New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash drew a record-breaking crowd to Bicentennial Park in Music City! The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation reported that an estimated 215,000 fans were in attendance at the New Year’s Eve concert, surpassing the previous year’s record of 210,000 attendees, according to event officials and the Metro Nashville Police.
“BEST! NIGHT! EVER! 🍾 ✨ 🥂 🤩,” the official Facebook account for the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation shared. “The last night of 2023 in Music City was one for the books! 👏 Thanks to Elle King, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and everyone who joined us for #NashvilleNYE!”
Everything You Need To Know About Nashville’s Big Bash
Nashville rang in the New Year (2024) with a grand celebration! New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, sponsored by Jack Daniel’s, marked the seventh year of the event and featured performances from Trace Adkins, Grace Bowers, Kane Brown, Jackson Dean, Old Dominion, HARDY, Elle King, Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum, Megan Moroney, Brothers Osborne, Jon Pardi, Carly Pearce, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Trombone Shorty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman.
In addition to solo performances, several of the artists joined forces for one-of-a-kind collaborations throughout the night. Lainey Wilson teamed up with Grace Bowers and Jackson Dean, while Brothers Osborne performed alongside Trombone Shorty and Blake Shelton reunited with Trace Adkins. Tennessee Titans’ wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, and comedian, Rob Schneider, who is Elle King’s dad, also made an appearance.
Five Hours Of Non-Stop Music
The five-hour concert event was filmed throughout Music City from a variety of locations, including Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park along with numerous honky-tonks, bars, and clubs on the city’s infamous Lower Broadway. The show, which aired as a live broadcast on CBS, featured over 50 impressive performances across multiple time zones, all live from Nashville. Nashville synchronized its countdown with the East Coast at midnight and continued its festivities until midnight Central Time, which concluded with the city’s iconic Music Note Drop at the Bicentennial Mall stage.
Directed by Sandra Restrepo, the New Year’s Eve celebration was co-hosted by Elle King and Entertainment Tonight‘s Rachel Smith alongside TV and radio host Cody Alan, CBS anchor Lonnie Quinn and Dustin Lynch, who corresponded from New York City’s iconic Times Square.
The Special Aired LIVE On CBS
Nashville’s Big Bash aired LIVE on Sunday, December 31 (7:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT, 10:30 PM-1:05 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streamed via Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).
