Festival Frenzy 2024: 10 Events on CMA Fest’s Smaller Stages

Scene Staff and Contributors

June 6, 2024

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The colossal nightly shows at Nissan Stadium are one of the main draws to CMA Fest, but there are dozens of rising artists to discover on smaller stages around the Lower Broadway area and at Fan Fair X inside the Music City Center. Including Scoot Teasley, Wyatt Flores, Chris Housman, Tanner Adell, Sammy Arriaga, Denitia, and Reyna Roberts.

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Collage of six diverse portraits: a tattooed man in a lace shirt, a woman with a guitar, a man in a black sweater, two women in elegant dresses in a fancy room, a smiling man in colorful attire, and a person in a cowboy hat sitting by a circle of fire.

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