Together again: Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini to host ABC’s three-hour CMA Fest special for a second year

ABC/Ed HerreraFor the second year in a row, Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini will host ABC’s annual CMA Fest special.

The 2018 edition of ABC’s three-hour recap of the world’s biggest country music festival will air Wednesday, August 8 at 8 p.m. ET. This will be the fifteenth year the special has called ABC home. 

TR and Kelsea crank things up this Thursday night in Nashville, with more than 25 of the biggest names in country music set to take the stage at Music City’s Nissan Stadium. The party continues for four nights, and wraps up on Sunday. 

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