- (040610) Charlie Daniels, Sara Evans, Buddy Jewell, Terri Clark, Vince Gill, LeAnn Rimes, Lorrie Morgan (host), Uncle Kracker, and Rascal Flatts.
- (040611) Lonestar, Clint Black, Martina McBride, Brooks and Dunn (with Gretchen Wilson).
- (040612) Clay Walker, Mavericks, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Diamond Rio.
- (040613) Chris Cagle (with Brett Michaels of Poison), Glen Campbell (with Bryan White), Darryl Worley, Dierks Bentley (with Michelle Poe), Pat Green (with Willie Nelson), Keith Urban, Wynonna, Hank Williams Jr (with a recap of some of the previous performers of the evening), and Gretchen Wilson (recording a crowd video).
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- FFAIR5_040610_010.JPG: Charlie Daniels
- FFAIR5_040610_036.JPG: Sara Evans
- FFAIR5_040610_062.JPG: Sara Evans @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040610_100.JPG: Buddy Jewell
- FFAIR5_040610_113.JPG: Terri Clark
- FFAIR5_040610_165.JPG: Terri Clark @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040610_197.JPG: Vince Gill @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040610_242.JPG: LeAnn Rimes
- FFAIR5_040610_258.JPG: LeAnn Rimes @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040610_289.JPG: Lorrie Morgan
- FFAIR5_040610_301.JPG: Uncle Kracker
- FFAIR5_040610_381.JPG: Rascal Flatts
- FFAIR5_040611_017.JPG: Tracy Lawrence with a long zoom
- FFAIR5_040611_030.JPG: Lonestar
- FFAIR5_040611_085.JPG: Clint Black @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040611_172.JPG: Martina McBride
- FFAIR5_040611_206.JPG: Dunn of Brooks and Dunn
- FFAIR5_040611_210.JPG: Brooks and Dunn introduced Gretchen Wilson just before I made it in front of the stage and then she performed enough numbers that I never got to see them again.
- FFAIR5_040611_214.JPG: Gretchen Wilson @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040612_007.JPG: Clay Walker
- FFAIR5_040612_011.JPG: Mavericks @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040612_012.JPG: Mavericks @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040612_156.JPG: Billy Ray Cyrus
- FFAIR5_040612_219.JPG: Diamond Rio @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040613_019.JPG: Chris Cagle
- FFAIR5_040613_060.JPG: Chris Cagle with Brett Michaels of Poison
- FFAIR5_040613_121.JPG: Glen Campbell
- FFAIR5_040613_185.JPG: Glen Campbell with Bryan White @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040613_204.JPG: Darryl Worley
- FFAIR5_040613_283.JPG: Dierks Bentley @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR5_040613_286.JPG: Michelle Poe in Dierks Bentley's band
- FFAIR5_040613_364.JPG: A comment from the fans about the high price of drinks at the Coliseum. (Bentley's hit song was "What Was I Thinking?")
- FFAIR5_040613_393.JPG: Pat Green with Willie Nelson
- FFAIR5_040613_527.JPG: Keith Urban @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR6_040613_034.JPG: Wynonna Judd, who was shockingly fat. Large women are not normally part of country music. The program mentioned "The fiery Kentucky redhead with the equally impressive voice has taken on a very transparent and public role in her Oprah-partnered "Journey to Health," documenting her yearlong program of weight loss and behavior modification."
- FFAIR6_040613_213.JPG: Wynonna Judd @ Fan Fair
- FFAIR6_040613_352.JPG: Hank Williams Jr. @ Fan Fair.
- FFAIR6_040613_430.JPG: Darryl Worley during the Hank Williams Jr final set
- FFAIR6_040613_444.JPG: Other performers come out for the Hank Williams Jr finale
- FFAIR6_040613_515.JPG: Then Gretchen Wilson came out to record a video segment for her video for "I'm Here For The Party." They recorded the song three times with various crowd shots.
- FFAIR6_040613_593.JPG: Gretchen Wilson @ Fan Fair
- Wikipedia Description: CMA Music Festival
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The CMA Music Festival is a 4-day music festival centered around country music hosted each June by the Country Music Association in Nashville, Tennessee. Begun in 1972 as Fan Fair, the event now draws over 400 artists and celebrities who hold autograph sessions and perform in one of the many concerts offered throughout the festival. Over 191,000 fans from around the world attended the 2007 CMA Music Festival.
Activities:
The CMA Music Festival, hosted by the Country Music Association, encompasses four days of country music concerts and musician and fan interactions. Despite its emphasis on country music and country music artists, the festival also showcases selected artists in other musical genres. In 2007, Los Lonely Boys and Lynyrd Skynyrd made appearances. Over 200 artists attend the event each year to hold up to 30 hours of autograph sessions and "meet-and-greet" sessions with their fans at the Nashville Convention Center. Many artist fan clubs also hold gatherings in the area during the festival.
During the festival, attendees can choose from the 100 hours of concerts that are offered on stages at Riverfront Park and LP Field. Until 2001, the evening concerts were organized by record labels, with each label choosing which of their artists would be able to perform, and for how long. Beginning with Fan Fair 2001, these main concerts were grouped instead by record distribution group. This allowed for four main concerts, for Sony, WEA/EMI, UNI, and BMG. Artists are held to very strict timeframes for their performances, with Martina McBride noting in 2007 that she was expected to be on stage for exactly 34 minutes, "[n]ot 30, not 35, but 34." The artists are not paid to attend the festival or for their performances during the festival.
Half of the proceeds from the festival each year (estimated at US$200,000 in 2001) are donated to charity, while the other half are earmarked by the CMA for "the advancement of country music."
History:
The CMA created Fan Fair in 1972 so that fans would refrain from attending the annual deejay convention that the CMA hosts in the fall. The inaugural Fan Fair was held April 12-15, 1972 in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. 5,000 fans attended the event, which featured 20 hours of live entertainment and 100 exhibit booths, including autograph booths. The following year, the event was moved to June in the hope of finding better weather conditions, and attendance doubled to 10,000 fans. In the third year, the first non-country musician, Paul McCartney, was invited to perform, and Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner performed a duet for the last time.
By 1982, the festival was moved to the Tennessee State fairgrounds, and the All American Country Games competition was added. This event raised moved for the Tennessee Special Olympics, but was cancelled in 1989 in order to add more shows. In 1991, singer Kathy Mattea attended Fan Fair despite being under doctor's orders not to speak so that her injured vocal cords could heal. She used a computer to type messages for her fans to read as she held "conversations" with them. Two years later, Shania Twain met her future husband, producer Mutt Lange, at the festival.
Garth Brooks decided at the last minute to attend the 25th anniversary of the festival in 1996. He was swarmed with fans, and stayed in his booth signing autographs for 23 hours and 10 minutes without a single break.
Fan Fair underwent large changes in 2001. For the first time, the event was held over a long weekend (Thursday, June 14 to Sunday, June 17) instead of during the week. At the same time, the festival moved from its long-time home at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to several sites clustered in downtown Nashville, including LP Field, the Nashville Convention Center, Gaylord Entertainment Center and Riverfront Park. The Fairgrounds was converted to a temporary campground for the attendees.
In 2004 the CMA renamed the event to the CMA Music Festival in order change negative perceptions, embrace the CMA brand and to expand the appeal. Also in 2004, ABC network has televised the event a two-hour special known as "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock." The first special, which aired July 14, 2004, ranked number 16 in viewers, with an estimated 9 million people tuning in.
A new attendance record was set in 2007 with 191,154 fans attending the Festival. Those in attendance participated in more than 100 hours of concerts, 30 hours of organized autograph signings, family activities, celebrity sports competitions, interactive exhibits, giveaways, games and much more. More than 400 celebrities made appearances at the 2007 CMA Music Festival.
Attendance:
Through 2000, the CMA Music Festival was considered a sell-out if 25,000 people attended. Attendees span all ages, from infants to the elderly, and come from many different countries, including Japan, Germany, and France. After moving to its new, larger and air-conditioned home in 2001, attendance numbers soared, with the 2002 festival drawing 126,000 fans. Attendance slipped slightly the following year, partially because many of the more renowned country music stars declined to appear at the festival. However, in 2003, attendance was down only 1.7% over the year before, compared to a 25% decline in overall U.S. tourist travel for the same period. The attendance slippage was not permanent; in 2007, a record-breaking crowd of 191,000 people attended the festival.
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- 2004_TN_Fan_Fair_Auto TN -- Nashville -- CMA Music Festival 2004 -- Autograph Area
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- 2000_TN_Fan_Fair_000612 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 2000 -- Day 1 of 4
- 2003_FL_Cyrus_030125 FL -- Lake Buena Vista -- Disney's EPCOT -- Billy Ray Cyrus hosting 21st Annual Colgate Country Showdown
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- 2004_TN_Fan_Fair_Auto TN -- Nashville -- CMA Music Festival 2004 -- Autograph Area
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- 1999_TN_Fan_Fair_990617 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 1999 -- Day 4 of 4
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- 2018_DC_Honors_181202 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2018)
- 1999_TN_Fan_Fair_990617 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 1999 -- Day 4 of 4
- 2000_TN_Fan_Fair_000614 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 2000 -- Day 3 of 4
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- 1998_VA_Gill_980830 Wolf Trap -- Vince Gill and Chely Wright
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- 2004_TN_Fan_Fair_Auto TN -- Nashville -- CMA Music Festival 2004 -- Autograph Area
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- 1999_TN_Wynonna_990613 TN -- Nashville -- Wynonna Fan Club concert and meet and greet
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- 2000_TN_Fan_Fair_000614 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 2000 -- Day 3 of 4
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- 2004_TN_Fan_Fair_Auto TN -- Nashville -- CMA Music Festival 2004 -- Autograph Area
- 2004_TN_Fan_Fair_040613 TN -- Nashville -- CMA Music Festival 2004 -- Performers at Riverfront Day 4
- 2000_TN_Fan_Fair_000613 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 2000 -- Day 2 of 4
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- 2000_TN_Fan_Fair_000614 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 2000 -- Day 3 of 4
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- 1999_TN_Fan_Fair_990614 TN -- Nashville -- Fan Fair 1999 -- Day 1 of 4
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- 2004_TN_Fan_Fair_040612 TN -- Nashville -- CMA Music Festival 2004 -- Performers at Riverfront Day 3
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