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Dustin Lynch to bring his 'Pool Situation' to 2023's CMA Fest

The eight-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper brings his nationally-renowned signature pool party to Music City

Marcus K. Dowling
Nashville Tennessean

From 2 p.m.-5 p.m. on June 10, during the 50th CMA Fest weekend, eight-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper Dustin Lynch is hosting his "Pool Situation" party a block away from the Country Music Hall of Fame at downtown Nashville's Margaritaville Resort and Hotel, located at 425 Rep. John Lewis Way S.

The "Party Mode" vocalist's infamous event blends elements of Luke Bryan's January-held "Crash My Playa" event with the bar games, beer helmets and tequila shots and more familiar to his live concert sets.

Entry for the limited-ticket event requires logging into Lynch's "Stay Country Club" fan club site between Monday (4/24) at 9 a.m. CT and Thursday (4/27) at 4 p.m. CT and signing up for a random-draw lottery for access to the festivities.

Eight-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper Dustin Lynch brings his nationally-renowned signature pool party to Music City during CMA Fest week.

Lottery winners will be notified on Fri., April 28. That following Monday, May 1, "Pool Situation" tickets will be open to the general public via a sign-up form distributed via both Lynch and his Stay Country fan club's social media.

Lynch's event brings yet another national event to Music City.

2021's inaugural "Pool Situation" was marketed as "the first-ever country music-themed full-weekend pool party" and held for four afternoons at Las Vegas locations, including Drai's Beachclub and Nightclub, located at the Caesars-owned boutique Cromwell Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.

There have been no reveals insofar as guests for Nashville's "Pool Situation." However, 2021 saw Mackenzie Porter -- Lynch's collaborator on the No. 1 single "Thinking 'Bout You" -- joining Jordan Davis, HARDY, Conner Smith and more.

"I can't believe I didn't think to do this sooner," says Lynch to The Tennessean.

"CMA Fest is already a party and this 'island of fun' will surely kick that up a notch."

Tullahoma, Tennessee native Lynch is an avid boater, surfer and wakeboarder who has "loved all things water" since spending his childhood on Lake Normandy. He feels that the "Pool Situation" concept does well to "[encapsulate] his life-long loves of country music and life on the water while working and playing hard."

Dustin Lynch performs at Bridgestone Arena Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.

In 2022, casinos on Las Vegas' strip earned almost precisely as much as visitors spent in Nashville overall.

Thus, even before the first event has even occurred, economics highlight that the potential exists for Lynch's one-day Nashville "Pool Situation" to expand from being a smaller event in its first year to growing to the one held in a space 20 times larger yearly in Las Vegas.

Dustin Lynch and Mackenzie Porter perform during CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.

"[Nashville's "Pool Situation"] is going to become a week of music during Nashville's biggest music week," predicts Lynch.

"Currently, I'm having the most fun I've ever had in my career. I'm in control of fun, interactive and pumped-up crowds. I'm ready to make memories with them at whatever heights I dream are possible."