Media Assets and Tools Including Artist Performances and Interviews Available on CMApress.com
NASHVILLE – The world’s largest Country Music Fan Experience takes over primetime television with the “CMA Fest” TV special airing Wednesday, Aug. 16 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network. The three-hour Music Event of Summer is hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini, and features 28 performances by Country’s most established artists and rising stars.
Filmed during CMA Music Festival in Nashville earlier this summer, the special features today’s most established and rising Country Music stars including Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Garth Brooks, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Dan + Shay, Brett Eldredge, Florida Georgia Line,Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Maren Morris, Old Dominion, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Brett Young, and Chris Young.
Performance footage, backstage interviews, and b-roll from the Festival are available in a video highlights package on CMApress.com.
The special is executive-produced by Robert Deaton.