In recent days, ABC has shared first look photos of some of the performances that will be featured; Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Hank Williams, Jr., and Justin Moore are among those in the gallery.
Interestingly, the gallery also features some performers — notably Sam Hunt and Clint Black — who were not in the initial press release about the broadcast.
ABC’s photos follow. Co-hosted by Brett Eldredge and Thomas Rhett, the annual “Country Music’s Night To Rock” special airs at 8PM ET/PT on August 3.
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
RANDY TRAVIS
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
HANK WILLIAMS JR., ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
HANK WILLIAMS JR., ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
HANK WILLIAMS JR., ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JUSTIN MOORE, HANK WILLIAMS JR.
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JUSTIN MOORE, HANK WILLIAMS JR.
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
HANK WILLIAMS JR.
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
HANK WILLIAMS JR., CHRIS JANSON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
HANK WILLIAMS JR.
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JUSTIN MOORE
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JUSTIN MOORE
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JUSTIN MOORE
Justin Moore [ABC]
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JUSTIN MOORE
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JOANNA COTTEN
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
JOANNA COTTEN
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
ERIC CHURCH
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
SAM HUNT
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
SAM HUNT
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
SAM HUNT
Sam Hunt [ABC]
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD, BRETT ELDREDGE
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CHRIS STAPELTON, MORGANE STAPELTON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
MORGANE STAPELTON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
DAVE COBB
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CHRIS STAPLETON, MORGANE STAPELTON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CHRIS STAPLETON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CHRIS STAPLETON, MORGANE STAPELTON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CHRIS STAPLETON
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK, LISA HARTMAN BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK, LISA HARTMAN BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK, LISA HARTMAN BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK, LISA HARTMAN BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
CLINT BLACK
CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL: COUNTRY’S NIGHT TO ROCK – Country music’s hottest stars will take over primetime with the biggest concert event on television this summer when the ABC Television Network airs “CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock” on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT). (ABC/Mark Levine)
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