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CMA Fest 2023: See the best outfits during Nashville's country music festival
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![Emmie Thompson, left, and Taylor Murphy, from Palm Coast, Fla., pose for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Both Emma and Taylor love country music and are self-described country bumpkins.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/3add5cae-1e48-4e48-bfbe-27f2e0679a58-230608-LKENNEDY-041.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Emmie Thompson, left, and Taylor Murphy, from Palm Coast, Fla., pose for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Both Emma and Taylor love country music and are self-described country bumpkins.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Elise Colon and her daughter Nyah, from Dickson, Tenn. pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. The Colon's just moved to Tennessee and wanted to check out CMA fest.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/9e7e43d8-36c6-48a8-be5a-19af39e4482f-230608-LKENNEDY-149.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Elise Colon and her daughter Nyah, from Dickson, Tenn. pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. The Colon's just moved to Tennessee and wanted to check out CMA fest.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![David Hareshaw and Kellee Soderman pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. David purchased Kellee CMA Fest tickets for Christmas.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/e45bd769-4054-4de1-9ef9-7e65a0102bcf-230608-LKENNEDY-157.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
David Hareshaw and Kellee Soderman pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. David purchased Kellee CMA Fest tickets for Christmas.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Eduardo Navarro, left, and Fernando Canales from San Fransisco pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Navarro and Canales were here for a start up company meeting and decided to stay for CMA Fest, they also bought boots.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/39ea4f11-f18a-4832-bdec-0bd468c0e182-230608-LKENNEDY-154.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Eduardo Navarro, left, and Fernando Canales from San Fransisco pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Navarro and Canales were here for a start up company meeting and decided to stay for CMA Fest, they also bought boots.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![From left to right, Joe Hammer, Matt Minkler and Matt Yavorsky, from Monroe, Mich., pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Hammer, Minkler and Yavorsky are visiting CMA Fest for a boys weekend.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/063c8c3b-310c-47e9-9887-bebb98d33007-230608-LKENNEDY-139.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
From left to right, Joe Hammer, Matt Minkler and Matt Yavorsky, from Monroe, Mich., pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Hammer, Minkler and Yavorsky are visiting CMA Fest for a boys weekend.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Brandy and Rachel Holland, from Greenbriar, Tenn. pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. This was their first time coming to CMA Fest.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/01a61f76-8c49-4355-b42f-a5a3a1c82b52-230608-LKENNEDY-152.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Brandy and Rachel Holland, from Greenbriar, Tenn. pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. This was their first time coming to CMA Fest.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Joe Hammer, from Monroe, Mich., poses for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Hammer is at CMA Fest because his best friends brought him along on a boys weekend.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/2eaff328-6992-40e1-a854-a9d2c6bdb8bd-230608-LKENNEDY-136.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Joe Hammer, from Monroe, Mich., poses for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Hammer is at CMA Fest because his best friends brought him along on a boys weekend.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Corina Ferguson and Kerry Schaafsma from Athens, Ontario pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Ferguson said she had to come after watching it on television last year and brought her friend along.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/6dbdea0e-ed43-497c-b905-78aacd66f085-230608-LKENNEDY-148.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Corina Ferguson and Kerry Schaafsma from Athens, Ontario pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Ferguson said she had to come after watching it on television last year and brought her friend along.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![From left to right, Tina, Sanchez, Joe Sanchez, Stacey Ramirez and Julio Ramirez from Bakersfield, Calif. pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. The Sanchez's and Ramirez's are visiting the CMA's because they love country music.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/16aaff38-6740-4a0a-90f1-3e5a9cea1f08-230608-LKENNEDY-146.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
From left to right, Tina, Sanchez, Joe Sanchez, Stacey Ramirez and Julio Ramirez from Bakersfield, Calif. pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. The Sanchez's and Ramirez's are visiting the CMA's because they love country music.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Chinea Messerly, right, and Jack Stephens from Phoenix, Ariz., pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Chinea and Jack are visiting Nashville and decided to come out to CMA fest.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/377a7b36-2494-44d1-b1ef-a2b6a0667e40-230608-LKENNEDY-144.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chinea Messerly, right, and Jack Stephens from Phoenix, Ariz., pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Chinea and Jack are visiting Nashville and decided to come out to CMA fest.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![From left to right, Molly Hemenway, Betsy Jewell, Karla Walden, and Katie Lewis pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. This group of women are visiting from St. Louis to see Shania Twain and had no idea it was CMA fest which ended up being the cherry on top to their trip.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/aa7d660f-4b56-43c6-8203-95e8b74d411e-230608-LKENNEDY-142.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
From left to right, Molly Hemenway, Betsy Jewell, Karla Walden, and Katie Lewis pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. This group of women are visiting from St. Louis to see Shania Twain and had no idea it was CMA fest which ended up being the cherry on top to their trip.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Bobby and Debbie Hatcher, from Sparta, Tenn. pose for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/51354aa0-f983-410e-a1fe-35abeda9a101-230608-LKENNEDY-135.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Bobby and Debbie Hatcher, from Sparta, Tenn. pose for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![JC, right and Marie Pinedo, from Fort Pierce, Fla. pose for photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. The Pinedo got lucky and are on a six-hour lay over while on the way to Canada.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/c5cfd0c5-7eec-4347-adc4-ffd8ad4b9c6d-230608-LKENNEDY-133.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
JC, right and Marie Pinedo, from Fort Pierce, Fla. pose for photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. The Pinedo got lucky and are on a six-hour lay over while on the way to Canada.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Shaun Wyatt, from Perth, Australia, poses for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Wyatt came all the way from Australia because he loves the country music.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/ccffa5c6-1ca2-4ea1-8d0c-0a8db4ddb42a-230608-LKENNEDY-034.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Shaun Wyatt, from Perth, Australia, poses for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Wyatt came all the way from Australia because he loves the country music.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Daphne Duck, from Kissimmee, Fla., shows off her fringe American flag boots during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Ducks says that Keith Urban brought her to CMA Fest.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/4dcc6cf8-d060-4bf5-8373-9baba996e42b-230608-LKENNEDY-047.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Daphne Duck, from Kissimmee, Fla., shows off her fringe American flag boots during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Ducks says that Keith Urban brought her to CMA Fest.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Grace Guin, from Charlotte, NC, poses for a portrait at the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Guin came to see Bailey Zimmerman perform after Morgan Wallen cancelled his tour.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/821798c3-30d7-40af-b6e1-ae130c8e940b-230608-LKENNEDY-032.jpg?width=440&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Grace Guin, from Charlotte, NC, poses for a portrait at the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Guin came to see Bailey Zimmerman perform after Morgan Wallen cancelled his tour.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Colton Pack, from Danese, WV, poses for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Pack, a member of Restless Road, is at CMA Fest raising money for charity by doing a "Dunk Your Favorite Country Artist," dunk tank.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/6cf1e42c-06ad-438a-aefe-30b5dc41c93d-230608-LKENNEDY-045.jpg?width=357&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Colton Pack, from Danese, WV, poses for a portrait during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Pack, a member of Restless Road, is at CMA Fest raising money for charity by doing a "Dunk Your Favorite Country Artist," dunk tank.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![From left to right, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Lena Huntwork, from Greenville, OH, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Austin Huffman, from Kingsport, Tenn., and Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Jaden Carrol pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Recruiting efforts have brought these Sailors to Nashville however, country music is why they picked this duty station.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/9c865637-b41d-4117-a237-6efd9f6797f8-230608-LKENNEDY-054.jpg?width=482&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
From left to right, Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Lena Huntwork, from Greenville, OH, Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Austin Huffman, from Kingsport, Tenn., and Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Jaden Carrol pose for a photo during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023. Recruiting efforts have brought these Sailors to Nashville however, country music is why they picked this duty station.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Lakeisha Collier, right, and Regina Collier, from Perth, Australia pose for a photo while Priscilla Block performs on the riverfront stage during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 9, 2023.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/09/PNAS/19a872b0-466d-4867-a3c3-39f0408832e5-230609-LKENNEDY-094.jpg?width=441&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lakeisha Collier, right, and Regina Collier, from Perth, Australia pose for a photo while Priscilla Block performs on the riverfront stage during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 9, 2023.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Priscilla Block performs on the riverfront stage during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 9, 2023.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/09/PNAS/4c4d2121-619a-4c1c-8f96-dd77812f4da4-230609-LKENNEDY-066.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Priscilla Block performs on the riverfront stage during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 9, 2023.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean![Tracey Wescott from Bow, NH poses for a photo with her bedazzled ankle brace that matches her sandal during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023.](/https/www.tennessean.com/gcdn/presto/2023/06/08/PNAS/1ee58daa-a42d-4ff6-a04d-7e37337c03ef-230608-LKENNEDY-196.jpg?width=421&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tracey Wescott from Bow, NH poses for a photo with her bedazzled ankle brace that matches her sandal during the 50th annual CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn. on June 8, 2023.
Liam Kennedy / The Tennessean