Overview
- Comedian Bert Kreischer and country star HARDY host from Nashville, with Haley Baylee reporting from Times Square for the midnight ET countdown.
- The telecast runs 8:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT and resumes 10:30 p.m.–1:30 a.m. ET/PT.
- The celebration originates from Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville and features the city's Music Note Drop at midnight CT.
- Headliners Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman join performer-cohost HARDY, with additional sets from Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Rascal Flatts, Riley Green, Marcus King, Megan Moroney, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Stephen Wilson Jr., plus special guests CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
- Category 10 hosts the official watch party with performances by Dwight Yoakam and Marcus King, free for guests 21 and older on a first-come basis with doors at 6:00 p.m. ET.