Kid Rock's Rock the Country festival might be ending.
“I don’t know if that survives another year,” he said of the traveling festival he founded in 2024.
Rock hosted the Detroit Free Press at his Nashville compound on Oct. 12 for a first listen to his new album, “Halfway 2 Jesus,” and a wide-ranging conversation ahead of its release on Saturday, Oct. 17.
While he touted successful crowd numbers for the Rock the Country festival, which has mostly played secondary, rural markets, Rock said finances and logistics have proved tricky — like “getting 6,000 or 7,000 cars in and out of a small town.”
“I know people are going to be like, ‘Oh, it didn’t work.’ I’m like, Yeah, it’s OK. I got
up there and took a swing.”
Rock added: “I feel like I’ve got a pretty good batting average over the years. I’m content with everything. But with anything in life, you’re just not going to hit homeruns every time.”
Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Rock the Country festival could end as Kid Rock cites costs, logistics
