2024 ACM Awards: Best Photos From the Red Carpet

These days, it’s not a country music party until Jelly Roll and his wife Bunnie XO show up — so it looks like the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards have officially achieved party status.

In addition to Jelly and Bunnie, current Hot Country Songs chart-topper Shaboozey — the man behind the viral hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — also hit the ACM Awards red carpet Thursday night (May 16) in Frisco, Texas, outside the Ford Center at The Star, where the awards show is going down, broadcasting on Prime Video.

Reba McEntire was spotted on the carpet too ahead of her gig as host of the show. The 16-time ACM Award winner is returning to host the show a record 17th time on Thursday night. (“What an honor to have been part of the past, present and now the future of the Academy of Country Music,” McEntire said when her latest hosting gig was announced.)

The ACM carpet isn’t red this year, but entertainer of the year nominee Lainey Wilson brought the color with her head-to-toe fire-engine-red suit and cowboy hat combo.

Stick with Billboard all night as we update you on the night’s biggest winners and liveliest performances, and below, you can find all the best photos from the 2024 ACM Awards red carpet.

The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a Penske Media Corporation subsidiary and joint venture between PMC and Eldridge. PMC is the parent company of Billboard.