Performers Announced for Week-Long ACM Experience

An official schedule has been released for the upcoming ACM Experience. “The Week Vegas Goes Country” is a free and open to the public country music lifestyle event, held March 30-April 1 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Highlights of The ACM Experience include the ACM BBQ Throwdown and the ACM Expo. Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society, the ACM BBQ Throwdown will bring together members of the competitive barbeque circuit to compete for a $50,000 purse. The ACM Expo presented by Roper, is a 200,000 sq. ft. marketplace of shopping, gaming and eating.

The week concludes with the 2nd Annual ACM Fan Jam, a separate ticketed event hosted by Zac Brown Band at Mandalay Bay on Sun., April 1. The live ACM Awards telecast will occur simultaneously at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and air on CBS. Live performances, via remote, from Mandalay Bay will be interspersed with the Awards telecast.

ACM Experience performance schedule is as follows:

Friday, March 30; 10am – 6pm   
12:30pm – Thomas Rhett – Country Thunder Stage
1:00pm – Greg Bates – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
1:30pm – Dance Y’all Showcase – Country Thunder Stage
2:00pm – Edens Edge – Country Thunder Stage
3:00pm – Ira Dean – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
3:30pm – Dance Y’all Showcase – Country Thunder Stage
4:30 pm – PBR & KWNR Battle of the Bands Finalist – Country Thunder Stage
5:00pm – Andy Gibson – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
5:30pm – Kip Moore  - Country Thunder Stage

Saturday, March 31; 10am – 9pm     
11:00am – Maggie Rose – ACM Expo Acoustic Stage
11:30am – Sonia Leigh – Country Thunder Stage
12:00pm – Darren Warren – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
12:30pm – Dance Y’all Showcase – Country Thunder Stage
1:00pm – Mallary Hope – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
1:30pm – Steel Magnolia – Country Thunder Stage
2:30pm – PBR & KWNR Battle of the Bands Finalist – Country Thunder Stage
3:00pm – Dance Y’all Showcase – Country Thunder Stage
3:30pm – The Dirt Drifters – Country Thunder Stage
5:30pm – Gloriana – Country Thunder Stage

Sunday, April 1; 10am – 4pm   
11:00am – Canaan Smith – Country Thunder Stage
11:30am – Morgan Frazier – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
12:00pm – Blackberry Smoke – Country Thunder Stage
12:30pm – Dance Y’all Showcase – Country Thunder Stage
1:00pm – Chris Janson – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
1:30pm – Levi Lowrey – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
1:30pm – Dance Y’all Showcase – Country Thunder Stage
2:00pm – David St. Romain – ACM EXPO Acoustic Stage
2:30pm – LoCash Cowboys – Country Thunder Stage
3:30 pm – PBR & KWNR Battle of the Bands Finalist – Country Thunder Stage