CMAfest - A Day by Day look into the CMA Country Music Festival

While the official opening of the Country Music festival is a few more days away, one can find an event or two going on today so we mark our calendars every year to reflect this Monday as the unofficial opening of CMAfest. There are two events that normally take place today and they include the CMA Global Artist Party and the Lonestar Bowling Benefit.

We are still two days away from the official opening day of the CMAfest but there is plenty of events already going on throughout Nashville. The main event for today is the Chely Wright's Reading, Writing, and Rhythm Benefit Concert.

Wednesday is CMA's unofficial official opening of the annual Country Music festival and it kicks off with, of course, the Kick-off Parade in downtown Nashville. Additional events for today include several fan club parties, Marty Stuart's Late Night Jam and the wildly popular, City of Hope Celebrity Softball Challenge.

Today is the Official Opening day of the CMAfest and when all of the main non-stop CMAfest Activities begin and includes the opening of the Daily Activity Zones, Exhibit Hall, and the Riverfront & Coliseum Concerts. Several other events take place today including the Opry Trust Fund Benefit.

By today, all of the 4-day daily and nightly CMA events are in full swing but there is still more to come as today the CMA hosts the first of two CMA Closeup Lecture Series and there's also several other free events happening that include the Andy Griggs Archery Tournament and the Opry Plaza Parties.

Saturday is definitely the busiest day of the CMAfest and along with the daily CMAfest events, CMA Lecture Series and the Opry Plaza Party it will also include some serious shopping adventures and opportunities at the Leadership Music's Yard Sale and the Martina McBride's Celebrity Auction.

By today most folks are just plain exhausted, yet there's still another 24 hours of fun to endure before the CMAfest closes down for another year. Some of the additional events today, along with the normal CMAfest activities, include the Sunday Mornin' Country Show and Michael Peterson's Celebrity Tractor Race.