Six-figure bill approved for law enforcement at Kid

A mammoth six-figure bill has been approved to pay law enforcement for a Kid Rock live performance.

Barry County, Michigan, will likely be welcoming Rock the Country Festival, an enormous MAGA-coded music event headed up by Kid Rock on August 8 and 9. The event, which is happening in Hastings, will also see performances from Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean and Ashley Cooke.

For the pageant, a $155,233 law enforcement bill was approved unanimously during the Barry County Board of Commissioners assembly on July 28. This comes as the pageant allegedly struggled with ticket sales.

The settlement contains providers from the sheriff, 911 dispatch and emergency administration departments. It also reveals that deputies will likely be paid $110 per hour, with lieutenants making $130.

This is unsurprising, as the county’s union contract requires deputies to obtain triple their wage while working at particular occasions, such as Rock the Country Festival. The plan is also for 46 Entertainment to cowl these prices.

Moreover, another $36,127 has been earmarked for 376 personnel hours estimated for Barry County Central Dispatch over the event.

Between the two businesses, the estimated price is $155,233, including gasoline. However, an additional $3,663 is additional estimated for the county’s emergency administration division.

“It takes everything we have because we are a smaller agency,” Undersheriff Kevin Erb explained. “And when you bring in numbers that this entertainment group brings in, like last year when they brought in almost 30,000 … that’s almost half the size of our county.”

Last 12 months, when the pageant had 30,000 attendees, Michigan State Police introduced in personnel and tools and positioned a 911 dispatch heart on website. However, this is not going to occur during the 2026 event. However, the company will still help by protecting common policing calls out in the county, permitting local deputies to handle operations at the pageant.

This comes as Kid Rock not too long ago bragged about his late-night cellphone calls with Donald Trump after rumors of a feud started to swirl.

Kid Rock, whose real identify is Robert James Ritchie, bragged that not only does he ceaselessly dial up the 80-year-old president after he’s had a few drinks, however that Trump “always” picks up when he sees his quantity.

When requested about his relationship with Trump, the 55-year-old said, “It’s one of my late-night drinking tricks because I know when to get him. He’s so gracious; he always picks up, or he’ll call and check in just to shoot the s–.”

And while Kid Rock admitted that Trump would not name him for political recommendation, he did say, “If I’m sitting around having some beers, if it’s like, 11, 12 on a Friday or Saturday, I know he’s up. He sleeps like me; he sleeps five hours.”