Three Vermont Summer Festival shows that could not be held in their namesake state due to Covid restrictions are moving to HITS-on-the-Hudson, where they will be combined in a six-week series with three HITS Saugerties (NY) Summer Series shows. The joint effort will create the Great American Summer Series, July 1 – August 9.
“We are pleased to be working with John Ammerman and the Vermont Summer Festival to create the Great American Summer Series at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, New York this year,” said Tom Struzzieri, president and CEO of HITS.
“When John [Ammerman] first found out he could not run shows in Vermont in 2020, we immediately began collaborating to bring our two circuits together to provide exhibitors with a world-class experience this summer.”
The Great American Summer Series will begin July 1, kicking-off with two VSF Shows, the Vermont Summer Special and Manchester Summer Festival, followed by the three-week HITS Saugerties Summer Series, and finishing with the Vermont Summer Celebration.
Offerings will include three $100,000 grands prix and two $200,000 grands prix, as well as two $25,000 International Hunter Derbies.