New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash 2025 – Date, Hosts & Performers

One of Nashville's most beloved annual traditions, New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, will return to ring in the new year once again on CBS and Paramount+.

Taking over the streets of Nashville for the fifth consecutive year and headquartered at Music City's Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, the five hour star-studded special will kick off at 7pm CT on Wednesday, December 31st.

As in year's past, the Big Bash will feature a slate of larger-than-life country superstars, starting with the first crop of headliners: country queen Lainey Wilson, outlaw rocker Jason Aldean and high-octane newcomer Bailey Zimmerman.

Across the evening, fans will be able to catch a staggering array of back-to-back performances from some of the genre's biggest acts before the clock strikes midnight, all of which will be announced in the coming weeks.

With a smattering of performances all pointing to the famed red Music Note, which will be dropped on a 138-foot tower at midnight, the Big Bash attracted a record-breaking 222,000 attendees in 2024.

Here, we'll have all the up-to-date news on line-up announcements and any further information for New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash 2025.

Marking the 17th New Year's Eve concert in Music City, the Bicentennial Park Main Stage will once again be free and open to the public all night long.

For those watching from home, the festivities will begin at 7pm CT on the CBS Television Network, as well as streaming live and on-demand on Paramount+ until 9pm. The broadcast will resume after a 30-minute news break and continue on through 12:30am.

For the full list of performers announced so far, see below:

Jason Aldean
Lainey Wilson
Bailey Zimmerman
CeCe Winans
Fisk Jubilee Singers

The 2024 event was nothing to snuff at with headlining performances coming from multi-Platinum genre bender Kane Brown and Grammy-nominated country rapper Jelly Roll.

Across the evening, fans were also able to catch a staggering 40 back-to-back performances from behemoths like Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Post Malone, Shaboozey, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.

Meanwhile, Grammy-winning entertainer Keith Urban served as co-host of the evening alongside Entertainment Tonight's Rachel Smith. The Aussie guitar slinger also took the stage to perform some of his biggest hits before the year's end.

Elsewhere across Nashville, the city's iconic Brooklyn Bowl played host to ACM award-winner Parker McCollum for the official Big Bash watch party where he performed some of his biggest hits alongside personalities Cody Alan and Caylee Hammack.

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