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Country Music Association cancels CMA Fest 2021
Festival officials note ‘several challenges’ remain as event nixed for second straight summer due to COVID
For a second straight summer, the CMA Fest will not take place in downtown Nashville.
The country music festival that began in 1972 as Fan Fair and brings tens of thousands of fans to Music City yearly, also was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns.
In a release, Country Music Association officials said they had planned to host the festival but have decided that moving forward would be too risky. The event was to have taken place June 10-13.
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For a second straight summer, CMA Fest will not take place in downtown Nashville. The country music festival that began in 1972 as Fan Fair and brings thousands of fans to Music City yearly also was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns.
In a release, the Country Music Association announced it had planned the festival but decided moving forward would be too risky. The event was to have taken place June 10-13.
“While we are encouraged to see COVID-19 vaccines becoming more widely available, we still face several challenges that prevent us from bringing our fans around the world the CMA Fest experience they have come to expect.”