Posted on 05/16/2023 9:36:31 PM PDT by Morgana
Change has been the name of the game for the Riverbend Festival in recent years, and the changes keep coming as the Bud Light Stage has been renamed the Ultra Stage.
The change was made at the request of TriStar Beverage of Chattanooga, the distributor for both Bud Light and Michelob Ultra, according to Friends of the Festival Executive Director Mickey McCamish. He said in a text the change request was made last year.
"Michelob Ultra is the most requested beer among our guests," McCamish said. "When we met with the sponsor last fall, we made the request to have the beer at both Riverbend and Riverfront Nights. We are pleased that the sponsor is providing the product to us and, of course, when they requested that the stage be renamed the Ultra Stage, we readily agreed."
Officials at TriStar did not return a phone call for comment.
Bud Light has faced backlash and calls for boycotts after a sponsored Instagram post by transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney went viral in April. Mulvaney's video on Instagram was accompanied by the hastag #budlightpartner and featured them dressed as Holly Golightly from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" opening a can of Bud Light.
Sales of Bud Light have dropped, and the marketing executive overseeing the partnership took a leave of absence, according to news reports.
The Bud Light Stage was for decades the secondary stage during the festival, featuring up-and-coming, as well veteran acts such as Grace Potter, Corey Smith, Larkin Poe, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels" and Brett Young. This year's Ultra Stage acts include Goose, Coin, Big Boi, Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew, and Mavis Staples.
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You can wrap the Anheuser-Busch turd in a different wrapper, but it’s still an Anheuser-Busch turd.
Very true but still not Tranny Fluid
Yep.
Well, yeah, it is still tranny fluid. It’s the same company.
It is still Anheuser-Busch and deserves full boycott.
Whatever happened to the Dixie Chicks? Why are they not appearing at the festival? /Sarc
Sure it was...
That’s funny... Maybe a tranny band now... Chicks with Dicks !!
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