Kid Rock's Kentucky 'Freedom Fest' scrapped after only six VIP tickets sell
Organizer Eric Deters cancels his annual MAGA festival after wealthy backers failed to buy $1,000 VIP passes, sparking online mockery of Kid Rock and MAGA fatigue.
What to know
- Freedom Fest, a free conservative festival Deters has run on his Kentucky farm since 2022, relied on VIP ticket sales to cover costs rather than charging admission.
- Only 6 of an expected ~100 $1,000 VIP tickets sold, forcing Deters to cancel the Saturday event featuring Kid Rock, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Rep. James Comer and Joe Concha.
- Deters publicly blamed wealthy contacts, calling them ungrateful and declaring "rich people suck," and vowed never to organize the event again.
- The story spread widely online as an emblem of perceived MAGA fatigue, amid separate reporting on Kid Rock's other canceled 2026 tour stop and Trump's low approval ratings.
The dispute Whether the poor ticket sales reflect a real erosion of MAGA/Trump support or are simply mockery of Kid Rock's unpopularity with no larger political meaning. · positions read across 157 posts and comments
Kid Rock is a talentless has-been and the event's failure is deserved comeuppance.
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“"Washed up no-talent?!" That's so unfair! He was no-talent long before he was washed up.”
youpersuade.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The failed ticket sales are a sign that MAGA/Trump support is collapsing.
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“I feel, truly feel, that we are witnessing the beginning to the end of MAGA. Republicans running for office don't want Trump around them.”
megchowell.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The 'MAGA is dying' reading is overstated or cynical, not a genuine ideological shift.
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“rogan isn't waking up, he's playing the field. He's out to make money anyway he can.”
bigdaddyromance.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Eric Deters Freedom Fest organizer, former GOP gubernatorial candidate
Kid Rock Headline musical act for Freedom FestDog the Bounty Hunter Scheduled event participant
How it unfolded 4 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlespostscomments
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Regional outlets nationwide syndicate the cancellation story
A wire report on the cancellation ran across a network of regional U.S. news sites (Cleveland.com, AL.com, NJ.com, PennLive, MassLive, The Oregonian, Washington Times, Washington Examiner), extending the story's reach a day after it broke.
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Kid Rock knows how many catalytic converter’s he needs to steal so he can buy Sudafed!
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Kid Rock, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and James Comer walk into a Kentucky festival. Nobody follows. Six VIP tickets sold. Six. That is the entire MAGA cultural product in one number, a movement reduced to a Facebook rant nobody wanted a lanyard for. Even the rubes kept their wallets shut. MAGA Festival Featuring Kid Ro...
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That's not fair to actual washed up talent. You have to have some talent to be washed up.
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Cancellation goes viral, MAGA/Kid Rock mocked online
News outlets and social media users amplified the cancellation, with widescale mockery of Kid Rock's career and framing of the flop as evidence of fading MAGA enthusiasm; commentary also noted Kid Rock's Rock the Country tour stop in South Carolina was canceled earlier in 2026.
“It couldn't happen to a more obnoxious, washed-up no-talent.”
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Kid Rock's toxic unpopularity has caused *two* music festivals to be cancelled in this year alone: Patriots Day Freedom Fest in September 2026 Rock the Country South Carolina Stop in February 2026 It couldn't happen to a more obnoxious, washed-up no-talent.
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The MAGA event known as Patriot’s Day Freedom Fest, featuring Kid Rock and Dog the Bounty Hunter, has been scrapped after it was revealed that only six VIP tickets were sold.
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Kid Rock cancels a concert because rich MAGA people wouldn't pay for tickets. The organizer says rich people "suck." The organizer said: “'I want to tell you something: Rich people, as a whole, suck,' he said. 'Out of all these people that have money that I interact with, who I do favors for all day long. They ask me for something…. I never said…
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Deters lashes out at wealthy contacts in Facebook videos
In now-deleted Facebook videos, Deters vowed never to host the event again, said he would cut off favors to the people who didn't buy tickets, and later criticized national media for covering the cancellation while ignoring other stories he cared about.
“I am never ever, ever, ever, ever doing this event again.”
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😂 hahaha "Deters said he expected around 100 affluent acquaintances and business contacts to help support the event by purchasing $1,000 VIP tickets, but learned on Monday that only six VIP tickets had been sold."
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“I am never ever, ever, ever, ever doing this event again,” former Kentucky GOP gubernatorial candidate and event host Eric Deters , who throws the event on his farm, said on Facebook Monday. “When I put together Patriot State Freedom Fest, I put it together with the game plan and the idea that I could pay for it with the VIP sales of $1,000 from…
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Sounds like he's going to need a backup plan, but detailing cars might not be the highlight of his career.
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Deters cancels Freedom Fest after only 6 VIP tickets sell
Deters learns that of the roughly 100 affluent contacts he expected to buy $1,000 VIP tickets to fund the free festival, only six had done so, forcing him to scrap the event entirely.
“Are you ready for the drum roll? Only six people had bought a VIP ticket.”
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first by Consequence, 1d ago · also USA Today, Mediaite, The Independent, Newsweek, Yahoo, MS NOW +1
6 more headlines
- Conservative Freedom Fest with Kid Rock canceled after only 6 VIP tickets sell USA Today · 1d ago
- MAGA Festival Featuring Kid Rock Canceled After Selling Just 6 VIP Tickets Mediaite · 1d ago
- MAGA Freedom Fest with Kid Rock cancelled after only handful of VIP tickets sold The Independent · 1d ago
- MAGA Festival Featuring Kid Rock Canceled Over Poor VIP Ticket Sales Newsweek · 1d ago
- Pro-Trump ‘Freedom Fest’ featuring Kid Rock canceled after poor VIP sales MS NOW · 1d ago
- MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go New Republic · 1d ago
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first by Washington Examiner, 16h ago · also PennLive, MassLive, The Oregonian
1 more headline
- Kid Rock event scrapped after 6 VIP ticket sales PennLive · 14h ago
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WHO'DA THUNK IT?? 😂 Kid Rock and Dog the Bounty Hunter wanted to hold a "Freedom Fest" MAGA concert on the 26th. It has been canceled because only six people wanted to pay to attend. https://www. reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/ 1wmwkun/freedom_fest_has_been_cancelled_after_only_6_vip/ # MAGA
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background
Deters launches Freedom Fest on his Kentucky farm — Eric Deters, a former GOP gubernatorial candidate, starts the free conservative festival at his Morning View farm, drawing national Republican figures like Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Candace Owens in later years.
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by LGBTQ Nation, 1d ago · also HuffPost
1 more headline
- 'Best MAGA Event' Led By Kid Rock Is Canceled Because Of 1 Trump Faction HuffPost · 1d ago
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first by 98.1 KHAK, 1d ago · also Yahoo
3 more headlines
- MAGA Festival Featuring Kid Rock Canceled After Just 6 VIP Tickets Sold: ‘Rich People, as a Whole, Suck’ Yahoo · 1d ago
- MAGA Festival Headlined by Kid Rock Canceled After Selling Only 6 VIP Tickets: Reports People.com · 1d ago
- Kid Rock Event Canceled After Promoter Sells Just 6 VIP Tickets tasteofcountry.com · 1d ago
and 4 smaller pieces
What people are saying 16 voices from 2 sites · best of 157 · verbatim
- Do the six people who bought VIP tickets regret it now that it's a national joke?
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Meanwhile Bruce Springsteen's Land of Hope and Dreams 'No Kings!' tour sold out. And he's putting the final show out on video free in 4 parts. The first is out now.
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The guy that put it together alleges he has lots of rich fellow online "influencer" douchebags that agreed to buy a VIP ticket which was meant to cover costs...her needed to sell 100 VIPs to break even...he sold 6...his quote after shutting down was, "Rich people suck." 🤣
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And wouldn't steal as much from other artists. When your most popular song is samples stolen from Warren Zevon and Lynyrd Skynyrd, you're no artist.
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I've never seen Pillowboy Lindell and Skid Mocks in the same place...hmmm..
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I heard as popular as taste buds on hemorrhoids 🤢
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A Pet Rock would be more talented and entertaining
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rogan isn't waking up, he's playing the field. He's out to make money anyway he can.
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Wow! I can't believe no one wanted to pay to hear Kid Rock play. What makes this even funnier was that general admission tickets were free. VIP cost $1000.
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He should change his name to Kid Cock and a bunch of Republicans would definitely go to his shows.
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"Washed up no-talent?!" That's so unfair! He was no-talent long before he was washed up.
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I feel, truly feel, that we are witnessing the beginning to the end of MAGA. Republicans running for office don't want Trump around them. Approval ratings for the horrid man are finally below 30% and even brain dead morons like Joe Rogan are waking up to his toxicity. I'm enjoying this for them.
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Lotta bad things in the world right now but we can all revel in Kid Rock’s humiliation of being no better than Megan Trainor
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Nah he came from money to begin with. The whole redneck trailer park shit was a larp.
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Out of curiosity I look up the lyrics to some of his songs. They’re nasty, nasty filth and I’m stunned that “good Christians” would even consider Kid Rock as someone who represents their values.
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Free alcohol is more endearing to brokies who physically work their asses off every day than to rich people who make millions sitting on their asses.