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| Jamboree in The Hills | |
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| Genre | Country |
| Dates | 3rd week of July (Thursday-Sunday) |
| Locations | Brush Run Park,St. Clairsville, Ohio(1977-89) The Barn Stage, Plainfield,Belmont County, Ohio(1990-2018) |
| Years active | 1977-2018 |
| Founders | Freddy Carr; F. Glen Reeves |
| Attendance | est. 200,000 annually |
| Website | Festival Website |
Jamboree in the Hills was an annual festival ofcountry music inMorristown, Ohio (about1+1⁄2 hours west ofPittsburgh, and 20 minutes west ofWheeling, West Virginia) inBelmont County, Ohio, until Live Nation officially canceled it on November 7, 2018. The concert, owned byLive Nation, showcased a wide variety of new, veteran, and legendary musicians.
In November 2018, Live Nation announced that the Jamboree in the Hills would be going on hiatus and would not take place in 2019 as it began negotiations regarding the event's future. Local officials in Belmont County noted that the site was atypical of Live Nation's other concerts and that the event'sBYOB policy deprived Live Nation of a major source of revenue. Live Nation had attempted to end the BYOB policy for the 2017 event, which was to be renamed "Jambo Country," but fan backlash led to the reversal of the decision and renaming within days of its announcement.[1]
In 2025, the nonprofitWheeling Jamboree announced the return of an outdoor, festival seating concert to be held atThe Highlands inTriadelphia, West Virginia, in September. The event is billed as Jamboree USA and has no ties to Live Nation.[2]
2024 marks the 91st Year of the Wheeling Jamboree
