DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) – WE Fest will return to Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes in 2021 and this summer’s musical acts include Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley and Florida Georgia Line.
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.
Artist fan club presales begin Tuesday with general on-sale on Friday at WeFest.com.
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