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One of country music’s favorite holiday traditions airs on TV tonight with Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry. The annual musical event features some of the biggest stars in country music performing in front of a live audience at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry House.
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Want to watch the Christmas special? Here’s what you need to know.
How to Watch Christmas at the Opry 2024 on TV
Little Big Town‘s Christmas at the Opry airs tonight, December 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. You can watch the 2024 Christmas at the Opry special on TV through your local NBC affiliate.
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How to Stream Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry Online
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Following its live broadcast on December 16, the special will be available for streaming on Peacock the next day. Peacock subscribers can log into their account to stream Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry on-demand. Not a subscriber? Sign up for Peacock here, with plans from $7.99/month.
Who Is Performing at Christmas at the Opry 2024?
In addition to Little Big Town, this year’s Christmas at the Opry event features performances from Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Kate Hudson, Kirk Franklin and Orville Peck. The holiday special features a mix of solo performances, duets and special collaborations on both festive hits and fan favorite songs.
Little Big Town’s hosting gig comes on the heels of their 25th anniversary as a group. The country four-some also released their first holiday album in October, appropriately titled, The Christmas Album.
Little Big Town and the Grand Ole Opry are ushering in the holidays this year, pairing Christmas music with one of Nashville’s most iconic stages in the upcoming television special Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry.
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Set to air Dec. 16 on NBC beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT (and streaming on Peacock the following day), the special will be hosted by three-time Grammy winners Little Big Town (who will also lend their sterling harmonies to several songs).
They will also welcome several of their fellow friends and artists, including Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Sheryl Crow, Kirk Franklin, Josh Groban, Kate Hudson and Orville Peck to perform a mix of Christmas classics and original holiday music. The mix of solo performances, duets and other collaborations were all filmed in front of an audience at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House.
In an early-look clip previewing the special, Little BIg Town’s Jimi Westbook says, “There’s no better place to celebrate the holiday and season that we love so much, than to be here at the Opry with friends and family.”
The clip also spotlights Ballerini performing a rendition of “White Christmas,” Dan+Shay performing “Holiday Party” from their 2024 album It’s Officially Christmas: The Double Album, and Little Big Town teaming with Groban for a harmony-filled collaboration.
“We are simply beside ourselves to announce that we will host our own NBC Holiday Special at the prestigious Grand Ole Opry House,” Opry members Little Big Town previously said in a statement. “This is an incredible honor for us, and we are beyond thrilled to share this special evening with viewers and fans across the country.”
In October, the six-time CMA vocal group of the year winners released their first Christmas project, The Christmas Record, which includes their renditions of songs including Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” and Amy Grant’s “Tennessee Christmas.”
The NBC special is executive produced by Jesse Ignjatovic, Evan Prager and Barb Bialkowski for Den of Thieves. Jason Owen and Ashley Edens also executive produce.
See the First Look at NBC’s Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry below:
Asher HaVon didn’t have the only big surprise during Tuesday night’s (May 21) finale of The Voice season 25.
Lainey Wilson‘s lifelong dream came true when The Voice mentor Reba McEntire invited her to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
“Lainey, I’m so proud of you,” McEntire remarked, after Wilson, Billboard’s recent cover star, performed her new single “Hang Tight Honey”. “You did a wonderful job. And I have heard that I have inspired you and what you’ve done so far. I’m thrilled that I have had anything to do you with your career because you are blowing it up.”
And with that, McEntire made it official. Wilson will be inducted into the Opry.
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Hailing from Baskin, LA, Wilson kicked off the recent 2024 ACM Awards with a mini-medley performance (including a sweet taste of “Hang Tight Honey”) and won for female artist of the year, one of her five nominations on the evening.
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“I was so proud of you at the ACMs the other night,” McEntire continued, “and I couldn’t be more proud to be the one that helps you continue to bridge the gap between our generations, and keep them all going.” Wilson will be elevated into the Opry during a ceremony in Nashville on June 7.
Somebody pinch me…I’m going to become a member of the @opry on June 7! 🥹😭 This is the moment little Lainey dreamed about ever since her first trip to Nashville. Thank you @reba & @NBCTheVoice for the surprise of a lifetime. https://t.co/MxNNvfjqA5— Lainey Wilson (@laineywilson) May 22, 2024
The 32-year old recounted visiting the Opry with her family at age 9. “I knew that I wanted to play there. I wanted to do it. It’s so crazy that you’re asking me to be a member because I look up to you so much.”
Watch the moment below on NBC’s The Voice.
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Wilson, a Record Breaker Award at Billboard‘s Country Power Players, has been carving out her own path in country music in recent years.
“Save Me,” her duet with Jelly Roll, reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in December, soon after her coming-of-age song “Watermelon Moonshine” had summited the list — for the shortest stint between No. 1s for a female artist in the chart’s 34-year history.
“Watermelon Moonshine” nabbed both the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and Country Music Association Awards for album of the year, as well as the Grammy for best country album — only the ninth record ever to complete that trifecta. And at November’s CMA Awards, Wilson became the first woman to win entertainer of the year since Taylor Swift in 2011 and the first artist since Garth Brooks in 1991 to win best new artist one year and entertainer of the year the next.
The good times keep on rolling when Wilson opens her Bell Bottoms Up Bar, located at 120 South 3rd Ave., on May 31. The same day, the rising star launches her Country’s Cool Again Tour with two headlining shows at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater.
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