Lauren Daigle, Fred Hammond, Gaither Vocal Band & More Set to Perform at 2025 GMA Dove Awards
Lauren Daigle, Fred Hammond featuring The Choir Room, Josiah Queen and Gaither Vocal Band are set to perform at the 2025 GMA Dove Awards. The show will be held Oct. 7 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
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Daigle and Queen are competing for artist of the year at the annual awards show, along with Brandon Lake, CeCe Winans, Forrest Frank and Phil Wickham.
Presenters include John Crist, Sadie Robertson Huff, David and Tamela Mann, and Chris Tomlin. More performers and presenters will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Lake leads this year’s artist nominees with nine nods, including artist of the year, song of the year and pop/contemporary recorded song of the year. Lake landed his first top 10 album on the all-genre Billboard 200 in June with King of Hearts. He also landed his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in May with “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” a collab with country star Jelly Roll.
Eight-time GMA Dove Awards winner Tauren Wells is set to return as host and performer for the show for a third consecutive year. As Billboard previously reported, the GMA Dove Awards are relocating from Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena to the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville for this year’s show. Bridgestone Arena also hosts the annual Country Music Association Awards.
The show will air exclusively on TBN and the TBN+ app on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET, and will be simulcast on SiriusXM The Message. An encore presentation will air on TBN and the TBN+ app on Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET.
Prior to the broadcast, viewers can watch the official red-carpet coverage, TBN’s Red Carpet Hosted by Kristin Adams, on Friday, Oct. 10, exclusively on the TBN+ app and TBN YouTube.
The GMA Dove Awards are voted on by the Gospel Music Association’s professional membership, and this year’s nominees were chosen from more than 2,800 submitted entries. Final round voting began on Aug. 7 and ends on Thursday (Aug. 14).
The 56th Annual GMA Dove Awards, presented in partnership with the Cantinas Art Foundation, are produced by the Gospel Music Association. Jackie Patillo and Justin Fratt serve as showrunners and executive producers; Curtis Stoneberger and Paul Wright as producers; and JoAnna Illingworth and Shama Mrema as scriptwriters. Russell E. Hall returns as director and Scott Moore and Go Live Productions as production manager.
Tickets and a limited number of Music City Fan Experiences are on sale at the Dove Awards site.
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