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CMT Music Awards returning to Austin for 2024

Show will be broadcast from the Moody Center on April 7, 2024

Hosts Kelsea Ballerini, left, and Kane Brown speak at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Evan Agostini, Invision)

AUSTIN – Downtown Austin will host country music stars and other celebrities next spring when the CMT Music Awards rolls into town.

The Moody Center announced Thursday that it will once again hold the CMT Music Awards live on April 7, 2024.

The hosts have yet to be announced, and details on tickets will be released at a later time.

This will mark the second time that the shiny, new Moody Center hosts the fan-voted awards, typically held in Nashville.

In a news release, Executive Producers Margaret Comeaux, John Hamlin and Leslie Fram said they “couldn’t be more excited” to bring the show back to Central Texas.

“From the electrifying, sold-out Moody Center crowd to fans packing the streets for our outdoor Congress stage and Bevo himself walking the Red Carpet, our Texas-sized welcome proved to be one of our biggest and most unforgettable shows yet,” they said in the release. “We’re thankful to our incredible partners at Moody and the City of Austin and thrilled to bring CMT’s signature blend of world premieres, genre-blending surprises, and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations back this April!”

Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini hosted the show in 2023.

Here are some highlights from the 2023 CMT Music Awards in Austin:

(L-R) Carly Pearce and Gwen Stefani perform onstage during the 2023 CMT Music Awards at Moody Center on April 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for CMT) (2023 Kevin Mazur)
Slash, left, and Billy Gibbons perform during a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Invision)
Lainey Wilson accepts the award for female video of the year for "Heart Like a Truck" at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Invision)
Kennedy Davenport, from left, Jan Sport, Manila Luzon and Olivia Lux arrive at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (Invision)

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