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Nashville’s New Year’s Eve Big Bash Set to Rock!

Get ready to ring in 2026! Lainey Wilson and Jason Aldean headline Nashville's Big Bash for New Year's Eve 2025.

Some of country music’s biggest names will help celebrate the new year when CBS presents New Year’s Eve: Nashville’s Big Bash returns on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Nashville’s Big Bash

The star-studded special will be packed with performances celebrating the excitement and anticipation of a new year. Performers announced to ring in the new year include Lainey Wilson, Jason Aldean, Bailey Zimmerman, Cece Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Music City now throws one of the most musical New Year’s celebrations and country music’s biggest party.  Nashville’s Big Bash will cross multiple time zones, with the traditional countdown at midnight ET, culminating with the renowned Nashville Music Note Drop and fireworks at midnight CT.

CBS will broadcast the event beginning at 7 p.m.,continuing through 12:30 a.m.

 

 

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Michael Aldrich

Michael Aldrich is Nashville Parent's Managing Editor and a Middle Tennessee arts writer. He and his wife, Alison, are the proud parents of 6-year-old Ezra and 2-year-old Norah.