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Bret Michaels and Martina McBride drop out of Freedom 250 concert series
By United Press International · June 16, 2026 · 1 min read
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Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, and other music artists have withdrawn from the Freedom 250 event series scheduled for the National Mall. The event series is also known as The Great American State Fair.
Key takeaways
Bret Michaels and Martina McBride are among the artists who have dropped out of the event series.
The Freedom 250 events were planned for June 25 through July 10 at the National Mall.
The event series is also billed as The Great American State Fair.
Freedom 250 is a nonprofit organization acting as the organizer.
Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, and several other music artists have dropped out of the Freedom 250 event series. The series is scheduled to take place from June 25 to July 10 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The event series, which is also referred to as The Great American State Fair, is organized by the nonprofit organization Freedom 250.
The program was intended to celebrate through the scheduled dates in Washington, D.C.