Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini Share Preview of ‘CMA Fest’ TV Special

Country music fans will soon be able to re-live the 2017 CMA Music Festival when ABC airs CMA Fest, hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini.

Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini Share Preview of ‘CMA Fest’ TV Special
Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini; Photo courtesy CMA

Country music fans will soon be able to re-live the 2017 CMA Music Festival when ABC airs CMA Fest, hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini.

The three-hour special, previously known as CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock, will feature a variety of performances and behind-the-scenes clips from the four-day festival, which took place in Nashville June 8-11.

As revealed in the new preview shared by the co-hosts on Wednesday, CMA Fest will feature performances by superstars Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, and Florida Georgia Line as well as collaborations between Dierks Bentley and Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris, and Darius Rucker with Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild.

Check out the brand new preview of CMA Fest, airing Wednesday, August 16, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, above.