SUMMER OUR BIG VENUE MUSIC FESTIVAL BUCKET LIST FOR 2023 by Karlee Atwater T he Summer Music Festival industry is an extremely competitive and growing market as festival organizers battle every year to get the best superstar, iconic and up and coming artists to headline and perform at the music festivals happening across North America this summer on both sides of the border. We have researched the artists, venues, perks, and reviews both person- ally from our team and from festivalgoers to find what we think are the best of the best and worthy of your hard-earned money to attend with our Big Venue Music Festival Bucket List for 2023. THE SOUNDS OF
CMA Fest 2023 When: June 8th – 11th, 2023 Where: Nashville, TN, United States
Why: Well simply put this is Country Music’s equivalent to the NFL’s Super Bowl or NASCAR’s Daytona 500 and it only seems right that is would happen in Music City to kick off the summer music festival season. I know that we said in the opening comments that
these festivals were not in any particular order, other than by date. Well, it is purely by coincidence that the festival at the top of our must-attended Big Venue Music Festival Bucket List for 2023, would also be the first we put on our list, but these things happen. They did in 2022 and again for 2023 and most likely for 2024 as well. To be honest it would be easier to list who is not performing at this year’s CMA Fest than who is, as the whose who of Country’s Music Artists take to the stage to kick off the largest event of the summer. The CMA Fest features literally the A to Z of Country Music superstars with Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, Brett Kissel, Carly Pearce, Dan + Shay, Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, HARDY, Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Lauren Alaina, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, MacK- enzie Porter, Maddie & Tae, Madeline Merlo, Miranda Lambert, Old Dominion, Pam Tillis, RaeLynn, Tim McGraw, Tyler Hubbard and many others performing at Nissan Stadium, Chevy Riverfront Stage and other stages over the 4-day event. Ascend Amphitheater returns to CMA Fest on Friday, June 9 with “The Cadillac Three & Friends” featuring headliner The Cadillac Three and additional performances by Boy Named Banjo, Randy Rogers Band, Elvie Shane, Tenille Townes, and Special Guests! Their inaugural event in 2015 brought in over 20,000 attendees and has grown every year, with their most recent edition welcoming over 35,000 music fans and festival goers. At the time of this article, there were only 4 of the Four-Night Stadium Pass tickets available for this year’s festival, showing that this is one festival that you need to strongly consider for your own bucket list. For more information on this event or for tickets go to: https://cmafest.com/
We reviewed over fifty-five large venue festi - vals that are looking to capture your dollars this summer, whether that’s for ticket sales or your corporate sponsorship. We have selected the fol- lowing for our must-attend for 2023. Other than by date, there is no particular order for these fes- tivals as we believe they all offer amazing venues and spectacular superstar artist line-ups for this Summer. We are confident that you, our readers, will find that perfect festival that is just right for you, but we do recommend you do not take too long to decide as these events are selling out fast!
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