Concert | Kris Allen plays the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, November 2 and 3, 2019

Epcot International Food and Wine Festival

America Gardens Theatre at Epcot World Showcase

November 2 and 3, 2019

Kris takes a break from the 10 Years 1 Night tour and heads to Disney World in Florida for the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. (He's told the meet and greet crowds during the tour he'll be in Disney with the family over Halloween too.)

This is a huge, fall-long, festival that features international food and wines at the various Epcot neighborhoods, paired with concerts by many entertainers. Kris takes his turn on November 2 and 3. There are three shows. Saturday the 2nd, the shows are at 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. On Sunday the 3rd, the shows are at 5:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Visit the official site for more information!

Updated November 9 with another great full length video from Epcot plus some more video that's been shared... thank you to all the fans who are passing on these links!

College Show: September 6, 2019: Kris Allen plays Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton

Florida Atlantic University
Bonfire
Boca Raton, FL
September 6, 2019

Kris joins Waka Flaka Flame to play a back-to-school traditional party at Florida Atlantic University in the pretty town of Boca Raton. That's all we know!

Photos and videos after the break. Sorry for the late update! I was traveling. Many thanks to @krisjonin for picking up my slack.

Somethin' About Christmas Tour: December 21, 2017: Tampa, FL

The Attic
Tampa, FL

December 21, 2017

Opening Act: Marie Miller

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Kris brings the holiday tour south to Tampa to this intimate venue in Ybor City. If you can get to this show, I would - smallest venue of the tour and it will feel like he's doing a holiday show in your home!  So sorry I wasn't able to make it to this show but a family event kept me from making a trip down to my vacation place near there.

Right now I've got a fantastic interview and some fun photos linked. I just realized from the photo the venue posted that Kris and band basically have gotten to Christmas decorate almost every night this month! No videos yet.

Concert: February 10, 2017: Florida Gateway College, Lake City, FL

Concert 

February 10, 2017

Florida Gateway College

Lake City, FL

 7:30 PM EST

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Preview:
Kris plays a college show that's open to the public and right now, his only show scheduled for Florida for 2017. Just saying! (I know Florida is big - this show is located in northern Florida between Gainesville, Jacksonville and Tallahassee.)

Updated 2/13/2017: Thank you so much @Ang_XoXo17 for streaming and always sharing with your fellow fans. Kris and the band were under the weather and battled some sound issues, but still put on a great show. We've got the set list and some videos too - thank you @JoanieL57!

Comfort and Joy Tour: November 29, 2016: Sarasota, FL

Comfort and Joy Tour

November 29, 2016

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

Sarasota, FL

7:30 PM EST

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Preview:
Kris begins his run with Jim Brickman's Comfort and Joy holiday tour in one of my absolute favorite places in the world (and definitely in Florida) - the resort town of Sarasota (about an hour or so south of Tampa and about a 1/2 hour south of our family's vacation home). Luckily for you guys, I will be there (thanks American Airlines for that fare sale!) and will give you a full report. I've never been to this venue but have driven by it often and wondered. It's right on beautiful Sarasota Bay near downtown.

If you haven't already seen my post on the Jim Brickman tour, do look it over - my coverage will be different than you are used to. I'm not doing lists, and I wouldn't expect live tweets, fan videos or streams - There was a strict anti-video, anti-phone policy in effect until Jim relaxed it for the final 3 songs..

My notes on the show: It was good and I enjoyed the whole show. Be aware if you go: It's not like a routine club show; it's more like a night at the theatre (dress accordingly please) and the music overall is adult contemporary. The Sarasota crowd loved it and showed a lot of appreciation for Kris' vocals (which were superb). He does a solo and a group number in first half, and a solo and several group numbers in second half. There's banter and costume changes. Strict no phones or cameras rule, which Jim relaxed for the final few numbers. So I did take some IG videos & many people took photos. I've noted what Kris sings in the set list; and added my comments on those numbers. Different type of show from your usual club solo headlining show, but he sounds fantastic and it's the holiday season, so I recommend checking it out!
UPDATED 12/6/2016 with corrected set list and media

Charity Event: July 21 and 23, 2016: National Hemophilia Foundation, Kissimmee, FL

Photo by Rob Herbert Drums

Charity Event: National Hemophilia Foundation

Gaylord Palms Resort

Kissimmee, FL

July 21 and 23, 2016

Appearing with Melinda Doolittle

While I was traveling, Kris and his good pal Melinda Doolittle performed at both the opening and closing events during a charity convention for the National Hemophilia Foundation in the Orlando area. (Post updated 7/27/2016)

Set List (July 21):

• Rise Up (with Melinda) - PREMIERE (Cover - Andra Day)
• No Boundaries [Facebook video]
• Live Like We're Dying

Set List (July 23):

• Man in the Mirror (with Melinda) [Rehearsal Facebook video]
• Better With You [Rehearsal - Instagram]

More photos here: [Instagram] | [Facebook post]

Private Event: December 10, 2015: X Card Holiday Party, Miami, FL

I don't usually do posts for private events unless it's easy to find things - they aren't publicized before hand and there's normally not much - but luckily for us, this surprise performance last night at a company holiday party in Miami did have a few private event guests to post some videos!

I have no idea what X Card is, but it threw a holiday party for itself (with one gorgeous Christmas tree) last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - and booked a pretty great band in the KAB!

Set list (Order uncertain; may be missing songs - if you were there and can help flesh it out, please contact @KrisAllenLists on Twitter or email krinjalists@gmail.com.):

1. Paul Simon [Instagram]
2. Better With You [Facebook video]
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Facebook video]
4. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer [Instagram] - PREMIERE
5. Holly Jolly Christmas [Instagram]

Concert: June 19-20, 2015: Lauderdale Live VIP Event & Festival, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Photo via @Phillips

Lauderdale Live Festival

Huizenga Park
Fort Lauderdale, FL

June 19 - VIP Event, 7 PM

June 20 - Concert, 3-10:45 pm
(Kris set on June 20 is at 5 pm)

Other Acts:
6/19 - Ben Rector
6/20 - Emily Kopp, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors,
Ben Rector, Phillip Phillips

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Show and List Preview:
This should be a good time! It's a festival with other acts that are current, relevant and in Kris' genre, so already that's an improvement! Plus there's a private party on a yacht for VIP ticket holders with a bonus "intimate" Kris performance. We do have our FL regulars going so our list will be good and I'm sure we'll get some great media as we recently did for West Palm Beach and Orlando shows!

Updated: Set list with instavideos for the VIP party and tons of media for the concert (including instavideo, setlist, twit cast and videos of Kris' set and set list, videos and twit cast for P2 as well!)
Updated 6/30/2015

Concert: January 29, 2015: The Social, Orlando, FL

Concert

January 29, 2015

The Social

Orlando, FL

Doors 8:00 PM EST

Opening Act: John Frank

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Show and List Preview:
Following their nice cruise to Cozumel aboard the Rock Boat, it's time for KAB to head home. They're going to take the long musical route though, and do a couple of shows on the way, starting with this return engagement to the Social in Orlando, FL.

We've got a lot of fans who traveled for this one! Must be that wintry weather... I anticipate our best list in awhile.

Updated 2/6/15: Set list and media, including some nice photo albums, videos and mp3s and an interview, after the break...

January 24 - 28: The Rock Boat Cruise, Miami - Cozumel

Photo via The Rock Boat XV

The Rock Boat
Cruise with Concerts

January 24-28, 2015

Miami, FL to Cozumel

CLICK HERE FOR INFO
Complete line-up is here

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Show and List Preview:
Last year, Kris and band enjoyed the Live Loud Festival cruise - and you enjoyed watching their antics so much, it was the most popular post on this blog in 2014! This year, they are taking on a bigger, more high profile music cruise - the Rock Boat!

The Norwegian Pearl (photo via Norwegian Cruise Lines)

Kris and band and fans will set sail about the Norwegian Pearl (picture above) for a four-day adventure that will take them from the Port of Miami to the Mexican island of Cozumel, just off the Yucatan Peninsula. There will be a lot of fun, games and three, count them, three Kris shows! Plus they've got some friends and former touring companions on the cruise in Green River Ordinance and Andy Suzuki and the Method plus, how could I forget, the Barenaked Ladies are also on this cruise. We'll track it all and post updates as they come in this post.

Cruise Information:

• The Rock Boat website and Facebook page
• Awesome Facebook group for cruisers

Updated 3/10/15 with some new videos. You'll find setlists and tons of pictures and videos (and mp3s) after the break...

Benefit Concert: January 23, 2015: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL

Benefit Concert

January 23, 2015

Margaret Heye Great Room in
Ruth Eckerd Hall

Clearwater, FL

Doors 7 PM EST

7:30 PM EST

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Show and List Preview:
Kris is playing a special benefit concert to raise funds for the Safety Harbor Arts and Music Center in Clearwater, Florida tonight. The charity considers this to be a very important fundraiser, so hopefully all of Kris' Tampa Bay area fans will be able to get out and support this show on a Friday night!

Updated: Set list and media (now some full-length videos) after the break...
Updated 1/30/15 12:15 pm

Concert: January 21, 2015: Jack Rabbits: Jacksonville, FL

Photo by Erica Johnson

Concert

January 21, 2015

Jack Rabbits

St. Augustine, FL

Time

Opening Act: Faze Wave

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Show and List Preview:
Kris and band drive a short distance north on A1A and then hang a left inland to their next Florida show, in the large NE Florida city of Jacksonville, FL. One of my best friends in real life lives here, and from visiting her, I can say this is a very underrated and lively city!

The list is sparse again, although this particular venue and the opening act have frequently tweeted about the show. We shall see if we have last minute additions...

Updated with set list and some photos after the break...
Updated 1/25/15

Concert: January 20, 2015: Cafe Eleven, St. Augustine, Florida

Concert

January 20, 2015

Cafe Eleven

Jacksonville, FL

8:00 PM EST

Opening Act: Caleb Joye

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Show and List Preview:
After the fun that was the West Palm Beach show, held in South Florida which has some awesome Kris fans, we move to northeast Florida to St. Augustine. It's a beautiful city (I've been there a few times as our family searched for the perfect vacation home place) but it's close to the venue for the following day, and this list is sparse. Kris is our main tweeter, so let's hope for last-minute additions.

Updated: I'll never understand venues that don't promote shows. Paltry partial set list and a bit of media found on IG after the break...

Concert: January 18, 2015: Sunday on the Waterfront, West Palm Beach, FL

Screengrab by Kris Allen Lists

Sunday on the Waterfront

January 18, 2015

Palm Stage

West Palm Beach, FL

4:00 PM EST

Opening Act: High Tolerance

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Show and List Preview:
Kris continues his winter break in Florida with a stop at Meyer Ampitheater in West Palm Beach, FL for the city's Sunday on the Waterfront series. This free event sounds like a blast! And we have some great fans on the list, which is nice!

Updated 2/17/2015: Great show and fantastic list! Set list, tons of awesome videos and photos too after the break...

Concert: January 17, 2015: The High Dive, Gainesville, FL

Concert

January 17, 2015

High Dive

Gainesville, FL

8:00 PM EST Doors
9:00 PM EST Show

Opening Acts:
Sona Holiday
Katie Hargrove
Amber De La Cruz

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Show and List Preview:
Kris returns to the college town of Gainesville, FL to kick off a January mini-tour of the Sunshine State. He last played this venue a little under two years ago during the Out Alive tour. His request song that time was a fun cover of Get Back by The Beatles. His full band solo shows were the best shows we've had since Horizons came out, so can't wait to see the tweaks the band has made to the set list! (I think it will be full band based on this Instagram post by drummer Brad.)

Updated: The crowd was young, and the videos we have are fun! Set list and media after the break...
Updated 9:45 pm 1/31/15

No Limits Tour: November 22, 2014: House of Blues, Orlando, FL

No Limits Tour

Boyce Avenue with Kris Allen

November 22, 2014

House of Blues

Orlando, FL

6:30 PM EST

(Note: VIP has a Meet and Greet with

Kris after Boyce Avenue's set )

Opening Act: Curtis Peoples

All Ages

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Show and List Preview:

This is it ... the last No Limits Tour show. Some of you may recall that Kris played this particular venue back in 2009 for a radio station's Christmas show. So let's hope he plays his Christmas song! Also will be interesting to see if there are any on-stage collaborations or tour pranks.

After this show, Kris will have a break for Thanksgiving, then play a college gig (Fontbonne State in St. Louis) in early December. Then a Florida tour in January follows, capped off with the Rock Boat cruise.

Updated: Set list and media (including an awesome prank by Curtis Peoples and bandmate played on Kris) after the break...

Throwback Thursday: April 21, 2009: Kris performs She Works Hard for the Money on American Idol

Most Thursdays when we don't have a show, we take a look back at Kris' career via video.

Yesterday, Kris fans received the happy news that Fremantle (the company that owns the rights to American Idol) had decided to unblock the many videos of Idol that had been posted to YouTube. That means you can easily find and rewatch all of the great memories of American Idol Season 8.

Many people point to Kris' performances of Heartless, Ain't No Sunshine and Falling Slowly as key to his Idol victory. While they were integral, they were by no means his only great performances. One I personally feel is very underrated is his venture into "the woman's department" as Paula Abdul called it to cover Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money. Check it out on this nice quality video that must have been blocked as soon as it was posted in 2009 but is back up now:


[mp3]

And for a little bonus, here's a full band take on it from a 2012 concert in Fort Myers, Florida:

[mp3]

Enjoy!

List: September 6 & 7, 2013: Night of Joy, Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL

*Photos by cjonesphoto (Instagram) and @A_Swish (Twitter)

Night of Joy
Walt Disney World
Orlando, FL

September 6 and 7, 2013
Sometime between 7:30 pm and 1:30 am

Event and List Preview
Well we got blindsided a little by this. A Disney worker spilled the beans on Twitter, excited that Kris would stay at her resort. Later, Kris just tweeted he was going to Disney World but didn't say why.

Well, apparently he was participating in some manner in a apparently huge private-but-not-really after-hours Christian music festival, although he was not on the list of concert performers and this is not listed on his schedules at KAO or Fleming.

This flyer contains all we know. It's at Disney and sponsored by World Vision. From making a list for you this morning, radio stations have been doing ticket giveaways and Disney and some of the artists have been promoting this event. No one beyond that flyer has promoted Kris' involvement in it.

Just to get it off my chest, personally I don't think it makes any sense PR-wise to not include this on his list of appearances, given that they've listed something that is basically a HS talent show. Plus, from doing all the lists, I know Kris does have quite a few fans who enjoy Christian music and the other acts involved, and they might have gotten tickets to the festival if they had known about it. Not to mention, Kris fans were very supportive of his efforts for World Vision.

But I know many of my followers enjoy following Kris' every move, so I have made you a list. People are liberally using #nightofjoy as a hashtag on Twitter. There are a lot of people who are going to be there but no guarantees that anyone will tweet about Kris.

Updated After The Show:

Kris played both September 6 and 7. He spoke about WorldVision and played a solo acoustic version of One Love by Bob Marley both nights. The set list post can be found here. Saw a few tweets from his fans saying if they had only known, they wouldn't have turned down opportunities they had to go to Night of Joy. Too bad.

We did get video snippets though:

• johnniemikel
• oliviaeemerson
• ryanwesleysmith
• JenniferN

Upside: There was a decent crowd there and it's good for new fans to gain exposure to Kris. Hopefully the details of his future performance plans can be revealed in time for those who need to travel to be able to make their plans.

Flashback Friday - Kris in Florida (Gainesville 2013 & Sunrise 2009)

On Fridays during non-tour periods, we try to catch up on tour media around here! We'll check out a video to catch up on the Out Alive Tour. Plus I'll try to give you a bonus video - maybe one that got overlooked or one that is just worth watching again.

For the Out Alive Tour Catch-up Video, as mentioned yesterday, I am going out of town to spend a week with the family at our new vacation home in Florida. So I have the Sunshine State on my brain, and I recall that we did not get too many videos right away from the January Gainesville show. So I've decided that we shall enjoy this video of the request song, Get Back, by Krista Lauren. She's also got a nice video of his cover of Garth Brook's The River. If I did it right, this video will lead you to an excellent playlist of all the videos from Gainesville.



For the bonus video, well I see MJ is tapping the Kris fans to go live tweet tonight's Idol tour concert. So it's time to go reminisce about the amazingness that was the Season 8 Idol tour. Remember the cellcasts, the Kradam dance, the plaid, the autograph lines, the bouncing way too close to that hole in the stage? I challenge the Season 12 idols to be even half that much fun.

So tonight's bonus video, continuing our Florida theme, will be a video of Don't Stop Believing from Sunrise, July 29, 2009! Has it really been almost four years?



That was fun, we will try to do some more Idol tour reminiscing this summer. :)

List: February 23-28, 2013: Sophia's Heart Charity Cruise to the Bahamas!

On February 24, 2013, some of Kris' most dedicated fans set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida to the Bahamas aboard the Carnival Sensation to enjoy concerts by Kris, Danny Gokey, Jamar Rogers (the Voice) and Two Story Road (country duo). The cruise benefits Danny's foundation, Sophia's Heart.

Saturday morning brought a whole bunch of "woot flying to Florida!!!" tweets as people arrived in Orlando to spend the night before departure, and it was fun to watch the flail. You'll recognize names from our Out Alive tour lists. For those wondering, cruising with Kris will be his manager, Sean aka Big Daddy, and Cale. Of course, when on the seas, tweeting will probably not be doable (no connection) but hopefully we'll get updates when they are in port.

According to this post on MJs, the schedule is:

Sunday 2/24: Danny performs with Jamar and Two Story Road

Tuesday 2/26: Kris performs with Jamar and Two Story Road

Wednesday 2/27: Both Kris and Danny perform 

Wishing a happy, relaxing and fun adventure to all on the cruise! We'll update this post through the cruise as info comes in. 

Updated: Set list for Kris' performances and links to YouTube channels with videos!

Highlights based on list tweets:

Thursday 2/28:

 The cruise has docked back safely in Florida with only one minor international incident involving Kris and Cale, and the cruisers brought us these goodies:

• Kris singing Land of Smiles on Tuesday via @ArtistSupporter
• Wednesday set list (partial?): Faith medley, Out Alive, Killing Me Softly and with the other performers: Here I Am to Worship and Signed Sealed Delivered
• Also, Wednesday night, they set up a little gathering to watch Idol together w/ commentary from Kris, Danny and Jamar.
• Lots of great pictures now being tweeted by our list.

Wednesday 2/27:

• Tonight all of the acts performed together (via @ArtistSupporter)
• Several people got videos of last night's show by Kris so we look forward to that!

Tuesday 2/26:

• Video has surfaced of Love Too Much! Thanks @ArtistSupporter

• Amazing set list during Kris' performance! The request songs (there were three in the end) were Land of Smiles (with Kris on guitar!) and Running (off Brand New Shoes) and Love Too Much (an unreleased demo from the KATA era). Full set included BWY, AWM, WAYA (aka Amy aka the song for Newtown), Fighters, LYA, Monster, LLWD and STD. Will be doing the usual set list post and linking it here once we get the video!
• Kris soundchecking Running (via @LittlePawns)

• Kris performs at 5:30 EST (Bahamas are in the Eastern time zone) with Jamar Rogers. Kris auctioned off a song request to benefit Sophia's Heart, so he'll sing the winning bid!
• They've landed in Nassau!

Monday 2/25:

• Great recap of dinner from @ArtistSupporter 
• Video of Danny's performance here
• Picture of the guys from Monday's "Fancy Night" via @LittlePawns

• They've arrived in Freeport! Here's a nice pic of Danny Gokey by @Ang_716

• Nice picture from the Sunday night meet and greet by @LittlePawns (see the list for more pictures)

Sunday 2/24:

• Here's a picture of Kris (posted by Kris):

• Here's a pic of Danny (via @HartNurseDeb)

• Monday night is Fancy Night!
• Here's the boat (via @LittlePawns):