HAMILTON, Ohio — The Voices of America Country Music Festival will have a new home beginning in 2027 at the Butler County Fairgrounds, organizers and local officials announced Monday. Festival founder Tyler Wogenstahl said the move keeps the event in Butler County after four years at VOA MetroPark in West Chester Township. “I’m proud to announce in the beginning of 2027, the Voices of America Country Music Fest will have a new home at the Butler County Fairgrounds,” Wogenstahl said. “We are grateful to the West Chester community for welcoming us and helping make our first four years of this festival possible.” He said organizers are applying lessons from previous years to strengthen planning, communication, accountability, and public safety. The fairgrounds site will allow an improved fan experience and camping for the first time, along with new opportunities for local businesses, tourism, and jobs. “This festival is built in Butler County, and its future is in Butler County,” Wogenstahl said. West Chester Township previously confirmed 2026 as the final year for the festival at its current location, citing growing demands, public-safety costs, property restoration, and what officials said was insufficient local economic benefit. Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser called Monday “a great day” for Hamilton, Fairfield Township, and the county. He said hotels filled during past festivals and credited Sheriff Richard K. Jones with surveying possible sites by helicopter and concluding the fairgrounds could work. “It is possible, and as a result of that, it did happen,” Gmoser said. Commissioner Don Dixon said the Fair Board, led by Doug Turner, put the deal together. Dixon said the new revenue stream could help renovate aging fairgrounds buildings over time. “The dollars need to stay in Butler County, and those dollars can be used to renovate the whole area,” Dixon said. Hamilton City Manager Craig Bucheit said the city is excited to welcome thousands of visitors. “We’re confident that those visitors are going to have a significant benefit to our hotels, to our restaurants, to our small businesses,” Bucheit said. “It’s an opportunity for us to showcase to a lot of new faces all the great things that are happening in the city of Hamilton.” Sheriff Jones said negotiations began several days ago and a contract was signed last week. He said neither the county nor the city is putting up money. The Fair Board will receive payment under the contract; exact figures were not released Monday. Jones said no renovations are required to host the festival next year. Parking and traffic will be handled jointly by area departments. He described the first year as “organized chaos” but said fans typically arrive several to a car. Part of the fairgrounds sits in Fairfield Township, and officials there have been notified, Jones said.

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