Lady Antebellum officially opened the 2013 CMA Music Festival and Fan Fair X with a ribbon cutting at the brand new Music City Center on Thursday morning. After the ribbon cutting, the trio played an acoustic set for fans and battled Little Big Town in a game a ping pong.
The music continued all day long with autograph signings, artist appearances and Q&A’s, and of course, non-stop Country music. Here’s a look at what happened on Day 1.
Luke Bryan got the crowd at LP Field on their feet with hits like “Rain Is A Good Thing” and “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
Swift surprised fans by bringing out Keith Urban and Tim McGraw for “Highway Don’t Care”
Eric Church sang a handful of songs including “Smoke A Little Smoke” and “Jack Daniels”
*All Photos Courtesy of the Country Music Association*