The Hodag Country Festival has been Canceled

It has been reported that Wisconsin’s 2020 Hodag Country Festival has been canceled. This news comes two days after a country music festival in northern Wisconsin got the green light to hold four days of concerts expected to attract thousands.

The festival was slated for July 9 through July 12. About 16,000 people a day were expected for the festival, which has been held for more than 40 years. Performers scheduled to appear included Travis Tritt, Darius Rucker and Lee Greenwood. Organizers have said that Darius Rucker and many of the same performers who planned to be at the festival this summer will be on the bill in 2021.

Despite the festival getting the green light from the Oneida County public safety committee and the public and the county health department, organizers posted on the festival’s website that in the interest of public safety the event was off.

“The possibility of having the Hodag Country Festival has created stress and division in the Rhinelander area, and we are sincerely apologetic for this,” the message said. “It was never our intent.”

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