CMA Fest Sets TV Air Date & Announces Hosts Dierks Bentley and Elle King

The State Music Association announced currently “CMA Fest,” the New music Function of Summer, will air Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 8/7c on ABC. The 3-hour primetime live performance special, bringing State Music’s Greatest Admirer Working experience to a national television audience, will be hosted by Dierks Bentley and Elle King.  

“I’m thrilled we get to husband or wife with Dierks and Elle as our hosts this yr,” says Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Government Officer. “They have these types of enthusiasm for the followers. I know the chemistry and camaraderie they deliver to the phase will be felt by the thousands and thousands of Tv set viewers all-around the globe.” 

“We are fired up to the moment all over again collaborate with our longtime companions at CMA for this summer’s should-see new music function, ‘CMA Fest,’” says Rob Mills, Executive Vice President, Unscripted and Option Leisure, Walt Disney Tv. “With Dierks Bentley and Elle King internet hosting the evening, music admirers all over the place can be guaranteed to hope an unforgettable night time showcasing the major names in Nation New music.” 

This marks both equally Bentley and King’s “CMA Fest” internet hosting debut. In addition to web hosting, King joins the checklist of performers for the Nissan Stadium phase on Sunday, June 12. As beforehand introduced, Bentley will also perform Sunday. 

Filmed in the course of Nashville’s four-working day CMA Fest Thursday through Sunday, June 9-12, the television exclusive options performances and surprise collaborations on phase at Nissan Stadium. 2022 marks the 19th consecutive year CMA has generated a summer months live performance Television exclusive. “CMA Fest” is executive-developed by Robert Deaton. 

Hundreds of artists carry out at CMA Fest, donating their time so a portion of ticket proceeds can immediately reward high-quality songs instruction initiatives throughout the United States by way of the CMA Foundation.

CMA Fest is contrary to any other, with tens of hundreds of Nation Music supporters descending on downtown Nashville for four straight times of stay music on 8 official stages as very well as meet up with-and-greets and up-shut-and-individual encounters for followers inside Admirer Truthful X. CMA Fest’s outside daytime levels are absolutely free and open to the public. All phase lineups are readily available in the Formal CMA Hook up Application as properly as CMAfest.com. Artist lineups are subject to modify.

A minimal number of 4-day passes, in addition just lately declared single evening tickets, for the Nissan Stadium nightly concerts are accessible at CMAfest.com or by means of the CMA Box Office at 1-800-CMA-FEST. Tickets are also offered for CMA Fest Nighttime Live shows at Ascend Amphitheater, Admirer Truthful X and CMA Fest’s new Riverside Retreat, an distinctive quality spot along the Cumberland River. Watch all the perks and order four-day and one-working day tickets at CMAfest.com/tickets. 

Named the “gold standard” and topping Billboard’s record of the 10 Very best Place Songs Festivals, CMA Fest is the longest-managing Country Tunes pageant in the globe. The 2019 CMA Fest bought out with ability crowds and had the premier engagement by Country Music enthusiasts in the event’s history, with visitors from all 50 states and 37 intercontinental nations flocking to downtown Nashville.