ACM Party For A Cause Adds To Three-Day Vegas Festival Lineup

The Academy of Country Music (ACM) has announced A Thousand Horses, Brandy Clark, Brett Eldredge, Martina McBride, Maren Morris, and Chase Rice have been added to the 4th ACM Party For A Cause Festival, rounding out the full lineup at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Friday, April 1 through Sunday, April 3.

The event will include multiple stages, ongoing country music performances, interactive games, a country marketplace, and more. The festival will lead up to the 51st ACM Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, at 8 p.m. live ET/delayed PT on CBS.

Carrie Underwood will headline a special ACM Women of Country Night to kick off the festival on April 1. The all-female lineup of performers will include Kelsea Ballerini, Cam, McBride, Kellie Pickler and Maddie & Tae on the Main Stage as well as performances by Lauren Alaina, Kelleigh Bannen, Clark and Jana Kramer on the Party Stage.

Dierks Bentley will headline the festival on Saturday, April 2, and will be joined on the Main Stage by Frankie Ballard, Lee Brice, Chris Janson, Dustin Lynch, Chris Stapleton and Chris Young. Earlier performances on the Party Stage will feature A Thousand Horses, Chase Bryant, Chris Lane, and Jackson Michelson .

On Sunday, April 3, Kenny Chesney will close out the festival with a full set that will take place simultaneously with the ACM Awards. Earlier in the evening, Eldredge, Sam Hunt, Kip Moore, Old Dominion and Rice will perform on the Main Stage, while Lindsay Ell, Morris and Granger Smith will perform on the Party Stage.

For the first time ever, exclusive rehearsal and backstage footage from the ACM Awards at the MGM Grand will be on display for festival goers. This footage will offer fans a behind-the-scenes experience previously offered by the ACM Fan Jam, which will not be taking place this year.

Three-day festival passes are available with proceeds benefiting the Academy’s charitable arm, ACM Lifting Lives. Over $400,000 has been donated to various military organizations in just three years.