DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) – WE Fest will return to Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes in 2021 and this summer’s musical acts will be announced at 10am on Monday, January 11.
The three-day country music festival, which began in 1983 and now owned by Live Nation announced the 2021 dates, August 5-7 via a Facebook post in November.
Live Nation purchased the festival from Townsquare Media in August of 2019; In November of 2019, long before the pandemic the new ownership decided not to hold an event in 2020, to regroup.
The acts are planned to be announced on WeFEST’s Facebook page at which time general public tickets will also go on-sale.
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