Jelly Roll, Ashley McBryde To Host ‘CMA Fest’ Concert Special

Author Lauren Hoffman

June 3rd 11:07 AM

Country superstars Jelly Roll and Ashley McBryde are set to host CMA Fest 2024 together airing on Tuesday, June 25 on ABC, and will stream on Hulu the next day. The three-hour primetime concert special will film this week in Nashville during the 51st CMA Fest week (June 6-9).

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The concert, special hosted by Jelly Roll and McBryde, will feature never-before-seen performances and collaborations from the genre’s biggest acts. CMA Fest is the world’s longest-running country music festival, so it’s no surprise that the lineup is nothing short of amazing.

“I have so many CMA memories, it’s hard to decipher one. I was thinking a lot recently about watching Thomas Rhett debut at the stadium and singing ‘Beer With Jesus.’ I bought a ticket that night just to see that song. I was just so moved by that song. I was like the dude that sings this song there,” Jelly Roll told Backstage Country.

He continued, “I got to see Zac Brown sing ‘Colder Weather’ there for the first time. I got to see some really iconic moments like that.”

2024 CMA Fest Lineup

The 2024 CMA Fest lineup for Nissan Stadium this week includes Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Jordan Davis, HARDY, Cody Johnson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, The War And Treaty, Thomas Rhett, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, and more.

Jelly Roll, who is also performing this Saturday, June 8 during CMA Fest, will hit the road this summer for his headlining 2024 Beautifully Broken Tour with special guests Warren Zeiders and Alexandra Kay. He is also this week’s host of Backstage Country, click here to find out where to listen.

As for McBryde, she is performing on Thursday, June 6, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, and is currently in the midst of her headlining 2024 The Devil I Know Tour with special guests Will Jones, Kasey Tyndall, and more on select dates.

Six Ashley McBryde Songs Everyone Should Know

"Brenda Get Your Bra On" (2022)
This song was not released as a radio single, but it’s a banger just the same. The song was part of Ashley’s Grammy-nominated album Lindeville and features her good friends Pillbox Patti and Caylee Hammack. The video for the song reminds us of the Chicks’ late 1990s murder classic “Goodbye Earl.” It’s a fan-favorite song, and the video, with four million views, is a true classic in the making.

Warning: The video content is adult-oriented – See the video here.
"A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega" (2017
This is Ashley’s debut single to country radio; while the song also hit the top 30 on the Billboard country charts, it was named one of the 54 Best Songs of 2017 by The New York Times, and one of the Top 25 Best Country Songs of 2017 by Rolling Stone. The music video, filmed at a truck stop and featuring working people, has 13 million views.
"Girl Goin' Nowhere" (2019)
McBryde was inspired to write the song based on her experience with her high school algebra teacher. She had told the educator that she planned on becoming a singer-songwriter. The teacher replied by saying that her dream was “stupid” and that she needed a backup plan. The song is the title track to her debut debut studio album.
"One Night Standards" (2019)
This song was nominated at the 55th CMA Awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year. Filmed at the Drake Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, this song’s music video depicts Ashley working as a receptionist checking in a couple when she recognizes the man waiting outside as a friend’s father. She alerts her friend, which leads to her coming down to the hotel and confronting him and the mistress with a shovel and ends with McBryde and her friend stuffing the woman into the trunk of a car before driving away.
"Light On in the Kitchen" (2023)
This is Ashley’s first single release from her The Devil I Know album. She told me of the song’s video, “I’m so excited that ‘Light On In The Kitchen’ got nominated for (CMA) Video of the Year because that video was taken in one continuous shot. Which means the production team and everybody was there in the early, early early hours of the day, building all the sets. It’s in one big room, and then what you see is this really smooth transition from a bedroom to a kitchen scene to where the band is.”
"Never Wanted to Be That Girl" (2021) - Carly Pearce with Ashley McBryde
This is the song that made McBryde and her friend Carly Pearce Grammy winners. They won Best Country Duo/Group for this song at the 2023 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The song featured on Pearce’s album 29:Written In Stone also topped the country songs chart on Billboard. It was the first number-one song for Ashley, and the two performed it together at the CMA Awards.