Country Music's biggest festival is being held in Nashville this week - CMA Music Fest! But to some of us, it will always be known as Fan Fair. If you've never been, it's hard to imagine the country music chaos that happens all over the city. Fan Club parties, over 400 artists and performances, all over 4 days in the scorching heat with 100,000 fans - It's awesome!

One of my favorite parts of Fan Fair, and this will be my 22nd year, has always been the autograph and photo lines, where you actually get to talk to your favorite country stars - no other format even comes close to being as fan friendly as country music.

This video from 1994 has all kinds of cool surprises in it - a young Faith Hill, Eddie Rabbit, Mark Colley, Little Texas, Ricky Skaggs, a teenage Kenny Chesney, Billy Ray Cyrus, Chris LeDoux, and even Acadiana's own Joel Sonnier! It was filmed in the original location, which is the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Today, CMA Music Fest is mostly held in downtown Nashville, and at Nissan Stadium, where the Tennessee Titans play. This is everything I love about Fan Fair, so I hope you enjoy the video and remember how awesome it is to be a country music fan!

 

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