CMA Fest 2022: Tips, Tricks And Things To Remember To Make The Most Out Of Your Trip

It’s that point of 12 months once more. CMA Fest is again for the primary time since 2019 after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID pandemic.

However now it’s time for 4 straight days of day ingesting, baking within the Nashville warmth, and taking in an overload of nation music. It’s CMA Fest.

After you’ve received the Pedialyte packed and your Walmart cowboy hat able to go, listed below are just a few tricks to be sure you get probably the most out of your CMA Fest expertise right here in Nashville.

Don’t Keep at One Stage

CMA Fest is exclusive for the sheer variety of live shows occurring at anyone time – and most of them are free. The principle present at Nissan Stadium within the evenings clearly requires a ticket, as does Fan Honest X in Music Metropolis Middle and the night present at Ascend Amphitheater. However throughout the day, there are tons of various phases, each indoors and outdoor, and numerous different free occasions occurring throughout downtown Nashville.

The free phases for this 12 months’s CMA Fest are:

-Chevy Riverfront Stage – Situated at 1st Avenue and Broadway, and that includes a number of the greatest free exhibits all through the weekend.

-Dr. Pepper Amp Stage – Situated at 1st Avenue and Demonbreun

-Chevy Vibes Stage – Situated in Stroll of Fame Park at fifth Avenue and Demonbreun

–Maui Jim Reverb Stage – Situated exterior Bridgestone Area on fifth Avenue and Broadway

That’s loads of free music occurring at anyone time – so don’t simply plan on posting up at one stage all day. That’s how you find yourself seeing Mason Ramsey and lacking Luke Combs.

Carry a Clear Bag

All of CMA Fest’s occasions have a transparent bag coverage – so don’t get turned away out of your favourite present since you didn’t know the foundations.

Go away the Cowboy Boots at House

As a result of the phases are unfold out throughout downtown Nashville (and since parking is non-existent and visitors is a nightmare), you’ll be doing loads of strolling. Actually, it’s just about your solely possibility for getting between the totally different phases as a result of the entire highway closures.

I do know all people desires to point out off their nation cred and get away their cowboy boots for CMA Fest, however, don’t. It’s not price it to be depressing when your toes begin hurting throughout the first day. CMA Fest is a marathon, not a dash, so costume for consolation and never for model. Everyone’s too busy watching the live shows to note your boots anyway.

Put together for All Climate

Identical to you don’t need your toes hurting after the primary day, there’s nothing extra depressing than getting sunburnt the primary day and having to bake within the solar the remainder of the weekend while you’re already fried. Carry loads of sunscreen (non-aerosol, as a result of aerosol cans are prohibited) and throw that shit on each probability you get.

However don’t simply put together for the solar. It appears like there’s an opportunity of rain throughout at the very least a part of this 12 months’s competition, so plan for that too. Umbrellas are prohibited in any respect phases, as a result of should you’re the man who opens and umbrella in entrance of any person at a live performance you’re obnoxious and all people hates you. Ponchos, although, are your good friend: Irrespective of how ridiculous you assume they appear, at the very least you’ll be dry.

Obtain the CMA Fest App

The CMA Fest app has all the data you want for the weekend, from lineups to maps to what you possibly can and may’t usher in to the live shows. You may even use the app to create your individual schedule and get reminders all through the weekend. Bulletins about particular occasions and shock pop-up exhibits are additionally made by means of the app, so it’s one to have in your cellphone if you wish to keep up-to-date on what’s occurring and benefit from your expertise.

However on that notice…

Cell Service Would possibly Be a Drawback

Even on weekends in downtown Nashville, the crowds can get so massive that cell service is tough to come back by. Work out a plan to fulfill up with your mates, or plan on having to stroll a pair blocks away from the motion to name an Uber or Lyft.

Look ahead to Pop-Up Exhibits

It’s Nashville, so artists are continually displaying as much as the totally different bars on Broadway or different phases to play shock exhibits. A few of these are introduced upfront and a few aren’t, however should you’re hanging out at a bar, you by no means know who you would possibly see. Verify social media and loads of instances you possibly can observe down a shock efficiency out of your favourite artists.

Getting Round City

Don’t plan on driving round downtown Nashville. Roads have been shut down for days already, and it’s going to be a nightmare getting round. Plus parking goes to be at a premium, and should you’re capable of finding it you’re going to pay a hefty worth. If you happen to’re not staying inside strolling distance of downtown, simply plan on catching an Uber or a Lyft.

Uber and Lyft each have designated pickup and drop off zones, so don’t anticipate them to fulfill you wherever you’re while you resolve you’re prepared to depart. The excellent news is that there ought to be loads of drivers obtainable this weekend, so it shouldn’t take lengthy to get a journey both to or from the competition.

Nashville additionally has a plague of electrical scooters, so these are one other fast approach to get round should you’re simply going just a few blocks. Fowl, Lime, Lyft, Soar and Bolt all have scooters which can be straightforward to seek out and comparatively low cost, so go forward and get the app arrange should you assume you’ll need to take a scooter when you’re on the town.

HYDRATE!

Saving an important for final. This one’s widespread sense and may go with out saying, however yearly I see traces of individuals ready for fluids within the medical tents so I’m going to say it anyway.

Resist the urge to hydrate with Bud Gentle all weekend and blend in some water along with your ingesting. And naturally, replenish with Pedialyte or Liquid IV within the morning so you possibly can hold it going for 4 days. You don’t need to have to chop your CMA Fest expertise brief since you’re dehydrated.

There might be distributors arrange round downtown (and loads of meals vehicles on fifth Avenue between Broadway and Demonbreun, proper beside Bridgestone Area). And clearly there are many bars and eating places close by, however traces are going to be lengthy and it might take awhile to seek out someplace to take a seat down and seize a drink. Plan forward and don’t wait till you’re able to cross out earlier than you are taking a break for meals or drink.

CMA Fest is a hell of a time in Nashville – so should you’re going to be on the town: Welcome, take pleasure in your self, and benefit from your time right here in Music Metropolis.

Oh, and don’t be this woman…