Parade, Block Party Kick Off CMA Fest

The 2008 CMA Music Festival officially gets underway with the Fourth Annual CMA Music Festival Kick-Off Parade and the Third Annual CMA Music Festival Block Party in downtown Nashville, June 4.

Deborah Allen, Lonestar, The Grascals, Katie Armiger, Jason Meadows and others will be riding in the latest Chevrolet vehicles during the Kick-Off Parade at 2 p.m. The Block Party, which is free and open to the public, will take place following the parade. Keith Anderson, Joe Nichols, Phil Stacey, James Otto, Luke Bryan, Chris Young, Rissi Palmer and Zac Brown will perform at the Block Party, located at the Chevy Music Stage at the downtown Sommet Center.

• June 4, 2008
• photo by JASON MOORE