CMAfest Coliseum Show Review

Our night had just begun so off to we went to catch the first of the Nightly Concerts at the Coliseum. Miss America, Ericka Dunlap led off with the National Anthem and dedicated it to Ray Charles. CMA Executive Director Ed Benson and Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell, spoke briefly welcoming everyone to the CMAfest. The crowd went wild with cheers, as they were also welcomed with a fly by formation of F/A Hornets.

Naturally Seven sang Amazing Grace followed up by Ronnie Milsap with America the Beautiful, this was the 2nd time in one day that we got to see Ronnie Milsap perform. Life is good. Now, it was time to sit back and enjoy the show. Lorrie Morgan was the hostess for the evening and, as expected, did a superb job.

Performers for the evening included:

• Terri Clark
  • Better Things to Do
  • You're Easy on the Eyes
  • Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
  • Girls Lie Too
  • I Just Wanna Be Mad
  • I Wanna Do it All
• Charlie Daniels
  • Drinkin
  • My Baby Goodbye
  • The Intimidator
  • Orange Blossom Special
  • The Devil Went Down to Georgia
• Sara Evans
  • Rockin' Horse
  • Perfect
  • Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
  • Suds in the Bucket
  • One's on the Way
  • Born to Fly
• Rascall Flatts
  • Love You Out Loud
  • Hit Me With Your Best Shot
  • Love You Out Loud; Mayberry
  • I'm Movin' On; These Days
  • Here's to You
• Vince Gill
  • Liza Jane
  • When I Call Your Name
  • Oklahoma Borderline
  • It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long
  • What the Cowgirls Do
• Buddy Jewell
  • I Wanna Thank Everyone
  • Abilene on Her Mind
  • One Step at a Time
  • Sweet Southern Comfort
  • Help Pour Out the Rain
  • Gimme Three Steps
• Uncle Kracker
  • Follow Me
  • In a Little While
  • Drift Away
• LeeAnn Rimes
  • Big Deal
  • One Way Ticket
  • Life Goes On
  • Won't Be Lonely Long
  • Blue
  • How Do I Live

There were two stages set up every night and the artist performance would rotate from one stage to the other which shortened the wait time between artists tremendously, yet there was still time left for people get back into the photo line to catch more pictures of the next performance. Everyone loves the Photo line, which runs right in front of the stages. During the nightly show there are plenty of drink vendors walking around selling their goods, so no one would have to miss any part of the show. We were very impressed with their quick and polite service and not once during any our visits did we have to leave our seats for drinks.

Every evening a grand display of fireworks closed the show and this indicated that it was time for the After Hours Parties to begin in the Downtown District.