CMA Music Festival Registration Packages will be delivered to you in mid May (before Memorial weekend) using FedEx 3-day signature service. A signature will be required for package release. In order to receive your package in plenty of time, it is very important to provide a valid and current "Ship To" address. Address changes will be accepted until Wednesday, April 23, 2008. After this date, the Box Office will be unable to accept address changes. Once the registration packages are shipped, customers requesting to re-route their package to another address will be charged an additional handling fee of $12.00 (this includes any packages delivered to a forwarding address). Registration packages for all new orders placed after April 23, 2008 will not be mailed out. These orders must be picked-up at Registration at the Sommet Center beginning Wednesday, June 4, 2008. To change and/or update your "Ship To" address before April 23, 2008, you can call the CMA Music Festival Box Office toll-free at 1-800-CMA-FEST (800-262-3378) or email the change to cmafest@sommetcenter.com. This email address is for address changes only. You will receive a confirmation from this email address once the change is completed. If you gave a P.O. Box address when ordering your tickets or have an international address, including Canada, your tickets will be held for pickup onsite at Registration at the Sommet Center.

One of the best parts about the CMA Music Festival Exhibit Hall is the opportunity to get that long anticipated autograph from your favorite artist. While not every artist is able to appear in the exhibit hall, many do. CMA Music Festival does encourage exhibitors to use a general system for autograph lines in order to keep lines running smoothly and efficiently for you, the fan! Hopefully this system will allow for the greatest number of autographs to be signed within a reasonable time frame.

The exhibitors hand out a certain amount of pre-printed tickets from their booth. Timing of when these are distributed varies for each exhibitor. For those not able to get a ticket, always have your camera ready to take a picture, as you never know what star could show up next! The artist has a limited time to sign autographs, so please keep in mind that not everyone attending the CMA Music Festival is guaranteed to get an autograph.

The tickets give fans the opportunity to do/see other things instead of waiting in line all day.

New in 2009, we are offering Renewable Sections in all seating levels (with exception of Upper Level). This is an opportunity to renew your ticket order without waiting in line. (Not all seats within sections are available for renewal.) Please call 1-800-CMA-FEST for more details.

The popular photo line is a longstanding tradition where fans get up close to the stage to take photos of their favorite stars. The photo line is one of the highlights that make the CMA Music Festival a truly unique experience. At LP Field, there are two continuous lines moving to the photo line (which runs right in front of the stages). Participants with four-day passes ONLY may enter the photo line behind Section 104 on the east concourse at LP Field.

Because so many fans want to take advantage of the photo line, continuous movement is required. There will be event staff on-site, as well as signage, to assist in this process. There is also a photo line at Riverfront Park Stages. Don't forget your camera! Be sure to have plenty of film.

• Sommet Center (Registration Area)
• Daytime Stages – directly outside the gates
• Nashville Convention Center – Main Lobby
• Sports Zone
• Family Zone

Be sure to ask one of our many roaming Information Staff if you have any questions during your visit to the CMA Music Festival. They will be wearing Event Staff t-shirts – with a “Need Info?” button. They will be glad to assist you!

If you are dropping off friends or family members that will be attending the nightly concerts at LP Field, the north side of Woodland Street (in Front of Limelight night club) is available for drop off and pick up. Vehicles without parking passes will not be allowed to enter the LP Field Campus.

1. Nashville Convention Center - Main Lobby;
2. LP Field in the lower level in the north end zone and in the club level on both sides as well as one in the Titan's Team Store;
3. Second Avenue (north of Broadway).

CMA Music Festival attendees will have convenient access to all CMA Music Festival locations on the complimentary Downtown Shuttles. The shuttles will run daily between CMA Music Festival's official venues - LP Field, Riverfront Park Stages, the Exhibit Hall, and the Family Zone/Sports Zone. This service is complimentary to four-day CMA Music Festival registrants only! More information is located in the planning section of this site including shuttle map and running times.

PARK-AND-RIDE – CMA Music Festival's official Satellite Shuttle Service, the Gray Line Satellite Shuttle, will transport CMA Music Festival attendees from outlying areas of Nashville (park-and-ride locations) to Downtown CMA Music Festival activities. For information on buying your park-and-ride pass, visit www.graylinenashville.com

An LP Field parking pass is available for purchase with all ticket packages. The parking pass is good for four days and spaces are limited. No overnight parking allowed. All persons parking at LP Field must pre-purchase a pass. No Exceptions. Please call the CMA Music Festival Box Office at 1-800-CMA-FEST (262-3378) to purchase your parking pass. Prices subject to change. You may also purchase a parking pass through Ticketmaster.

During your visit to 2008 CMA Music Festival, be sure to take advantage of the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge that connects the Downtown Nashville activities to those at LP Field. This pedestrian bridge will make it much easier for you to get around during the CMA Music Festival while enjoying the walk over the beautiful Cumberland River.

You may also park in the Downtown Nashville surface lots and parking garages and walk the short distance over this bridge to LP Field; or, park in the surface lots around LP Field and walk over the bridge to Downtown Nashville. Please know however, that CMA is not responsible for, nor do we control these parking lots and garages.

From North of Nashville:
Follow I-65 South to I-40 East. Exit at Church Street (exit 209A) or Broadway and Demonbreun Streets (exit 209B).

From South of Nashville:
Follow I-65 North to I-40 West. Exit at Demonbreun Street (exit 209B), Broadway (exit 209A) or Church Street (exit 209)

From East of Nashville
Follow I-40 West. Exit at Demonbreun Street (exit 209B), Broadway (exit 209A)

From West of Nashville
Follow I-40 East. Exit at Church Street (exit 209) or Broadway and Demonbreun Streets (exit 209B)

For additional driving directions, Visit Google Maps for more information.

• LP Field - The entire facility is ADA compliant. Space is available for wheelchair patrons and associated companion seats. Limited accessible parking spaces are available at LP Field and are sold through the Box Office as an added option with your ticket price. To enter the CMA Music Festival photo line, please ask event staff.
  
  
• Riverfront Park Stages- All entrances and paths of travel are accessible. In certain locations, temporary ramps have been installed to aid in accessibility. There will be an accessible seating area just to the right of center stage along the sidewalk at the top of the park. All food and beverage vendors have been asked to provide accessible countertops or an alternative ordering area. Each bank of portable toilets will include several accessible portable toilets.
  
  
• Nashville Convention Center - If you use a wheelchair or are unable to manage steep inclines, the exhibit hall has provided an easy-access entrance. Only CMA Music Festival attendees with physical challenges plus one companion will be able to utilize this entrance. Please enter at the large green doors on the Broadway Street side of The Nashville Convention Center. A security guard will be there to check your CMA Music Festival tickets for admittance. Once inside, you will be directed to the Main Lobby of The Nashville Convention Center. As with all entrances into the facility, this entrance will not open until 8:30 AM . Additionally, for safety reasons, physically challenged attendees will be able to enter the exhibit hall fifteen minutes early ( 9:45 am ) each day.
  
  The Nashville Convention Center complies with all federal ADA laws. Should attendees require special assistance and or services such as listening devices, wheelchairs, lifts, text telephones or stage ramps, please contact the Nashville Convention Center ADA coordinator at (615)-742-2000.
  
  
• Shuttles - The in-town shuttle includes several accessible buses. Please ask the attendant at the bus stop for assistance.

Official CMA Music Festival merchandise may be purchased in five locations: the Sommet Center (Wednesday Only), Exhibit Hall; LP Field; Riverfront Park Stages; Family Zone, Sports Zone and at the Official Online Store.

Binoculars are available for rent from the CMA Music Festival Merchandise store at LP Field.

• LP Field - Found items will be taken to the North End zone Fan Accommodations area located near the ATM machine on the North plaza behind section 145. Each item will be logged in with a complete description and the location in which the item was found. Items will be secured and stored for a period of 180 days or until applicable law changes. Lost items may be reclaimed during the event at the North End zone Fan Accommodations area or individuals may call the Lost and Found hotline, an automated system available 24 hours a day. The hotline number is (615) 565-4217.
  
  
• Nashville Convention Center - Room 102
  
  
• Riverfront Park Stages - The CMA Information Booth next to the Riverfront Park box office.

• LP Field – Main Concourse (Northeast and Northwest corners)
• Nashville Convention Center - Level One
• Riverfront Park Stages - Directly inside the Main Gate

Signs and banners are allowed in LP Field.

• They must fit inside the template at the gates (can be rolled or folded) (8 ½” x 11” x 4”)
• No poles or sticks allowed
• Must not be offensive or objectionable as determined by LP Field Mgmt and CMA Music Festival Management
• Signs and banners may not be affixed (must be hand held)
• May not block view or movement of other fans
• Can not be a nuisance or cause a disturbance
• Any sign or banner that does not meet these guidelines will be removed and confiscated

When Fan Fair moved from the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to Downtown Nashville in 2001, CMA immediately recognized that the name no longer represented what the event had become – a world-class, city-centered, music festival with bigger audiences, multiple venues and many more diverse activities than ever before. Fan Fair had evolved, and was renamed CMA Music Festival in 2004 to reflect its evolution.

But even as the event continues to grow, it's important to know that CMA values the traditions that made Fan Fair a phenomenon among music events. “Fan Fair” has come to represent the unique relationship between the artists and their fans and that will always be a centerpiece of CMA Music Festival. To symbolize this relationship, the exhibit hall area in the Nashville Convention Center, where fans receive autographs and photos with the artists at their booths, remains both the heart and the unique signature of the CMA Music Festival.

The 2008 CMA Music Festival will "Keep the Music Playing" in Metro Nashville's public schools with a charity initiative that will support music education through a partnership with the Nashville Alliance for Public Education.

The Nashville Alliance for Public Education will be the sole recipient of funds donated on behalf of the artists and celebrities who participate in CMA Music Festival in 2008. Since 2006, over 1.1 million has been donated. All of the funds will be used to support music education for Nashville's 73,000 public school students.