CMA Fest brings summer’s hottest hitmakers centerstage Wednesday!

NASHVILLE— With just one week before “CMA Fest” airs on screens across America, the Country Music Association reveals the set list of top hits that will be performed during the Music Event of Summer
Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 8/7c on ABC and available next day on Hulu. The primetime network special features Dierks Bentley and Elle King as first-time hosts. Catch a sneak peek of “CMA Fest” HERE.

The television special was filmed during the 49th CMA Fest in June at Nissan Stadium in Nashville and features 30 performances of well-known hits performed by the most recognized names in music – all in one night. Viewers can expect performances of the below songs on Aug. 3:

Jason Aldean - “She’s Country” and “Trouble With A Heartbreak”
Kelsea Ballerini - “HEARTFIRST” and “half of my hometown”
Dierks Bentley - “Drunk On A Plane”
Brothers Osborne - “Skeletons”
Kane Brown - “Like I Love Country Music” and “One Mississippi”
Luke Bryan - “Kick The Dust Up”
Luke Combs - “Beer Never Broke My Heart” and “The Kind Of Love We Make”
Billy Ray Cyrus and Dierks Bentley - “Achy Breaky Heart”
Russell Dickerson - “Love You Like I Used To”
Wynonna Judd with Carly Pearce - “Why Not Me”
Elle King - “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”
Elle King with Ashley McBryde - “Ex’s & Oh’s”
Lady A - “Summer State Of Mind”
Lady A featuring BRELAND - “Need You Now”
Dustin Lynch featuring MacKenzie Porter - “Thinking?‘Bout You”
Parker McCollum - “To Be Loved By You”
Old Dominion - “No Hard Feelings”
Thomas Rhett - “Slow Down Summer” and medley of “Get Me Some Of That,” “It Goes Like This” and “Vacation”
Darius Rucker -“Wagon Wheel”
Cole Swindell -“She Had Me At Heads Carolina”
Cole Swindell with Lainey Wilson - “Never Say Never”
Carrie Underwood - “Ghost Story” and “Good Girl”
Zac Brown Band - “Out In The Middle”
Zac Brown Band with Darius Rucker -“Chicken Fried”

“CMA Fest” is executive produced by Robert Deaton.?






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