Carolina Country Music Fest (CCMF) is an outdoor country music festival that takes place in June of each year in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The festival was founded in 2015 by Charlotte-based company Full House Productions. Carolina Country Music Fest is held at the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk within the Burroughs and Chapin Pavilion Place (former Myrtle Beach Pavilion site). and is a three-day (Friday through Sunday) country music festival that begins with the McDonald's® Thursday Night Kick-Off Concert Powered by MyrtleBeach.com on Thursday evening. The premiere event in 2015 brought in over 20,000 attendees, while the second year (2016) brought in 25,000. The 2017 CCMF welcomed 30,000 people to the festival. In 2020, the festival was cancelled due to COVID-19, but was welcomed to Myrtle Beach once again from June 10–13, 2021. The sold-out 2021 festival drew an estimated 35,000 attendees. The Carolina Country Music Fest spans 18 acres of coastal area from the boardwalk to Ocean Boulevard, and added a fifth stage in 2021 to accommodate more artists and larger crowds. The stages include the Coors Light Main Stage, the Crown Royal Stage, Bluemoon Sound Stage and the Coca-Cola Stage + the private artist ZYN stage. The fifth annual Carolina Country Music Fest was held June 6–9, 2019. The annual event has sold out two years in a row (2021, 2022). On February 10, 2022, it was announced the CCMF was nominated for festival of the year by the Academy of Country Music Awards. CCMF is one of five events in the running for festival of the year History 2015 The 2015 Carolina Country Music Fest was held Thursday, June 3 through Sunday, June 7, 2015 and hosted over 20,000 attendees. The full lineup included Outshyne, Davisson Brothers Band, Cole Swindell, Big & Rich, Brandon Bailey, Brian Davis, Brooke Eden, Colt Ford, Corey Smith, Darrell Harwood, David Nail, Dee Jay Silver, Dirty Grass Soul, Early Ray, Eric Church, Gal Friday, Georgia Satellites, Hunter Hayes, John King, Kellie Pickler, Kuntry Boys, Lady Antebellum, Margaret Valentine, Marshall Tucker Band, Mikele Buck, Mo Pitney, Morgan's Road, Rainey Qualley, Rascal Flatts, Ricky Young, Rodney Atkins, Sam Hunt, Taylor Centers, Christina Taylor, Trent Tomlinson, Tim Cifers and multiple Battle of the Bands contest winners 2016 The 2016 Carolina Country Music Fest was held Thursday, June 9 through Sunday, June 12, 2016 and hosted 25,000 attendees. The full lineup included Chris Lane, Chase Rice, Cole