June 13, 201610 yr MrsC and I decided to take in CMA Fest full force. Four days of music on 11 stages. Hotter than heck, but what a blast. A little over 250 performances. These are the artists we saw. I think we have OD'd on music. Thursday: Jake Owen Thousand Horses Brothers Osborne Cadillac Three Maddie & Tae Sister Hazel Ashley Monroe Oak Ridge Boys Charlie Daniels Kelsea Ballarini Dierks Bentley Miranda Lambert Rascal Flatts Jason Aldean Friday: Bellamy Brothers Christian Bush Natalie Stovall Eric Paslay Craig Campbell Frankie Ballard Clint Black Chris Stapelton Sam Hunt Eric Church Hank Jr Carrie Underwood Saturday: Rodney Atkins Chris Lane Corey Smith Jana Kramer Canaan Smith Halfway to Hazard Marshall Tucker Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Chris Young Cole Swindell Florida Georgia Line Steven Tyler Blake Shelton Sunday: Darryl Worley Kellie Pickler Pamalee John Pardi Granger Smith Cam Old Dominion LOCASH Ray Stevens Exile Little Big Town Thomas Rhett Brett Eldridge Keith Urban Luke Bryan
June 13, 201610 yr Sounds like a blast. Wife and I have wanted to go down for it for a few years now. We'll make it there eventually!
June 13, 201610 yr Author The amazing part is how much of it is basically free. We saw 54 performances, and 26 of them were either free to the public or included in a 4 day $25 Fanfare pass. The last 7 acts each day are at Nissan Stadium. For that you have to purchase a 4 day CMA Fest ticket. We had great level 1 seats. They weren't cheap,($250 each) but considering the fact that you get to see 28 top artists, I don't think that's over the top.
June 13, 201610 yr Author I'm glad to see Halfway To Hazard back in the game. They did a heck of a job.
June 13, 201610 yr Author We missed it because we were at the stadium, but some friends of ours were at Ernest Tubbs. For those of you that haven't been there. There is a alley that runs behind the bars on Broadway that is used for deliveries, so a bunch of the bars have back doors you can get in and out. Anyway, they were sitting at E.T.'s having a beer. Everybody starts going nuts. They look up and Kenny Chesney is standing on the stage. He came in the back door, and sang 3 songs with the band. Pretty cool.
June 13, 201610 yr They look up and Kenny Chesney is standing on the stage. He came in the back door, Oh, geez. Now you've done it.
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