Pop-singer/songwriter Sabrina Carpenter will step onto the legendary Grand Ole Opry stage for the first time on October 7, 2025, as part of the Opry’s 100th Birthday Show. The milestone marks a blending of genre lines in Nashville, with Carpenter bringing her pop and country-tinged material into one of country music’s most revered venues.
Carpenter’s upcoming performance follows the release of her seventh studio album Man’s Best Friend, which dropped just over a month before her Opry appearance. Tickets for her debut are already on sale via the Opry’s website, and price points currently range from mid-hundreds to ~$659, according to local reports.
The inclusion of Carpenter on the Opry bill has sparked mixed reactions online. Some fans express excitement, seeing this as a welcome indication of the tradition’s evolving inclusivity. Others feel a pop artist doesn’t square neatly with the Opry’s heritage.
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Regardless, Carpenter’s performance at the Grand Ole Opry 100 will be a notable moment—both for her growing résumé and for what it suggests about the Opry’s openness to crossover artists. Her appearance underscores how country’s core stages are increasingly welcoming performers whose styles blur genre boundaries.
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