{"id":906011,"date":"2026-09-23T01:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/906011\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T01:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:40:15","slug":"pro-trump-freedom-fest-featuring-kid-rock-canceled-after-poor-vip-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/906011\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Trump \u2018Freedom Fest\u2019 featuring Kid Rock canceled after poor VIP sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFreedom Fest,\u201d a pro-Trump event in Kentucky featuring<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/kid-rock-helicopter-hegseth-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Kid Rock <\/a>that was scheduled to take place this weekend, has been canceled after low VIP ticket sales, according to its organizer, Eric Deters, a failed House candidate and Trump supporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a now-deleted video posted to his Facebook page late on Monday, Deters said he had to cancel the event, \u201cPatriot State Freedom Fest,\u201d which was free to the public but cost $1,000 for the \u201cVIP experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deters said only six VIP passes had been purchased as of Monday, which was not enough to offset the cost of the event for him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/maga-festival-freedom-fest-featuring-kid-rock-canceled-over-poor-vip-ticket-sales-12470885\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen 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 these hundred people that I interact with on a regular basis that have money,\u201d Deters said in the video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOut 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 say no. I never said no to these people,\u201d Deters went on, railing against his acquaintances for their lack of support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am never ever, ever, ever, ever doing this event again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deter did not immediately respond to MS NOW\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deters, who lost a Kentucky Republican primary for a U.S. House seat in 2024, has organized Freedom Fest for years, with high-profile MAGA figures like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/politics\/2024\/09\/15\/donald-trump-jr-at-freedom-fest\/75235462007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>, Eric Trump and Candace Owens making appearances. Deters also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/09\/01\/eric-deters-says-freedom-fest-in-kentucky-canceled-again\/70738011007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z119041e1154xxv119041d--xx--b--xx--&amp;gca-ft=14&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> canceled the event in 2023<\/a> after announcing that then-candidate Donald Trump, whom Deters said would headline the festival, pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>\tMore articles<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/author\/clarissa-jan-lim\" aria-label=\"View posts by Clarissa-Jan Lim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790127615_840_clarissa-jan-lim-square-02-toned-1x1-150-dpi.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-176 photo byline__author_image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Clarissa Jan-Lim.\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:capitalize;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"wp-elements-6ce91e95aa114e5c6e54152a39add2e0 wp-block-rkv-person-info has-text-color has-text-black-color has-fs-1125-font-size has-helvetica-now-display-font-family\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/author\/clarissa-jan-lim\" aria-label=\"View posts by Clarissa-Jan Lim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClarissa-Jan Lim<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#59585c;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.43;letter-spacing:0\" class=\"wp-elements-328f6e7e5af9e1d9c5195fda22c403b5 wp-block-rkv-person-info has-text-color has-fs-1000-font-size has-helvetica-now-font-family\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFreedom Fest,\u201d a pro-Trump event in Kentucky featuring Kid Rock that was scheduled to take place this weekend,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-906011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}