May 9, 2014: Arkansas Disaster Relief Concert, Fellowship Bible Church, Conway, AR

Disaster Relief Concert

May 9

Fellowship Bible Church

Conway, AR

Doors open at 6:30 PM CDT; 

Event starts 7 PM CDT

Show and List Preview:
On April 27, 2014, several towns in Arkansas were simply devastated by tornadoes, including a strong EF4 tornado that ravaged Vilonia, the town where Kris' wife Katy teaches school. To aid in the rebuilding, Kris and Preston Palmer Studios have arranged a relief concert tonight to help raise needed funds. According to the event page, money raised will go to Samaritan's Purse's efforts in Mayflower/Vilonia and The Ministry Center, who is also working with tornado victims.

Obviously, this is a serious and worthwhile cause, so my focus will not be on the fun stuff like it normally is. That doesn't mean we won't grab media and set list, of course. But the focus is relief. So to that end-Kris' official street team sent out an email to its members with this information (copied/pasted from the email):

HOW YOU CAN HELP

If you're in Arkansas, or have family and friends in the area, there are lots of things you can do to help make this event a success:

• Buy tickets and attend the show
• Make an additional donation on the ticket purchase page
• RSVP on the Facebook event page
• Invite your Facebook friends to the event
• Print and post flyers about the event in your neighborhood or at work/school 
  • Small Flyer
  • Large Flyer
• Share the event image with your Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, etc. followers! 

Pre-Event Press and Publicity:

• AP article (via Arkansas Online)
• Event Facebook page
• Fox 16 Video (h/t @Ang_716)
• Kris' Instagram post
• 501 Life post
• Log Cabin Democrat story
• Alice 107.7 Interview
• KHTV Interview

The Ticket:

Photo by @paintedblaq

The Show:

BREAKING NEWS! Livestream!!!! Click Here

Photo by @constance0128

Photo by +Julie Ivy 

Set List: 

• It is Well With My Soul (partial) - PREMIERE [Instagram] [Video]
• Paul Simon [Video]
• Monster (jazzy)/Hit the Road Jack - (Original/Cover-Ray Charles mash-up) [Video]
• It's Always You [Video]  [mp3] 
• Beautiful and Wild [Video] [mp3]
• Better With You [Instagram] [Video]
• Girl Across the Room - PREMIERE [Video] [mp3]
• Ain't No Sunshine (Cover - Bill Withers) [Video]

After a lovely song from the Vilonia HS choir,

• Alright With Me [Video]
• In Time [Video - partial]
• Live Like We're Dying
• Shut That Door
• Lean on Me (with Vilonia HS choir) (Cover - Bill Withers) [Instagram]

Also: [Kris Allen Trivia]

After the Show:

• The Log Cabin Democrat