The Middle” went to No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (for a staggering 33 weeks), Radio Songs (nine weeks) and Pop Airplay (seven weeks) and “The Bones” was No. 1 on Hot Country Songs (19 weeks) and Country Airplay (two weeks).

While her career began in country music — with four Country Airplay chart-toppers and five wins apiece at the ACM Awards and CMA Awards — Morris formally announced her exit from the genre in 2023, telling the Los Angeles Times: “I thought I’d like to burn it to the ground and start over, but it’s burning itself down without my help.”

As for her love of sports, during the pandemic, Morris picked up tennis and then set up a travel pickleball court for her crew during her 2022 tour. “Since I was still getting to know the crew members who were new to my team, pickleball was a great way to get the crew together and bond over a game that is entertaining and social in nature,” Morris told Pickleball Magazine in a 2022 interview. “…It’s just fun to walk past after a few hours and see the crew playing and they’ve picked up their own game. It makes me so happy it’s caught on and maybe they’ll go home and play during the week when they’re off the road.”

You can find more details about the 2025 espnW: Women + Sports Summit presented by Toyota here.



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