Here’s Every Performer You Can Watch on Tonight’s CMA Fest Primetime Special–and What Songs They’ll Sing

“CMA Fest Presented by SoFi,” the accompanying primetime special to the Nashville-based music festival, is set to air on Thursday, June 26, on ABC. Hosted by Cody Johnson and Ashley McBryde, the special boasts an unimaginably star-studded lineup. CMA Fest always attracts big talent, but it seems like 2025 upped the ante.

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CMA Fest is unique in that many shows on the weekend’s schedule are free. Never before has a festival been so fan-oriented. After the open-to-the-public shows ended during CMA Fest 2025, the biggest names in country music came together for several action-packed nights at Nissan Stadium. The nightly shows were then filmed and are soon to be aired for fans who missed out on the fun (or those just wanting to relive the moment).

Among the lineup are Trace Adkins singing “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” Riley Green singing “Worst Way,” Ella Langley singing “weren’t for the wind,” and Megan Moroney singing “Am I Okay?” Other top names you can expect to hear from are Rascal Flatts, Carly Pearce, Kelsea Ballerini, Blake Shelton, and Keith Urban. Needless to say, if you’re a country fan, you might want to tune into “CMA Fest Presented by SoFi.”

If you need further incentive, check out the complete list of performers–and the songs they will sing–below.

Here Are the Performers You Can Watch on the CMA Fest Primetime Special–And What Songs They Are Singing

• 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” Medley
• 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”

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