About CMA Music Festival

What can you expect at CMA Music Festival? If you’re a Country Music fan, you get an experience so surreal it'll make your head spin! Thousands of passionate Country Music fans enjoy multiple music stages filled with new artists, superstars, legends and more. It's your chance to discover music, and make a connection with stars and fellow fans! And remember proceeds from the Festival support music education in Metro Nashville Public Schools and other programs through CMA's Keep the Music Playing Program.

Where else can you have this much fun, meet people as awesome as you, listen to your favorite music, discover new artists, and visit THE best city in America (ok, we’re biased)? Yep, what you’ve heard is true. Others have tried to duplicate the formula but there is – and always will be – only one Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience. Are you ULTIMATE?

The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience!

• Hundreds of artists perform - from emerging acts, to legends and superstars performing on multiple stages
• Thousands of fans from around the globe gather in the heart of Nashville to experience four days of non-stop entertainment
• Countless opportunities to get close to the stars whose music we love and celebrate
• Discover new artists and music while enjoying your favorites
• Meet fellow fans who share your passion for the best music format − Country
  
  

Created for the fans in 1972 and committed to the fan experience in 2013, CMA Music Festival brings it all together – artists, fans, music, pictures, activities, and more!

Read highlights from the FULL HISTORY of CMA Music Festival and Fan Fair.

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