How is it almost time for CMA Fest already?
The annual country music festival in Nashville is just around the corner, with dozens of stages popping up all over the city featuring non-stop music for the hundreds of thousands of fans who travel to Music City every year.
Now, this will be my sixth CMA Fest since moving to Nashville (with the festival being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID), so I’ve gotta admit that some of the excitement has kind of worn off for me, and I definitely don’t get downtown for CMA Fest week as much as I used to.
But every year, one of my favorite spots for the festival is the Spotify House.
Hosted at Ole Red, Spotify House usually features the best top-to-bottom lineup of any of the stages, bringing in some big names in a smaller venue than places like Nissan Stadium, Ascend Amphitheater, or even the Riverfront Stage.
And this year’s no different.
Spotify House just released their lineup for this year, and it’s STACKED with some incredible names that will be playing Blake Shelton’s bar.
Thursday’s schedule includes performances from a couple of our favorites, Dylan Gossett and Ella Langley, along with Cole Swindell, Luke Bryan, Tyler Hubbard, and Old Dominion, just to name a few.
And on Friday, artists like Lily Rose, Sam Barber, Parker McCollum and Riley Green will be hitting the stage.
Saturday may be the best lineup of the weekend though, with names like Ashley McBryde, Koe Wetzel, Jon Pardi and Wyatt Flores all stopping by Ole Red. And of course there are still some surprise artists who haven’t been announced, like last year’s surprise appearance from Turnpike Troubadours (which was the coolest performance I saw during the entire festival).
Spotify House will be open for all three days of CMA Fest, June 6-8, from 10:00am to 2:00am, and it’s free and first-come, first-serve. But it’s also one of the most popular spots of the festival, so if you’ve got a name (or an entire day) you want to see, it’s probably best to get there early.
And chances are, this is where I’ll be posted up during the festival too.
