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CMA FEST When: June 6th – 9th, 2024 Where: Nissan Stadium | Nashville, TN, United States Why: Well simply put this is Country Music’s equiv- alent to the NFL’s Super Bowl or NASCAR’s Daytona 500 as the CMA Fest takes over downtown Nashville for four days and nights of Live music that has been connecting fans with Country Music artists for more than a half-century in Music City. To be honest it would be easier to list who is not performing at this year’s CMA Fest than who is, over four nights of all-star shows at Nissan Stadium and four days of jam-packed daily concerts at FREE stages throughout downtown Nashville as the who’s who of Country’s Music Artists take to the stage to kick off the

This Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience began in 1972 as Fan Fair, which drew 5,000 fans to Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium. Fast forward to today and the legendary CMA Fest has become the city’s signature Country Music event that hosts more than 90,000 fans daily from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and 37 international countries in downtown Nashville making this not only a

largest event of the summer.

The CMA Fest features literally the A to Z of Country Music superstars with Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Jordan Davis, HARDY, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ashley McBryde, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, The War And Treaty, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, and many others performing at Nissan Stadium, Chevy Riverfront Stage, and other stages like the Dr Pepper Amp Stage at Ascend Park, located behind the amphitheater that will see the Prince Edward Island’s own and currently based in Nashville, country singer-songwriter and rising star Alli Walker take the stage over the 4-day event.

Photo Credit: Jennifer Vaughn Photography

Summer Music Festival Bucket List item but a lifetime bucket list item, but these events are in high demand. Hence, we recommend that you get your tickets soon as you don’t want to miss this one. Yes, you can see the highlights as the CMA Fest is filmed for an ABC Television Network special but watching it on the small screen does not do it justice, trust us, you want to be there! For more information or tickets to this event go to: https://cmafest.com/

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