Rock Fest

According to Leader-Telegram, the organizers of the Rock Fest festival in Cadott, Wisconsin have revealed that the stage at this year’s event will be expanded to accommodate Saturday night’s performance by British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN.

“We actually are adding on 5 feet to the back of the stage and 8 feet to the front of the stage just to fit their set,” festival director Wade Asher said. “It’s the biggest set we’ve ever had at Country Fest or Rock Fest, period. Kind of crazy.”

Other changes that have been made to the festival site include the addition of the cell-phone-charging stations at the beer tent as well as larger jumbo screens on each side of the stage, which are twice as big for better viewing.

“We had one of our best years last year for Rock Fest and this year is going to compete,” Asher said. “The combination of bringing the new rock acts into the scene with the older classic rock, there’s just not enough demographic to support one type of rock for a four-day festival.”

He added, “I think a lot of those classic rockers are really starting to like all the new stuff coming down the pike, and they’re intertwining. We don’t have any form of rock station in the Chippewa Valley, but it’s amazing I’m hearing of all these classic rockers in the Chippewa Valley that are listening to FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, to GODSMACK, to BUCKCHERRY and SHINEDOWN.”

Multi-camera video footage of IRON MAIDEN July 2 performance at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey can be seen below.