2023’s 50th CMA Fest ticketsavailable for sale Aug. 3

Lower Broadway’s ultimate country music celebration reaches its golden anniversary in 2023. Tickets are available for the event on August 3.

Four-night stadium passes for the 50th CMA Fest – which takes place in Nashville from Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 11, 2023 – will be available through Ticketmaster Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 10:00 a.m. CT. For details, visit CMAfest.com. In addition, CMA Country Connection email subscribers gain presale access Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 10:00 a.m. CT.

Luke Combs performs during CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.

Passes include four nights of live concerts at Nissan Stadium. Also, four-day parking will be available for purchase via Ticketmaster.

Final tallies note that the just-completed CMA Fest 2022 featured more than 260 acts and hosted more than 80,000 estimated visitors from all 50 states and 39 international countries.

Intriguingly, since the festival’s 1972 beginnings drawing 5,000 fans to the Municipal Auditorium for Fan Fair, the event has grown to 16 times its original size, involving the 69,000-capacity Nissan Stadium in the festival’s footprint in downtown Music City.

Carrie Underwood performs during CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn.

Speaking of Nissan Stadium, the festival’s four nights of main stage celebrations have been encapsulated in a three-hour special, “CMA Fest,” hosted by Dierks Bentley and Elle King. The primetime concert special airs on ABC on Wednesday, Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. CT.

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