Angie K, Fancy Hagood, Ty Herndon

Y’all means all: This June brings the opportunity to celebrate country music and LGBTQ+ pride simultaneously.

From June 5 to 8, hundreds of artists will flock to downtown Nashville to perform as a part of 2025’s CMA Fest. The festival falls during LGBTQ+ Pride Month, which is celebrated nationally throughout June.

Now in its 52nd year, the massive country music festival has drawn nearly one million concertgoers to Nashville over the past decade.

And according to a 2023 report, nearly 36% of the nation’s total LGBTQ+ population lives in the South.

The audience for country music continues to expand, and as it does, more queer fans are seeing representation from artists both small and large, from Chappell Roan’s sapphic country single to tunes from Orville Peck, Lil Nas X and TJ Obsorne.

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CMA Fest’s pride-month kick-off event, “The Concert for Love and Acceptance,” recently celebrated its tenth anniversary with a June 2 show. The night featured a lineup including Dasha, Ingrid Andress, David Archuleta, Brooke Eden, Lindsay Ell, Sam Williams, Tiera Kennedy, Maggie Rose, The Kentucky Gentlemen and Runaway June.

While the festival’s specific pride event may have passed, there will be hundreds of free performances and meet-and-greets in downtown Nashville throughout the festival’s days. At night, there will be ticketed concerts with star-studded lineups at Nissan Stadium and Ascend Amphitheater.

For country music lovers who want to celebrate queer pride and allyship, here are some LGBTQ+ artists to support at CMA Fest.

Queer artists at CMA Fest you can support this 2025 Pride Month

Angie K

The “Real Talk” singer will appear at Fan Fair X for a meet and greet on Friday, June 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Later in the day, she’ll perform at the Chevy Vibes Stage from 2:50 to 3:20 p.m.

K, who has supported performers including Jelly Roll, Jake Owen and Bailey Zimmerman, released her EP “Angie K” in February.

Brooke Eden

Eden will appear at Fan Fair X for a meet and greet on Thursday, June 5, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The “Got No Choice” singer released her single “Giddy Up!” earlier this year.

Fancy Hagood

Hagood will hit the stage at the Good Molecules Reverb Stage from 2:45 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. on Friday, June 6.

The Arkansas native, known for his tunes “Forest” and “Don’t Blink,” released his record, “American Spirit,” in 2024.

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Sam Williams

Williams will appear at Fan Fair X on Sunday, June 8, from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Later in the day, he will perform at the Hard Rock Stage from 5:20 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

The “Weatherman” singer is slated to release his record “Act II: Countrystar” on July 11.

Ty Herndon

Herndon, who headlined “The Concert for Love and Acceptance” will perform on Thursday, June 5 at Dr. Pepper Amp Stage from 12:55 p.m. to 1:25 p.m.

On Thursday afternoon, he will appear at Fan Fair X from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Friday, June 6 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Tanner Adell

The “Buckle Bunny” singer and Beyonce “Blackbird” collaborator came out as pansexual earlier this year.

She’ll hit the stage on Saturday, June 7, at the Chevy Riverfront Stage from 12:40 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. Later in the day, she will appear at Fan Fair X from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

To learn more about CMA Fest, head to cmafest.com.

Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter with The Tennessean. You can reach her at agibbs@tennessean.com.

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