Additional Pre-Event Performers Revealed For 61st Academy of Country Music Awards Week Events
The Academy of Country Music has unveiled additional performers for the ACM Awards Week events including ACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends and ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash.
Tickets for all events can be found here.
Lauren Alaina, Rodney Atkins and Randy Houser will join headliner Riley Green at ACM Lifting Lives Country on the Green: Riley Green & Friends. Set at Topgolf Las Vegas, the show will take place inside the venue’s outfield and benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic partner of the Academy of Country Music.
Ashley Cooke, Dasha, Flatland Cavalry, Braxton Keith, and Tucker Wetmore join previously announced members of the Opry NextStage Class of 2026 including Willow Avalon, Graham Barham, Tyler Braden, Alexandra Kay, Vincent Mason, Emily Ann Roberts and Hudson Westbrook as performers at ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash. Hosted by Cooke and Dasha, ACM Next Wave: Country’s Beach Bash is a reimagined fan-favorite outdoor concert experience set to take place at Mandalay Bay Beach and Wave Pool.
Additional ACM Awards and ACM Awards Week performers, as well as nominations, presenters, and the host, will be announced in the coming weeks.
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