If you are going to CMA Fest and aren’t one to go to Nissan Stadium (such as ourselves), then we’ll probably see you at some point at the Cracker Barrel Country Roads Stage at Ascend Amphitheater! What an amazing lineup, the other stages should be a little jealous!
We are pretty excited for the amazing lineup below, and especially that Three Girls Rock Into A Bar will be making a CMA Fest appearance, the women behind it? None other than Kelleigh Bannen, Natalie Stovall and Ruthie Collins!
If you’ve gone to Fan Fair X before, you might be familiar with the Close Up Stage. It’s the biggest stage inside Fan Fair X, located inside Music City Center. There they have interviews and performances with some of the best acts in Country Music. It’s really amazing because a lot of times you can’t see some of the bigger acts at such intimate settings anymore, but they feature at least one “big” act a day!
Thursday, June 9
11:00 am – Artist Of The Day – Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum
12:15pm – Music is Medicine with Marie Osmond
1:15pm- Hall of Fame Inductee Charlie Daniels Interview with Bill Cody
2:30pm – The Road to “El Rio” – Frankie Ballard‘s new album
3:30pm- Behind the scenes of “I Saw The Light: Hank Williams‘ Legacy” with Marc Abraham, Holy and Jett Williams.
4:30pm- USO Tour Veterans: An Inside Look with Kellie Pickler, Craig Morgan and Rod Essig.
Friday, June 10
11:00 am – Artist Of The Day- Charles Esten from ABC’s Nashville
12:15pm – Kristian Bush & Friends: Lindsay Ell, Natalie Stovall and The Drive
1:30pm – Eric Paslay Exclusive Album Preview
2:30pm – Craig Campbell: Q&A and acoustic performance
3:15pm – American Young
4:00pm – Grand Ole Opry- Girl Talk ft Lorrie Morgan and Jeannie Seely
Saturday, June 11
11:00 am – Artist Of The Day- Martina McBride
12:15pm – Match Game – Bill Anderson, Lorrie Morgan, Kristian Bush, Mark Wills, JT Hodges and Olivia Lane.
1:30pm – Smithfield
2:15pm – Jamie Floyd
3:00pm – Panel with CMT’s Still The King – Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Lauren Adams and Madison Iseman
4:00pm – Todd Chrisley and Sara Evans host USA Network’s Chrisley Knows Best Finale Screening and Fan Q&A
Sunday, June 12
11:00 am – Artist Of The Day- Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum
12:15pm – CMA’s 50th Anniversary panel with Ray Stevens, The Gatlin Brothers and Robert Deaton
1:30pm – Song Suffragettes
2:15pm – Parmalee: Can’t Outrun Their Roots
3:00pm – Thompson Square‘s Not So Newlywed Game
4:15pm – Song Suffragettes with Special guest Raelynn
