June 27, 2012 Gaga has her "Little Monsters." Justin has a legion of "Beliebers." Clay Aiken has the "Claymates." And Jimmy Buffet has the "Parrot Heads." But a couple of weeks ago, when Jaclyn, Dave Spencer and I were in Nashville for the Grand Ole Opry's annual plaza party, we found out what Taylor Swift's die-hard fans call themselves. Meet the "Swifties!"
June 17, 2012 The 41st Annual CMA Music Fest just wrapped up a week ago in Nashville and it was another sell-out year. Just about every country music superstar and up-and-comer you can name was in Music City meeting with fans and entertaining crowds. And this is really cool. Skylar Cain, a 9-year-old country gal from Philpot (just outside Owensboro), was there too! She got to sing at the Nashville Palace and her mom sent us some shots of Skylar in action. Take a look!
May 21, 2012 We are getting closer and closer to the 2012 CMA Music Festival! This marks the 41st year for Nashville's annual "Fan Fair" event and this year promises to be bigger and better than ever. To help celebrate, get you ready and get you down there, WBKR is loaded up with tickets for the event. And, you can win them all week long. To find out who's playing and how you can win single-night tickets, keep on reading!
May 18, 2012 It's just a month away! The 2012 CMA Music Festival will be rocking downtown Nashville June 7th through June 10th. And, here at WBKR.com, we have a sneak peak of everything you need to know about this year's event: the stars, the tickets, the CMA's new autograph policies/procedures and more. This is the 41st Annual Fan Fair event and promises again to offer the "ultimate country music experience." So, you wanna know who's playing LP Field each night and how to get tickets? Keep reading . . .
May 2, 2012 You may not like this. The 41st annual CMA Music Festival is coming up June 7th through the 10th in Nashville and there's going to be a big change to the event's autograph policies. In the past, fans (thousands of them) would line up and camp for the chance to snag the autograph of their favorite artist. This year, you won't be able to. The CMA has decided to institute a lottery of sorts. So, here's how it's gonna work.
I don't know if I'll ever make to a CMA Music Fest, but thank goodness major networks like ABC, can bring all the highlights to my living room, er, bedroom, wherever, and I don't have to worry about the crowds or the heat.
June 14, 2011 On Sunday, my friend Chelsea and I made the short drive to Nashville for the last day of the CMA Music Fest. (Thanks Todd for the tickets!!) I don't know what we were more excited about....seeing Miranda Lambert or having a girls day out!!
June 8, 2011 Monday, the day before we left for Nashville, Chad and I discussed how incredibly hot it was going to be while doing the live broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry Plaza. I told him that I didn't expect miracles; just keep the water handy. Well, despite the shade, it was hot and the water was handy. And we had a BLAST!
June 7, 2011 Two years ago at the Opry Plaza Party to kick off the CMA Music Festival, Jaclyn was 18 months pregnant. In fact, I'm pretty certain that Carsyn was crowning here at the show that made country music famous. See, Jaclyn and I brought cornhole boards down to Nashville and challenged folks to a little "friendly" competition. Despite the fact that Jaclyn's stomach looked like something out of the movie Alien, we were amazing. We played all day long and only lost TWICE!!! We are MASTERS of this game . . . or so we thought!
June 6, 2011 Taylor! Brad! Keith! Sugarland! Reba! ZBB! Blake! Miranda! Lady A! And a whole bunch more! The 2011 CMA Music Fest has arrived!! And WBKR is trucking down to Nashville, courtesy of MUDDS FURNITURE to bring you a sneak peak of the 40th Annual Fan Fair! Tune in Tuesday as Chad, Jaclyn and Spencer broadcast LIVE from the Opry Plaza! They'll be bringing you behind-the-scenes coverage from the CMA Music Fest, The Grand Ole Opry (which has an amazing show lined up for Tuesday night!! Carrie Underwood! Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Martina McBride and more!), and the big Opry Plaza Party featuring performances by Jerrod Niemann and Eden's Edge! Plus, tune in for reviews of Carrie Underwood's private party for her fan club!
June 5, 2011 A few weeks ago, Chad says to me, "How would you like to do your show from the Grand Ole Opry June 7th?" The answer was a simple, "Uh, yeah!" Twist my arm, right? Can't wait to see everybody who makes the trip down this week for the CMA Music Fest, the festival formerly known as Fan Fair. And, wow! It just now hit that it will mark kind of an anniversary for me.
Beat the rush.....the CMA Music Fest is kicking off in Nash-Vegas this June 9th-12th according to but according to CMAWORLD.COM you can get single night tickets this Saturday!
