With CMA Fest canceled due to COVID-19, country music looks to fill the void for one of its signature events
Robert Deaton, who produces CMA Fest and the annual ABC special, was in Los Angeles when rumors began swirling that CMA Fest may not happen this year. Initially, he dismissed it as just talk.
“Walking to stage was like hearing the clink of a roller coaster track taking you higher and higher, then breaking loose as you take the stage and come barreling down into corkscrew turns at a speed your brain can’t comprehend,” he tells. “Once the ride is finished you want to run as fast as humanly possible to get back in line.”
Singer-songwriter Kalie Shorr says the interactions with fans at CMA Fest have a way of reminding her what matters most about being in the music industry. “Whenever I get tired of the politics of country — i.e., the ongoing issue of women being represented fairly — CMA Fest restores my faith in it by seeing the people that I make music for,” she says.
Nashville is struggling to regain some of that ground. The city remains stuck at Phase 2 of its Roadmap for Reopening plan after a June surge in COVID-19 cases, yet many of the district’s entertainment complexes are operational, sometimes in violation of local mask and social-distancing ordinances. Last month, the Kid Rock-branded honky-tonkfor serving patrons at its bar that could result in the temporary suspension of its beer permit.
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