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- Nashville will host a free New Year’s Eve celebration at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.
- Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman are set to headline the live event.
- The five-hour television special will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
- Additional performers include Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, and Dierks Bentley.
Music City is ringing in the new year with the ultimate bash, and once again, the the lineup is stacked with star-studded performances.
Now in its 17th year, the year-end Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash will take place at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park on Dec. 31. The celebration is free and will feature a night of live music and fireworks for one of the nation’s largest New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Gates for the Nashville celebration will open at 5:30 p.m. CT. The live music is set to kick off at 7 p.m. along with a live broadcast.
Comedian and actor Bert Kreischer and country music artist Hardy will host the five-hour television special. It will air live from Music City on Wednesday, Dec. 31 from 7 p.m .to 9 p.m CT and 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on CBS. It will also stream on Paramount+.
“Celebrating New Year’s in Music City is always a blast,” Hardy said in a statement. “It’s great to be back playing Nashville’s Big Bash and I’m stoked to co-host this year with one of the funniest dudes I know.”
Who is headlining the live NYE celebration?
Country music heavywights Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman will headline the big celebration. Gospel music legend CeCe Winans and the Grammy-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers will also hit the stage as special guests ahead of the countdown and midnight music-note drop.
Hardy will also perform live from Bicentennial park.
Who else is performing during Nashville’s Big Bash?
The Big Bash will also feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr. and Dwight Yoakam, who will take the stage from venues accoss Nashville.
The telecast will also feature appearances by comedian Dusty Slay, “Entertainment Tonight’s” Cassie DiLaura, Sirius XM host Buzz Brainard and UFC champion Kayla Harrison.
The official watch party will be held at Luke Combs’ Category 10, where Yoakam will peform live with King. Cody Alan and Caylee Hammack are also slated to make an appearances. The live watch party will welcome guests 21 and older on a first-come first-served basis. Doors open at 6 p.m. CT.
Last year’s Big Bash headliners included the likes of Keith Urban, Kane Brown and Jelly Roll. Shaboozey and Brittney Spencer also performed.
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