{"id":2514442,"date":"2026-07-23T18:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2514442"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:33:57","slug":"rick-ross-and-gene-simmons-to-headline-new-fall-music-festival-in-utica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rick-ross-and-gene-simmons-to-headline-new-fall-music-festival-in-utica\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Ross and Gene Simmons to headline new fall music festival in Utica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"date\">July 23rd, 2026<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read Full Article Here: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/music-2\/rick-ross-and-gene-simmons-to-headline-new-fall-music-festival-in-utica\/\">https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/music-2\/rick-ross-and-gene-simmons-to-headline-new-fall-music-festival-in-utica\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written By: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/author\/neavling\/\">Steve Neavling<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For three nights this fall, UWM Field in Utica will swap baseball for a genre-hopping music festival led by Rick Ross, Gene Simmons, and Chris Janson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uspbl.com\/\">The United States Professional Baseball League (USPBL)<\/a>\u00a0will launch its inaugural\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uspbl.com\/fallmusicclassic\/\">Fall Music Classic\u00a0<\/a>from Sept. 18-20 at UWM Field, with a lineup spanning country, hip-hop, and rock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rickrossmerchs.com\/\">Rick Ross\u00a0<\/a>and KISS co-founder\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.genesimmonsaxe.com\/\">Gene Simmons<\/a>\u00a0will headline the festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chrisjanson.com\/\">Country singer Chris Janson<\/a>\u00a0will open the festival Friday, Sept. 18, with Julia Cole and Michigan native Mac Watts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ross will take over Saturday\u2019s lineup alongside Detroit rappers Trick Trick and Esham and rising local artist Ishii Qash. The Grammy-nominated rapper is best known for hits like \u201cHustlin\u2019\u201d and has collaborated with artists such as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Nas, The Weeknd, and DJ Khaled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival will close Sunday with the Gene Simmons Band. Simmons, a co-founder and longtime bassist of KISS, will be joined by vocalist and guitarist Derek St. Holmes and Detroit rock band Kaleido.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we envisioned the Fall Music Classic, we wanted to create much more than a concert series \u2014 we wanted an annual event that brings people together through music while celebrating artists who have shaped their genres and generations,\u201d USPBL founder and CEO Andy Appleby said in a statement. \u201cWith Chris Janson, Rick Ross and Gene Simmons headlining our inaugural festival, alongside hometown, rising talent, we\u2019ve assembled a lineup that reflects the incredible diversity of music. From country and hip-hop to classic rock, this weekend will celebrate Detroit\u2019s rich musical heritage while creating an unforgettable experience for fans of every genre.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival is the latest effort to turn\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uspbl.com\/uwm-field\/\">UWM Field<\/a>\u00a0into a year-round entertainment destination. The roughly 4,500-seat stadium opened in 2016 and is home to the four-team United States Professional Baseball League.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '414449699027207');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uspbl.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23rd, 2026 Read Full Article Here: https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/music-2\/rick-ross-and-gene-simmons-to-headline-new-fall-music-festival-in-utica\/ Written By: Steve Neavling For three nights this fall, UWM Field in Utica will swap baseball for a genre-hopping music festival led by Rick Ross, Gene Simmons, and Chris Janson. The United States Professional Baseball League (USPBL)\u00a0will launch its inaugural\u00a0Fall Music Classic\u00a0from Sept. 18-20 at UWM Field, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2514443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2514442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rick-Ross-and-Gene-Simmons-to-headline-new-fall-music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514444,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514442\/revisions\/2514444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}