The lineup has been introduced for “CMA Presents I Will All the time Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton,” a particular set that may air reside on ABC and Disney+ on October 21, with a 20-performer roster together with Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson, Reba McEntire, Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill, Kristen Bell, Molly Tuttle and Carly Pearce.
Different friends to carry out within the two-hour present embrace Kelsea Ballerini, Brad Paisley, Zac Brown, Ashley McBryde, Bela Fleck, Kristin Chenoweth, Woman A, Ricky Skaggs, Sierra Hull, Little Massive City, Lukas Nelson and Darius Rucker. Amy Grant and Kimberly Williams-Paisley have been additionally introduced in the course of the rollout, as non-performing friends.
The particular will broadcast reside from the Fisher Heart for the Performing Arts at Belmont College in Nashville. (It is a venue the place Parton herself has spent a number of time; in fall 2025, her musical “Dolly” had its solely pre-Broadway manufacturing there, and the singer was very concerned in promotion and behind-the-scenes tinkering throughout this out-of-town tryout.) Tickets to attend the occasion in particular person are on sale now.
Robert Deaton, longtime director of the CMA Awards annually, can even function government producer.
Past its reside broadcast on ABC and Disney+, the particular can be seen the following day on Hulu.
The Nation Music Affiliation and Belmont have dedicated to donating proceeds from the present to Parton’s Creativeness Library.
Nashville is at the moment seeing a number of posthumous Dolly exercise, as her SongTeller resort and adjoining museum simply opened in downtown Nashville.