Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic moving to New Jersey this year

Willie Nelson
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Willie Nelson has announced the location for this year's Fourth of July Picnic.

The concert will be in Camden, New Jersey - just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

Nelson held his first all-star country music festival to celebrate Independence Day in Dripping Springs in 1973. Since then, most of the shows have been at locations in Texas - including Austin, Luckenbach, Carl's Corner, and Fort Worth.

Several shows have been held outside of Texas. Willie took the concert to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Kansas City, Missouri in the 1970's. He has also held his Fourth of July Picnic in Atlanta, Georgia, and South Bend, Indiana.

This year's lineup features Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, Maren Morris, Mavis Staples and Celisse.

Tickets go on sale this Friday. The concert will be at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, NJ on July 4th.

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