Hodag Country Festival
hodag country festival named folkloric hodag outdoor country music festival usually held second weekend july rhinelander wisconsin celebrating th anniversary festival grown attendee first event per day total attendance people annually festival due covid pandemic festival created bernie diane eckert ernie feight ted tschannen would leave group approximately two year later feight would remain part venture sold share eckerts child festival would become sole business interest eckert child first festival held august th – th featured freddy fender jana jae list country music hall fame inductee performed include brook dunn garth brook glen campbell roy clark charlie daniel little jimmy dickens merle haggard emmylou harris george jones loretta lynn reba mcentire ronnie milsap oak ridge boy charlie pride kenny rogers mel tillis randy travis williams tammy wynette since country music radio station wisconsin upper peninsula michigan sponsored regional contest firstplace winner region advance hodag country festival compete title wisconsin state country band champion list country music festival country music official website