Then again, all this year’s CMA Music Fest daytime riverfront shows will be free and open to the public this year.

And the first of those shows, at 10 a.m. June 11, is the Redneck Woman her own dang self, Gretchen Wilson.

Here’s the rest of the sked for the riverfront shows.

Thursday, June 11

National Anthem performed by One Flew South

10:00 – 10:45 AM Gretchen Wilson
11:00 – 11:45 AM Phil Vassar
12:00 – 12:30 PM Chuck Wicks
12:45 – 1:15 PM Randy Rogers Band
1:30 – 2:00 PM Ashton Shepherd
2:15 – 2:45 PM James Otto
3:00 – 3:30 PM Bellamy Brothers
3:45 – 4:15 PM Heidi Newfield
4:30 – 5:00 PM Diamond Rio
5:15 – 5:45 PM Neal McCoy

Friday, June 12

10:00 – 10:45 AM Oak Ridge Boys
11:00 – 11:30 AM Bucky Covington
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Aaron Tippin
12:30 – 1:00 PM John Anderson
1:15 – 1:45 PM Love and Theft
2:00 – 2:30 PM Honky Tonk Tailgate Party
(Trent Willmon, Jeff Bates, Mark Wills)
2:45 – 3:00 PM Peter McWhirter (Telstra Winner from Australia)
3:15 – 3:45 PM Eric Church
4:00 – 4:30 PM Craig Morgan
4:45 – 5:15 PM Randy Houser
5:30 – 6:00 PM Clay Walker

Saturday, June 13

10:00 – 10:45 AM Tracy Byrd
11:00 – 11:30 AM Jason Michael Carroll
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Jo Dee Messina
12:30 – 1:00 PM Jamie O’Neal
1:15 – 1:45 PM Bill Anderson
2:00 – 2:30 PM Emerson Drive
2:45 – 3:15 PM Lorrie Morgan
3:30 – 4:00 PM Keith Anderson
4:15 – 4:45 PM The Lost Trailers
5:00 – 5:30 PM Chris Young
5:45 – 6:05 PM WKDF Battle of the Bands Winner

Sunday, June 14

10:30 – 11:15 AM Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Gloriana
12:15 – 12:45 PM Josh Gracin
1:00 – 1:30 PM Joe Nichols
1:45 – 2:15 PM Jessica Harp
2:30 – 3:00 PM Eli Young Band
3:15 – 3:45 PM Darryl Worley
4:00 – 4:30 PM Joey + Rory
4:45 – 5:25 PM Collin Raye / Restless Heart
5:40 – 6:10 PM John Michael Montgomery