Who is playing at hodag 2022?
Friday, July 8, 2022: Larry Fleet, Lauren Alaina, Kip Moore. Saturday, July 9, 2022: Callista Clark, Jo Dee Messina, Clay Walker, Russell Dickerson, Sam Hunt. Sunday, July 10, 2022: Laci Kaye Booth, Tracy Byrd, Sawyer Brown, Chris Janson and one additional artist to be announced at a later day.
Where is the Hodag festival held?
RhinelanderThe Hodag Country Festival, founded in 1978, is an outdoor music festival held each summer in Rhinelander, in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
What is hodag in Wisconsin?
The hodag became the official symbol of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It is the mascot of Rhinelander High School, and lends its name to numerous Rhinelander area businesses and organizations, including the annual music festival, Hodag Country Festival.
What is a Hodag Harry Potter?
The Hodag is a predatory North American magical creature with fangs, horns, glowing red eyes, and the head of a frog (Pm). Described as being roughly the size of a large canine, the Hodag's primary prey is the Mooncalf (Pm).
How long has Hodag Country Festival been around?
HODAG HISTORY & PAST PERFORMERS The Hodag Country Festival has been proud to host some of the best country music artists since its inception in 1978.
What does the Hodag eat?
According to contemporary accounts from Gene Shepard—who discovered the Hodag in the 1890s—the Hodag ate mud turtles and water snakes, oxen and white bulldogs (but only on Sundays). But really, when you're a Hodag, you can eat whatever you want.
Why is it called the Hodag?
In the 1800s, Rhinelander was a pioneer lumber town, and loggers who worked the Northwoods told stories of a monster roaming the forests. Legend had it that this “Hodag” was the reincarnated spirit of the sturdy, hardworking oxen that dragged logs from the forest.
Do hodags exist?
Hodags are fierce animals only found in the north woods of Wisconsin. They are said to rise from the ashes of lumber oxen, which are/were cremated to cleanse their souls from the lifetime of profanity hurled at them by lumberjacks.
When was the first Hodag Country Festival?
Hodag Country Festival. The Hodag Country Festival has been proud to host some of the best country music artists since its inception in 1978. Take a look at our impressive list of past performers below.
What is the name of the Rhinelander mascot?
the hodagRhinelander still has the hodag as its mascot for the city and the high school. Hodag statues line downtown like a cow parade with fangs. Any town can claim a real creature for its mascot, Shidell says.