Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde will team up to host the televised CMA Fest concert special later this month.
CMA Fest, the longest-running country festival in the world, is returning for its 51st year beginning Thursday (June 6), and running through Sunday (June 9). Hundreds of artists will perform on stages across Downtown Nashville, Tennessee, including the main stage at Nisson Stadium. The Country Music Association began revealing the 2024 CMA Fest lineup in March. The main stage lineup will include 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 and Bailey Zimmerman. Others joining the main stage lineup include Old Dominion, Jackson Dean, Shaboozey and Brittney Spencer. Artists taking the venue’s platform stage include Tanner Adell, Chapel Hart, Dasha, Wyatt Flores, Dylan Gossett, Dylan Marlowe, Puddin (K. Michelle) and Zach Top. Reyna Roberts will perform the National Anthem on the first night night to kick off the main stage performances.
The Country Music Association states that the televised special will include “never-before-seen performances and surprise collaborations from Country Music’s most exciting acts. Performances will be revealed soon.” CMA Fest will air in a three-hour primetime concert special on Tuesday, June 25 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on ABC, per a press release announcing details about the televised special on Monday morning (June 3). It will be available to stream the following day on Hulu.