Flagship station The BIG 615 and the rest of Garth Brooks’ SEVENS Radio Network family are ready to take part in CMA Fest this week in Nashville, as tens of thousands of people descend on Music City for one of country music’s biggest weeks of the year!

The festival kicks off on Thursday, and that morning The Garth Channel host and Program Director Blake Carter (who also helms Tailgate Radio’s weekly “Tailgate Top 20 Countdown”) will host the event’s Dr. Pepper Amp Stage. That afternoon, The BIG 615’s Storme Warren can be found onstage as the host of the Chevy Riverfront Stage.

Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky Tonk will once again welcome CMA Fest fans to a sidewalk sale featuring Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood vintage merchandise. Back by popular demand, the sale returns to FILP at 411 Broadway from June 5-8, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fans looking to complete their collections can browse the treasures, everything from tour t-shirts to tote bags, caps to cookware, while supplies last.

Garth Brooks has made a career of memories at CMA Fest (formerly Fan Fair) over the years. At CMA Fest 2025, he will help a host of rising singers and their fans create memories of their own. His Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk, located on Nashville's famed Lower Broadway, will offer extended operating hours, special menu items, and an entertainment schedule featuring some of country music's most popular up-and-coming artists.

Garth Brooks has a deep love of baseball, and last week that longstanding adoration for America's pastime drew him to Kansas City's Union Station for a gala honoring the Royals' 1985 and 2015 World Series championship teams.

"It's pretty cool when you step on stage and it's just a stage full of Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers!" Garth says.

His setlist for the night included a version of Happy Birthday for National Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett, who turned 72 on May 15.