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Country music fest in April to include Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, the Band Perry, more

Before the televised ACM Awards take place  in Arlington on April 19, its organizers want to party. Its Party for a Cause Festival: 50 Years of Music & Memories on April 17 and 18 at the Texas Rangers' Globe Life Park in Arlington will feature a who's who of country music names, as proven by the lineup released today.

Performers April 17 and 18 will include: Dierks Bentley, Clint Black, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Patty Loveless, Ronnie Milsap, Darius Rucker, Dwight Yoakam, Alabama, Eli Young Band, Florida Georgia Line and more.

Part of the reason why this one-day televised event has sprouted into a several-day, multi-event  mega-fest is because it's the 50th anniversary of the ACM Awards. The academy chose AT&T Stadium in Arlington to host the one-time weekend. The show usually takes place in Las Vegas.

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Other performers such as Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes and Little Big Town will perform at separate event April 17 -- a high-dollar gala taking place in Dallas and Fort Worth simultaneously. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will be the hosts of both parties.

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The weekend finishes with the live telecast of the ACM Awards on April 19.

Ticket packages for events April 17, 18 and 19 were sold out, but some are now available again. (They'll go quickly.)

See ticket info here.

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At the April 17 and 18 Party for a Cause, portions will be filmed for a two-hour special called "ACM Presents: Superstar Duets!," airing May 15 on CBS. The evening performers will be paired up, though we don't know who's singing with whom just yet. Additional Party for a Cause performers will be announced soon, according to a press release.

In addition to concerts, Party for a Cause will have a "country marketplace" with food trucks.

[UPDATE at 9 a.m. March 27: The academy has also announced the daytime performers for Party for a Cause. On Friday, April 17, performers include: Kristian Bush, Eric Paslay, Cole Swindell, Dan + Shay, Josh Abbott Band, Montgomery Gentry and A Thousand Horses. Musicians on Saturday, April 18 include: Frankie Ballard, Brett Eldredge, Tyler Farr, Sam Hunt, Kip Moore, Chase Rice, The Gatlin Brothers and Maddie & Tae.

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See the full lineup (including times each performer takes the stage) here.]

[UPDATE at 9:30 a.m. April 1: Party for a Cause will also include a host of duets. Those performers will include Eric Church, Brandy Clark, Brett Eldredge, Sara Evans, Brantley Gilbert, Hunter Hayes, Alan Jackson, Kip Moore, Jake Owen, Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Lady Antebellum and the Band Perry. We don't yet know who's duetting with whom.]