2020 Easyriders Rodeo Cancelled

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For the first time since 1988, the rumble of thousands of motorcycles won’t be a part of Labor Day weekend in Chillicothe.

Easyriders announced the cancellation of the event Thursday. The annual biker rodeo was to have been September 3rd-7th, 2020.

The announcement was made on the organization’s website, “At the direction of local health officials, we must regretfully confirm the cancellation of our September event, the Easyriders Rodeo in Chillicothe, Ohio.”

Easyriders also cancelled its events in Pennsylvania (June) and Michigan (August).

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In a report by the Chillicothe Gazette, the Easyriders agreed to a contract with the Ross County Fair Board worth at least $60,000. In the report last November, Fair Board President Bryan Bethel stated the rodeo generates a minimum of $500,000 to the local economy.

The rodeo is one of the largest events at the fairgrounds outside of the Ross County Fair itself which will be scaled back to a Junior Fair Livestock Show next month.