{"id":1975146,"date":"2025-08-22T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1975146"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:24:33","slug":"carolina-country-music-festival-announces-blake-shelton-as-first-2026-headliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/carolina-country-music-festival-announces-blake-shelton-as-first-2026-headliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Country Music Festival announces Blake Shelton as first 2026 headliner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) \u2014 The Carolina Country Music Festival announced its first headliner for the 2026 festival on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country music star Blake Shelton will make his CCMF debut when the event returns to the Myrtle Beach shores on June 4-7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/carolina-country-music-festival-releases-161104039.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Country Music Festival releases 10-year anniversary highlight video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\"> Carolina Country Music Festival releases 10-year anniversary highlight video <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shelton has over 13 million albums sold, 30 #1 singles, and nearly 11 billion global streams. He is a Grand Ole Opry member and holds six ACM Awards, three American Music Awards, 10 CMA Awards, 11 CMT Awards, and six People\u2019s Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBlake Shelton is one of the most iconic artists in country music, and we\u2019re proud to welcome him to the CCMF stage for the very first time,\u201d Bob Durkin, co-founder of Southern Entertainment and producer of CCMF, said. \u201cOur fans have been asking for him for years, and his addition sets the tone for what promises to be another unforgettable year on the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Count on News13 for more CCMF updates on-air and online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">* * *<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jordan White is a Digital Producer at News13. She joined the News13 team in August 2024. 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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtw.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WBTW.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WBTW. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) \u2014 The Carolina Country Music Festival announced its first headliner for the 2026 festival on Friday. Country music star Blake Shelton will make his CCMF debut when the event returns to the Myrtle Beach shores on June 4-7. 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