CCMF adds ACL cornhole tournament, $5,000 prize pool at Myrtle Beach festival

Carolina Country Music Fest is pushing cornhole deeper into festival territory, and the first-ever CCMF ACL Cornhole Tournament is built to feel like more than a side game. The festival’s May 28 map release kept the event front and center as Myrtle Beach prepared for June 4-7, with the ACL brought onto the beach for a Friday-through-Sunday competition presented by SONIC.

The setup gives the tournament real marquee treatment. Winners will be crowned at the Coors Banquet Main Stage, a placement that signals CCMF wants cornhole visible inside the biggest flow of the weekend, not tucked away on the margins. The event is non-sanctioned, so it will not award ACL ranking points, but the competitive hook is still substantial: a $5,000 prize pool, daily rewards that can include Super VIP upgrades, artist meet-and-greets, wristband bucks and sponsor gear, and a grand prize of two Super VIP passes to CCMF 2027.

CCMF has also made the entry process look more like a structured competition than an informal beach set. Players can register with a partner or ask to be paired up at the festival, and the form asks for team name, partner status, captain information, email, cell number and ticket status. Spots are limited and first come, first served, which adds urgency to an event that already benefits from the festival’s built-in crowd and the ACL brand’s credibility.

The festival’s FAQ framed the tournament as open to everybody from casual backyard players to local legends, but only CCMF ticket holders can compete, and festival admission is required to play. Entry to the cornhole competition is free for attendees, making it one of the more accessible ways for fans to step into the action while still keeping the event tied tightly to the ticketed experience.

That mix of accessibility, sponsor support and beachside stage placement shows how cornhole is being folded into the broader CCMF identity. The May 28 planning rollout placed the tournament alongside the app, shopping, food, drink and play areas, reinforcing the idea that cornhole is no longer being treated as a novelty act. At Myrtle Beach, it is being packaged as part of the festival’s entertainment engine, with enough prize money and enough visibility to matter to serious players, casual fans and the sponsors betting on both.