WME Sues Founder of Country Festival Series It Purchased in 2018
Anne Hankins' Willamette Country Music Concerts in 2018, keeping Harkins as an employee to produce its three festivals in Oregon -- the Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County, the Country Crossings Music Festival in Central Point and the Cape Blanco Country Music Festival -- as well as the Mountain Home Country Music Festival in Idaho.But after the Country Crossings festival experienced low turnout in 2018 due to extreme heat and a nearby wildfire, and the company's main Willamette Country Music Festival experienced an unusually high number of alcohol-related incidents, local support for the festival dwindled and -- coupled with financial losses -- sunk the series' future prospects.