The Country Music Association (“CMA”) has announced its initial lineup for this year’s CMA Fest, returning to downtown Nashville Thursday through Sunday, June 9-12th.  A Twitter post read: #CMAFEST IS BACK Y’ALL! We can’t WAIT to celebrate Country Music with all our fans in the of #Nashville! Buy your CMA Fest four-day passes OR single night tickets today & get ready for the ULTIMATE Country Music fan experience! http://CMAfest.com/tickets MORE to come soon! Hundreds of country artists are slated to perform on multiple stages across downtown Nashville.

Taking the nightly Nissan Stadium stage this year are Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Gabby Barrett, Dierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Russell Dickerson, Alan Jackson, Lady A, Parker McCollum, Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Cole Swindell, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Zac Brown Band and more.

The Chevy Riverfront Stage will feature performances by Lauren Alaina, Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Tenille Arts, Priscilla Block, Danielle Bradbery, Breland, Blanco Brown, Callista Clark, Easton Corbin, Jessie James Decker, Travis Denning, Lindsay Ell, Ernest, Morgan Evans, Tyler Farr, Larry Fleet, HARDY, Home Free, Ryan Hurd, LANCO, Chris Lane, Jon Langston, LOCASH, Maddie & Tae, and more.

CMA will launch a new line of CMA Fest merchandise, available for online pre-order now at shop.cmafest.com and through the CMA Connect App to receive in time for the festival, with many more items to be added. Fans can access a limited number of four-day passes, plus newly announced single night tickets, for the Nissan Stadium nightly concerts at CMAfest.com or through the CMA Box Office at 1-800-CMA-FEST.

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