Full List of 2025 ‘CMA Fest’ TV Special Performances Announced

CMA Fest is coming to television with a new host and 30 live performances in 2025.

Ashley McBryde will return to help recap the four-day concert series, but this year she'll be joined by Cody Johnson. Just announced: A full 2025 CMA Fest special performance list, which includes nearly three dozen songs.

This is Johnson's first time hosting CMA Fest on television, or any televised country music event. "The Fall" singer was a CMA Male Vocalist of the Year nominee in 2024.

Related: See the Best Pictures From CMA Fest 2025

As always, this year's CMA Fest lineup was stacked with country music headliners. Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Jason Aldean and Dierks Bentley were among the first performers announced, but stars including Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts and Brooks & Dunn were quickly added.

Johnson and McBryde also performed.

When Is CMA Fest 2025?

CMA Fest is the annual four-day country music celebration. In 2025, it began in Nashville on June 5 and ran through June 8.

Nightly Nissan Stadium shows are the centerpiece of CMA Fest the TV special, but concerts and events happen across downtown Nashville. Dozens of country music artists perform, and fans get a chance to interact with stars during signings and other events. This is also a popular week for fanclub parties.

When Is 2025 CMA Fest on TV?

The televised event will air a little later in the month. CMA Fest Presented by SoFi is coming to ABC on June 26 at 8PM ET. It will stream the next day on Hulu.

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Typically, the televised portion of the show highlights Nissan Stadium, with select performances from the other stages and some of the downtown Nashville honky-tonks.

On Tuesday (June 17), CMA Fest announced which performances will make it to TV.

CMA Fest 2025 Performances:

Trace Adkins, "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
Jason Aldean, "Whiskey Drink"
Jason Aldean and Travis Tritt, "It’s A Great Day to Be Alive"
Kelsea Ballerini, "Baggage"
Dierks Bentley, "She Hates Me"
Dierks Bentley and Zach Top, "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" and "Mountain Music"
Brooks & Dunn and Lainey Wilson, "Play Something Country"
Brooks & Dunn and Marcus King, "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
Luke Bryan, "Country Song Came On"
Jordan Davis, "Bar None"
Riley Green, "Worst Way"
Cody Johnson, "The Fall"
Cody Johnson and Carín León, "She Hurts Like Tequila"
Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll, "Hard Fought Hallelujah"
Ella Langley, "Weren’t for the Wind"
Ashley McBryde, "Rattlesnake Preacher"
Parker McCollum, "What Kinda Man"
Scotty McCreery, "Five More Minutes"
Megan Moroney, "Am I Okay?"
Rascal Flatts, "Life Is a Highway"
Rascal Flatts and Carly Pearce, "My Wish"
The Red Clay Strays, "No One Else Like Me"
Darius Rucker, "Wagon Wheel"
Dylan Scott, "Country Till I Die"
Shaboozey and Jelly Roll, "Amen"
Blake Shelton, "Stay Country or Die Tryin'"
Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins, "Hillbilly Bone"
Zach Top, "I Never Lie"
Keith Urban, "Straight Line"
Bailey Zimmerman and BigXthaPlug, "All the Way"