The show goes on! Due to the COVID pandemic, this year's CMA Fest has been canceled but Luke Bryan will host CMA Best of Fest, a three-hour show airing Thursday, July 9th at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. You'll be able to watch some of the best performances from the last 16 years of CMA Fest. Plus, Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker have a brand new performance for us too!
Artists appearing in the TV special include Trace Adkins, Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Billy Ray Cyrus, Dan + Shay, Lzzy Hale, Sam Hunt, Joan Jett, Lady A, Miranda Lambert, Lil Nas X, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Dwight Yoakam, and Zac Brown Band.
Brand new this year, on Wednesday, July 1st, Jimmie Allen and Lindsay Ell will co-host CMA Summer Stay-Cay. The event will stream on CMA's YouTube channel & Facebook page. It will have a ton of performances & Q&As with the artists. The full lineup will be announced in the near future on the CMA Fest app and CMASummerStayCay.com.
CMA Fest is scheduled to return to downtown Nashville from June 10-13, 2021.
