The 2026 ACM Awards will take place on May 17. Damon Whiteside at the 60th Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the Ford Center at The Star on May 08, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. Michael Buckner Trending on Billboard The Academy of Country Music Awards may have celebrated its 60th anniversary last year, but one remnant from the birthday remains: the May 17 show will continue in its supersized length. For 2025, the ceremony, which streams on Prime Video, grew from two hours to two hours and 30 minutes, and it will now remain at the expanded time. “I pushed for it simply because we want to have room for more performances and more artists,” ACM CEO Damon Whiteside says. “It’s good to have the extra time. But Prime Video really made the decision that they wanted to continue with that length because they felt that the fans loved it.…