CMA Announces Dates for 2018 CMA Music Festival

All country music fans interested in hitting the streets of downtown Nashville to kick off the summer of 2018 in style can do so from June 7-10, 2018.

Written by Kelly Brickey
CMA Announces Dates for 2018 CMA Music Festival
Eric Church; Photo by Donn Jones/CMA

After one of the biggest turn-outs in CMA Music Festival history, the dates for next year’s festival have already been announced.

All country music fans interested in hitting the streets of downtown Nashville to kick off the summer of 2018 in style can do so from June 7-10, 2018. While those days seem far off in the distance, many fans have already made their plans to return to the heart of Music City for the biggest country music festival of the year.

Coinciding with the Nashville Predators’ Stanley Cup Final Run, tens of thousands of visitors strolled the open streets near Broadway throughout the long weekend and boosted the country music spirit even more so thanks to the high energy radiating throughout the city. With 11 stages set up all around to catch free live music before the nightly shows across the river at Nissan Stadium, country music stood strong all to give back to a good cause via the CMA Foundation.

“This is definitely one for the record books,” said Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer, in a press release. “This year’s Festival was marked with memorable moments and one-of-a-kind experiences. We’re happy how fans embraced not only our new stages, but also the city during an exciting historic Stanley Cup run for the Nashville Predators.”

Everyone who is anyone in the genre showed up to perform including Eric ChurchLuke Bryan, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Blake Shelton, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban and so many more. Fans can only await anxiously for the 2018 lineup to top this past year’s performances.

Tickets for 2018 CMA Music Festival go on pre-sale Monday, June 19, with the general sale set for Tuesday, June 27. The passes for the festival will be available to purchase online or over the phone through the CMA Box Office.

For those dreaming of reliving the good times from the 2017 CMA Music Festival, ABC will air a special broadcast hosted by Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett called CMA Fest on Wednesday, August 16, at 8 p.m. ET.