MAGA Festival Featuring Kid Rock Canceled After Selling 6 VIP Tickets

Freedom Fest, a conservative festival that takes place in the Cincinnati area, has been canceled this year after just six people bought VIP tickets, according to organizer Eric Deters.

Deters shared in a Facebook Live on Monday (Sept. 21) that he had pulled the plug on the 2026 event, explaining that he had originally put it together with the game plan and the idea that he could pay for it with VIP sales of $1,000 from 100 people he interacts with on a regular basis, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Those prospective VIP customers did not come through as expected, about which Deters apparently added, “I want to tell you something: Rich people, as a whole, suck.”

A video of the livestream appears to have been deleted from Deters’ profile, but in a later Facebook livestream, he slammed media coverage of the cancelation and stressed that his decision was not for lack of interest from the general public. “The MAGA supporters always support this event, always turn out,” he said. “It would’ve been that same way this time. The issue was simply paying for the damn event, because I make it free.”

Freedom Fest was scheduled to take place at Deters’ farm in Northern Kentucky, just 25 miles away from Cincinnati, on Saturday (Sept. 26). This year’s lineup included Kid Rock and U.S. Rep. James Comer, while past years have featured Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Candace Owens, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

“That cancelation had absolutely nothing to do with Kid Rock,” Deters also stressed in his second livestream. “Kid Rock’s a good dude.”