Hickory Hills is not half as family oriented as the "THE DAY IN THE COUNTRY" in Huber...too many times you see inappropriate behaviors at Hickory Hills totally different environment for anyone who hasn't been to both just ask me to elaborate looks like the family takes the loss in this judgment by k99 but hey thats been a new problem with society period!!! take good care of future FANS...NOT!!!

Day in the country was a great time been going for 12 yrs. Well cant afford go to country concert so i dont know what to do. I got an idea CONTINUE Day In The Country but instead of free day Sell the Tickets for $10 or $20 dollars. Im sure the local fans that came to day in the country would agree that 10 20 dollars is still werth going to.

Allow me to attempt to address some of the comments here.

First, we did not cancel "Day In The Country" because of corporate greed or with the intent of harming people who don't have money.

When Day In The Country began 17 years ago, there were very few country shows in the Dayton area. That is no longer the case. Almost every county fair in the area books one or two country acts. You have amphitheaters all over the area booking acts, not to mention festivals, Fraze Pavillion, etc. Very few, if any of these venues either existed in 1989 or were booking live national shows. Because artist contracts include a "no compete clause" that prohibits them appearing anywhere within 50 miles of the concert for up to 6 months before and after the show date, the number of acts we could book became extremely limited.

With Country Concert being as big a show as it is, joining forces with it was a logical choice. Quite a few other areas of the country would die to get a show like this.

We didn't want to see the quality of our show decline. But having fewer and fewer acts to choose from would certainly have resulted in a less desirable show and fewer attendees.

So, reluctantly, we decided to get out of the concert business. The opportunity to tie-in with Country Concert is a natural - it is, without a doubt the largest country concert in Ohio and this part of the midwest. We're proud to be a part of it.

Oh...by the way, we also still do a "free" concert. It's the "Freedom's Call-Tattoo" and fireworks show the week before July 4th at the National Museum of The United States Air Force.
Charlie Daniels was there this year, it was a great event for families with over 80,000 people in attendance. Were you there? Were you listening? We promoted it constantly for 2 weeks straight...

If you didn't get the word, sorry for that...but that's why you need to listen. :)

Hope to see you in Fort Laramie...or if not, at the Air Force Museum next summer.

I also think it's terrible that the concert that was advertised for years as a "thank you to fans" is not happening this year. We had a tradition of attending every year and was disappointed to find out it is being replaced by an over priced 4 day event. Of course, I would love to attend, but the price for a family of 4 would be too expensive.

I would love it if i could win tickets! I have never been to a concert before!!! and i love country music! i really really want to go!

I need tickets also!!!! I am with you I would also love to win them. It is going to be a great show.

i would LOVE to go ive never been to one!!!!!