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ACM Awards Unveils First Round of Performers

March 19, 2026/by Lauryn Sink

Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson & Riley Green. Photo: Academy of Country Music

The Academy of Country Music has unveiled the first round of performers for the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards.

This year, Cody Johnson will take the stage following his 2025 win for ACM Song of the Year. Reigning Entertainer of the Year and 16-time ACM Award recipient Lainey Wilson returns to the ACM Awards stage with the world premiere performance of “Can’t Sit Still.” Four-time ACM Award winner Riley Green, will deliver a performance of “Change My Mind.”

Tickets for the awards are available now. Previously announced ACM Awards week events include “ACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends” and “ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash.”

The 61st ACM Awards are set for Sunday, May 17 MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Lauryn Sink is a staff writer at MusicRow Magazine. Hailing from Lexington, North Carolina, Lauryn is a 2025 graduate of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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