Kid Rock fans left stranded in rain as music fest risks | Music News

Kid Rock’s ‘MAGA’ music pageant ran into hassle when heavy rain swept through Texas.

The two-day event options a lineup of notable nation artists, including Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, and Ella Langley, with Kid Rock topping the invoice. Day one, on May 1, was hit with surprising rainfall. Despite the event being formally designated as ‘rain or shine,’ organizers have been still pressured to introduce a collection of manufacturing delays. Gates at the Austin County Fairgrounds had initially been set to open at 1:30 p.m. local time.

The downpour pushed that opening back to 3:00 p.m. When circumstances failed to improve, organizers delayed the start again to 5:00 p.m., considerably decreasing the artists’ scheduled stage time. A 3rd postponement pushed the opening to 6:30 p.m., leaving festivalgoers pissed off. “I’m not going to lie; I was cursing a lot. I was cursing a lot,” ticketholder Ashley told the Mirror US. The disruptions observe Kid Rock’s ‘pleasure trip’ in an Apache helicopter.

“The 3 o’clock delay was alright, but then the 5 o’clock delay was like, ‘Okay, now you’re just playing.’ The 6 o’clock was like, ‘Okay, I don’t know if it’s going to happen,'” fellow attendee Albert added.

Ashley bluntly declared, “I want a refund.”

Both Ashley and Albert had been eagerly anticipating a efficiency from Ella Langley, an up-and-coming nation music star. Barring any additional weather-related setbacks, Ella, Chase Matthew, and Jason Aldean are still slated to take the stage for fans keen to climate the storm. The pageant issued a reminder to attendees via Instagram, stating, “We love Bellville. All community parking lots should be treated with respect. Let’s take care of the groups that have stepped up and helped out. Park in designated areas only and let’s leave it better than we found it.”

Ashley also described the difficult parking state of affairs her group encountered. Traveling from San Antonio, they departed at 8:00 a.m. and arrived at the pageant web site around 10:00 a.m., only to encounter fast parking points. “We’ve been driving around in circles, trying to find parking, trying to find where parking is, and when we finally did find it, I saw that everybody was in ponchos.”

She went on to say they opted to buy umbrellas after ponchos have been unavailable, but found the pageant prohibits bringing the $30 umbrellas inside the venue… assuming entry is ultimately permitted.

Fellow attendee Kory Doty beforehand characterised the climate and event circumstances as “wet and nasty.” She famous, “Flooding is not terribly bad yet, but we are expecting more rain today until late evening, so I’m sure it will get worse… so far, just muddy and nasty. No equipment has been damaged.”