Country music fans and entertainers are heading to Nashville for the annual CMA Music Festival, June 5 – 8, 2008
This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever, with country music favorites ranging from Celebrity Apprentice Trace Adkins to Wynonna.
The festival is billed as: “4 days, 30 hours of autograph signings, 100 hours of live music, 400 Country Music artists and celebrities, and thousands of revved up music lovers all combine to create the ULTIMATE COUNTRY MUSIC FAN EXPERIENCE!”
The 2008 CMA Music Festival is all about the music and the fan. Many of country music’s elite as well as newcomers are scheduled to perform. The list includes many of the entertainers featured in the Black Book Guide to Official Country Music Fan Clubs: The Top 100.
On stage this year are:
Adam and the Couch Potatoes
Trace Adkins
Charlie Allen
Deborah Allen
Bill Anderson
Keith Anderson
Katie Armiger
Rodney Atkins
The Band of Heathens
Jeff Bates
The Bellamy Brothers
John Berry
Bo Bice
Bonnie Lou Bishop
Brittini Black
Ash Bowers
Lee Brice
Lane Brody
Dean Brody
Brother Trouble
Jason Brown
T. Graham Brown
Luke Bryan
Laura Bryna
Sonny Burgess
Tracy Byrd
Carolina Rain
Jason Michael Carroll
Carter's Chord
Cash Creek
Troy Cassar-Daley
Katie Chance
Mark Chesnutt
Eric Church
The Clark Brothers
Will Clements
Stephen Cochran
Austin Cody
Dan Colehour
American Idol Bucky Covington
Cowboy Crush
Cowboy Joe & The Babcocks
Timothy Craig
Crossin Dixon
James Taylor Curtis
Billy Ray Cyrus
Justin David
Star DeAzlan
Kassie DePaiva
Drew Davis Band
Whitney Duncan
Eli Young Band
Emerson Drive
Erika Jo
Sara Evans
Eve & Mare
Jace Everett
Jessie Farrell
Shea Fisher
Flynnville Train
Colt Ford
Jimmy Fortune
Ashley Gearing
Billy Gilman
Gloriania
American Idol Josh Gracin
Grand Bob
The Grascals
Chris Gray
The Greencards
Ben Gregg
Adam Gregory
Bailey Grey
Jeff Griffith
Andy Griggs
Dennie Hall
Greg Hanna
Jennifer Hanson
Heartland
Ty Herndon
Faith Hill
Hot Apple Pie
James House
Randy Houser
Rick Huckaby
Jedd Hughes
Sierra Hull
Con Hunley
Indian Rodeo
Jack Ingram
James Intveld
Alan Jackson
Emma Mae Jacob
Jewel
Buddy Jewell
Sarah Johns
Jamey Johns
Ben "Cooter" Jones
Kat'Lee Jones
Jypsi
Sage Keffer
Kid Fiddlers
KingBilly
Jimmy Kish the Flying Cowboy
La Familia
ACM winner Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
James LeBlanc
Zane Lewis
Little Big Town
Little Joe
Little Nashville
LoCash Cowboys
Lonestar
The Lost Trailers
Lucky Bucks
Rockie Lynne
Raul Malo
Miko Marks
Bobby Marquez
Marshal Reign
Daniel Lee Martin
Jason Matthews
Cody McCarver
Jeremy McComb
Neal McCoy
Mindy McCready
Mel McDaniel
Richie McDonald
Jason Meadows
Jo Dee Messina
Augie Meyers
Miss Lori
Chase Mitchell
Montgomery Gentry
John Michael Montgomery
Justin Moore
Craig Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
Zak Morgan
Cory Morrow
Brooke Morton
Mountain Heart
Megan Mullins
Michael Martin Murphey
The Murphy Band
Minnie Murphy
Mustang Creek
David Nail
Heidi Newfield
Gary Nichols
Joe Nichols
The Oak Ridge Boys
One Flew South
Jamie O'Neal
Todd O'Neill
James Otto
Jake Owen
Ashlee Page
Noe Palma
Rissi Palmer
Danielle Peck
Michael Peterson
Kellie Pickler
Pro Kids Show (Tim Hannig)
Jasmine Rae
Ruben Ramos
Eddy Raven
Johnny Reid
Reunionaires
Charlie Rich Jr.
Riders In The Sky
Rio Grand
The Road Hammers
Julie Roberts
Mica Roberts
Kenny Rogers
The Roys
Shawna Russell
Ryano
Ray Scott
Dennis Scott
Michael Scott
Crystal Shawanda
Ashton Shepherd
Thom Shepherd
Simply Barbara of Colorado
Damon Smith
Daniel Smith
Phil Stacey
SteelDrivers
Jeffrey Steele
John Stephan
Fisher Stevenson
Doug Stone
Sugarland
Trent Summar
Sunny Sweeney
Taylor Swift
TelluRide
The Hollow Trees
Keni Thomas
Brandi Thornton
Mel Tillis
Aaron Tippin
Rhonda Towns
Trailer Choir
Randy Travis
Josh Turner
Two Timers
Dan Tyminiski
Carrie Underwood
Phil Vassar
Wim van de Vliert
Jenna von Oy
Taylor Ware
Jimmy Wayne
Well Hungarians
Emily West
Whiskey Falls
Bryan White
Chuck Wicks
Rachel Williams
Trent Willmon
Mark Wills
Gretchen Wilson
Tommy Joe Wilson
The World's Greatest Fishing Band
Darryl Worley
Michelle Wright
The Wrights
Kyle Wyley
Wynonna
Billy Yates
Dwight Yoakam
Chris Young
Zac Brown Band
The Zinghoppers
CMA Music Festival is a charitable event benefiting music education in Metro Nashville Public Schools through a partnership with the Nashville Alliance for Public Education. To date, CMA has donated more than $1 million to purchase instruments and fund music programs for Nashville’s 75,000 school students. The philanthropic program, aptly titled “Keep the Music Playing,” was founded in 2005 as a way for the CMA Music Festival and its participating artists to give back to the community. Thanks to the generosity of HCA/TriStar, 800 Metro students were given tickets to attend the Saturday, June 7, concert at LP Field.
If you can’t attend CMA Music Festival this year, be sure to order your copy of the Black Book Guide to Official Country Music Fan Clubs: The Top 100. You’ll get all the information you need to know about how to join your favorite singer’s fan club and how to get backstage passes and free stuff.
For more information about the 2008 CMA Music Festival, visit the website at www.cmafest.com
