# @enquirer on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dadif3gG8aV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67673025-enquirer-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-06T18:30:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sam Greene (@sgdoesit) — https://gondola.cc/sgdoesit

## Caption

A Cincinnati-based folk duo say their performances at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair was an act of "patriotic dissent" to oppose the current administration.

Songwriters Karen Bridges and Clint Thomson, who make up Stone & Snow, performed at the event through the National Endowment for the Arts Legacy Stage. They performed across three days from June 30 to July 2.

In an email to the Enquirer, the duo said they were surprised to get the offer to perform at the event because of their protest songs and public opposition to the Trump administration. In April, Stone & Snow performed at an event at the Woodward Theater titled "This Scene Kills Fascism: A Night of Protest Music, Art & Community," where they played a song they wrote criticizing Trump.

Going in, they knew the event was controversial. Stone & Snow said they decided, "we would not change who we were to do it," and performed protest songs. Bridges also spoke on stage about her immigrant and indigenous ancestors.

"We saw this opportunity as a way to make an important contribution to the complex and difficult conversation about what it means to be an American today," they said in the email.

Read the full story at the link in our bio. (📸: Mike Morgan Photography / Provided by National Endowment for the Arts) #cincinnati #cincinnatiohio #greatamericanstatefair #music

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