It was THE place to be. 

Saturday night, the iHeartCountry Festival gathered the biggest names in country music in front of a live audience at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

George Strait surprised the crowd with a special performance.

There were also performances from Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, Little Big Town, Jake Owen, Lee Brice, Carly Pearce, Cole Swindell, Chase Rice, Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots and Walker Hayes. 

Plus, the Daytime Village at the iHeartCountry Fest included performances from Chase Rice, Carly Peace, Parker McCollum, Maddie and Tae and Texas’ Own Frank Ray.

And it all happened in the heart of the Lone Star State — Austin, Texas. Relive it with us here now.

George Strait

Lee Brice

Blake Shelton

Toby Keith

Phillip Sweet, Kimberley Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town

Jake Owen

Carly Pearce

Cole Swindell

Chase Rice

Bobby Bones

Walker Hayes

Daytime: Frank Ray

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Cover photo courtesy Rick Kern/Getty Images for iHeartMedia