Organizers have unveiled the full list of performers for “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash,” airing live on Wednesday, December 31st on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash will ring in 2026 in multiple time zones, including a countdown to midnight Eastern time and the classic Music Note Drop with fireworks at midnight Central time.
Headlined by Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman, the five-hour televised special will feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Stephen Wilson Jr., and Dwight Yoakam, who will be performing at venues and clubs across Nashville, Tennessee. In addition, special guest CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers will perform from Nashville’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.
This year’s official in-person watch party will take place at Luke Combs’ Category 10 in Nashville, with Dwight Yoakam taking the stage to perform his biggest hits, along with special appearances by Cody Alan and Caylee Hammack to ring in 2025. The official watch party is free and open to fans 21 and older on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 6 pm.
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