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Spotify Electrifies CMA Fest 2025: Here’s All You Need To Know

May 21, 2025

When CMA Fest springs to life in Nashville each year, Spotify House is always one of the top destinations—and 2025 will be no different. For the sixth year, Spotify House returns with three days of nonstop country music.

June 5-7, Spotify House will be located at the iconic Ole Red—the Blake Shelton-inspired bar, restaurant, and live music venue that’s renowned for its handpicked country music talent.  Fans will have a place to connect with artists they love, discover new favorites, and dive deeper into the music that moves them. 

We’re also celebrating a decade of Hot Country with a fresh new look and plenty of surprises, including exclusive early access to Spotify House for top listeners of our flagship country playlist.

Hot Country on Spotify, in real life

With a star-studded lineup of artists ranging from stadium headliners to the next big acts, we’re bringing the full range of country music to life, just like your favorite Hot Country playlist.

THURSDAY, JUNE 5

Bailey Zimmerman, Dylan Gossett, Gavin Adcock, Hudson Westbrook, Keith Urban, Noah Cyrus, Parker McCollum, Riley Green, Sam Barber, Thelma & James, Vincent Mason,  Zac Brown Band

FRIDAY, JUNE 6

Brothers Osborne, Cameron Whitcomb, Dasha, Dylan Scott, Hailey Whitters, Josh Ross, Kameron Marlowe, Kelsea Ballerini, Lily Rose, Little Big Town, Midland, Tanner Adell, Warren Zeiders

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

Ashley Cooke, Carly Pearce, Carter Faith, Cole Swindell, Jordan Davis, Kashus Culpepper, Lainey Wilson, Max McNown, Nate Smith, Rascal Flatts, Shaboozey, Ty Myers

In addition, we’ll be partnering with Meta throughout the event to bring an exclusive Reels experience to Spotify House. Director Tommy Brockert will be capturing Reels that you can find on featured artists’ Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Discover who’s next in country at the Fresh Finds Rooftop presented by Mountain Dew

For the fourth year, Spotify is excited to announce the return of the Fresh Finds Rooftop, presented by Mountain Dew. Each day from 5-7 pm, fans can hangout at the rooftop with Mountain Dew and discover a stacked lineup showcasing six up-and-coming artists poised to be the next big thing in country music. 

THURSDAY JUNE 5

Dylan Davidson, Gabriella Rose, Lanie Gardner, Dalton Davis, Julie Williams, Scott Wolverton

FRIDAY JUNE 6

CeCe, Elizabeth Nichols, Shane Profitt, Angie K, Noeline Hoffman, The Kentucky Gentlemen

SATURDAY JUNE 7

Brendan Walter, Makayla Renee, Solon Holt, Blake Whiten, Chandler Walters, Emily Ann Roberts
To get a taste of what to expect during CMA Fest, you can find all of these artists (and more!) on our Fresh Finds Country playlist.

 

To get a taste of what to expect during CMA Fest, you can find all of these artists (and more!) on our Fresh Finds Country playlist. 

Committed to country music since day one

Nashville has been a home base for Spotify for nearly a decade, and since 2018, Spotify House has been our cornerstone event. We’ve been all in on country since the early days of streaming, and our aforementioned Hot Country playlist has kept the genre front and center for country fans everywhere. With nearly 8 million saves and counting, we’re connecting fans with the incredible music crafted by talented songwriters, singers, and musicians. 

We’ll have more to announce as we get closer to CMA Fest, so be sure to check back here for the latest updates.

While you count down the days until CMA Fest, check out highlights from past festivals and catch up on all the artists slated to perform with our Spotify House at CMA Fest 2025 playlist:

Spotify House Rocks Country Music’s Biggest Weekend at Nashville’s CMA Fest

June 13, 2023

Reba McEntire performs onstage at Spotify House during CMA Fest 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Last weekend, Spotify two-stepped its way back to Nashville’s legendary Broadway thoroughfare for the annual CMA Fest. The event, hosted by the Country Music Association, is one of the biggest live-music weekends. It first began as Fan Fair in 1972, and quickly grew to a multi-day festival that rebranded as CMA Fest in 2004. This year, CMA Fest celebrated its 50th anniversary. Over the span of four days, we invited artists and fans to take in the sights and sounds at our Spotify House multi-stage experience.

For the fourth year, Spotify House took over Ole Red, country music star Blake Shelton’s restaurant, bar, and concert venue, to host a four-day experience featuring over 70 artist performances. The star-studded lineup, which included chart-toppers Sam Hunt, Dierks Bentley, Lady A, and Hailey Whitters, made the venue a revolving door of wide-ranging country sounds and blazing-hot talent. Country music legend Reba McEntire made her return to Nashville’s Lower Broadway at Spotify House for the first time in 10 years for the CMA Fest 50th Spotlight Performance, which also featured Billy Currington, Kimberly Perry, and Craig Morgan. Surprise performers from Spotify House included Kelsea Ballerini and Megan Moroney. 

On the fourth floor, attendees enjoyed the Fresh Finds Rooftop, which was presented in collaboration with The Sims. Spotify is teaming up with The Sims over a shared mission to unlock creative potential and support expression in rising creatives. The Fresh Finds stage was back for its second year and gave fans, press, and industry insiders the chance to discover country music’s next wave of independent stars including Wyatt Flores, Payton Smith, Haley Mae Campbell, and Shaylen.    

Throughout CMA Fest, Spotify Mic Check host Lea Palmieri was onsite chatting with many of the country music artists who performed at Spotify House. 

“​​I’ve been here [in Nashville] ten years now. I think the first thing that shocked me about Broadway is how many amazing artists and singers there are, and how accessible music is walking up and down Broadway any given weekend—it doesn’t seem like you could top it. And then CMA Fest rolls through town and you’re like, ‘Wow, what just happened?’ You accidentally stumble into any room down Broadway and you’re going to find somebody amazing.” — Brett Young, on the Broadway atmosphere.

“I mean, that’s the thing with songwriting: it’s all the production. It’s all in how you perform it. So really, I feel like my music has always been very organic and acoustic, not really that pop, even though I’ve been labeled as the pop genre. I feel like being in the country [genre], has a very nice blend and flow and it’s natural for me.” — Colbie Caillat, on her sound and transition to country music.

“We were very intentional about getting the right song and the follow-up to that and just kind of allowing the process to shape itself really, and allowing the songs to show themselves. And so, yeah, it’s been awesome. I really enjoy performing that song. You have to plan your breaths on that song because it’s like spitfire—it’s nonstop.” — Brian Kelley, on his new music and the release of the single “See You Next Summer.”

Get the full scoop on the happenings of Spotify House by tuning into the full episode.

Want more from the weekend? Turn up Spotify’s Hot Country playlist, which also boasts the best, brightest, and on-the-rise country music talent, and check out a photo gallery of the four guitar-strumming, ballad-belting days.