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Carrie Underwood Set For CMA Fest Opry Show

Grand Ole Opry members Carrie Underwood, Chris Janson and Travis Tritt are helping the Grand Ole Opry kick off its CMA Fest week with two shows on Tuesday, June 4…

Carrie Underwood Set For CMA Fest Opry Show
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Grand Ole Opry members Carrie Underwood, Chris Janson and Travis Tritt are helping the Grand Ole Opry kick off its CMA Fest week with two shows on Tuesday, June 4 at 7 and 9:30 p.m.

As has become a popular Opry tradition, a free Opry Plaza Party will begin earlier in the afternoon with music and activities.

Other Opry performances scheduled for CMA Fest Week include shows on Thursday, June 6, Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, as well as a Saturday matinee performance of Opry Country Classics featuring Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, Charley Pride, and more at the Ryman Auditorium.

Among others scheduled for the Opry before CMA Fest Week include Trace Adkins, Kelsea Ballerini, Charlie Daniels Band, Terri Clark, Del McCoury Band, Lindsay Ell, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Ashley McBryde, Craig Morgan, Old Crow Medicine Show, Maggie Rose, Mark Wills, Wynonna, Chris Young, and more.

-Nancy Brooks

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.