Private | Kris Allen returns to Arkansas for charity benefit and convention appearances

Photo by KATVAlyson

Kris returned to Arkansas this past weekend and played a gig on April 13 to benefit Alzheimer's Arkansas, hosted by Glen Campbell's widow. He reportedly sang Wichita Lineman with his father. Updated with video from Kim Allen! That's not Wichita Lineman though. Neil sounds great! The song is called Gentle on My Mind.

On April 17, he played a private gig for the Arkansas Bankers Association conventions. We do have a little video.

See what we do have for both events after the jump.

Charity | March 25, 2019: Kris Allen and Others Perform in Nashville for Cancer Charity Benefit

In 2018, Kris was named the "Man of the Year" for his fundraising efforts on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Nashville. He's still raising money for the charity, and last night appeared at a benefit in Nashville. As with most private charity events, we've got very little media, but what we get, I'll put in this post.

Updated 4/28/2019 with some new videos the amazing @krisjonin just found

College Showcase: October 26, 2017: NACA Mid-America Conference, Covington, KY

 College Showcase

NACA Mid-America Conference

Covington, KY (Cincinnati area)

October 26, 2017

7:45 PM Eastern

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Another new school year, another college showcase for Kris. He's been a regular at these conventions which showcase possible performers for college student entertainment planning groups. It's paid off in a lot of college gigs for Kris, and hopefully those college gigs have led some of the students in the audiences to check out his music.

Sadly this is all the media we have from this event. Photo by @KarliClausen

College Showcase: February 19, 2017: Baltimore, MD

NACA National Convention Showcase
February 19, 2017
10 PM EDT

Baltimore, MD

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Preview:
Kris plays a showcase for the National Association of Campus Activities' National Convention. As always with these, this is a chance for them to show off to various campus activities boards why they would be a great act to play at college campuses.

Updated 2/20/2017: Kris and the band did a short set that included the premiere of a new cover. We have full video! I avoid her music like the plague myself, but Kris sounds nice on the song. You'll have to tell me if it sounds like the original or not ;).

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:

• Showcase Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
  

Set List: [Click here to watch the set! Thank you Campus Activities Board of the College of Staten Island]

1. Chained to the Rhythm (Cover - Katy Perry) - PREMIERE
2. Feeling This Way
3. Everybody Just Wants to Dance
4. Live Like We're Dying

The Show (Full Band):

Photo by @Lexie_Dames

Photo by @KarenPlate

Photo by @DegyEnt

Want to see Kris live?

Check my calendar on the web version of this blog
 for full schedule; visit krisallenofficial.com/tour or
event/venue's website for tickets

College Show: November 4, 2016: NACA Northeast Showcase, Hartford, CT

National Association for Campus Activities
Northeast Regional Showcase

November 4, 2016

Connecticut Convention Center

Hartford, CT

2:19 PM EDT

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Preview:
Kris is doing another college showcase, this time for colleges in the northeast. These are private events for those attending the larger convention. I'm sure he will impress a bunch more college activities boards! Personally, I like that this particular one is close to New York City as it is his new Christmas album release day!

UPDATED: Another successful showcase in the books based on live tweets! Some media in post.
UPDATED 11/05/2016

Private Event: October 14, 2016: NACA Mid-Atlantic Showcase, Buffalo, NY

Fantastic pic by @ACMStudentLife (Allegany College in MD)

Apologies! I was roadtripping in the actualfax Mid-Atlantic to pick up my own college kid yesterday and completely spaced out on the fact Kris was doing the Mid-Atlantic showcase for the National Association of Campus Activities, Mid-Atlantic Regional conference. (By the way, Letting You In makes for fantastic road-tripping music, just saying!)

From the pictures I've seen, looked like it went great! I'll add anything related to this event to this post. (Updated 10/18/2016)

Set List! (Thank you @p_eleph and Elmira College Campus Activities Board)

1. Love Will Find You
2. Faster Shoes
3. Live Like You're Dying

• Facebook video of the whole set from the Elmira College CAB!

Photo by Kristy (@kcosta25 on Instagram)

Photo by @SVC_APB (St Vincent College, PA)

(Photo by @Devon_Dyer)

Private Event: October 1, 2016, NACA South Regional Conference (College Showcase), Charleston, SC

Photo of Kris Allen Band performing at 2014 NACA Showcase by @sarahj1388

NACA South Regional Conference Showcase
October 1, 2016
8:50 PM EDT

Charleston Area Convention Center

Charleston, SC

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Show and List Preview:
Kris and the band play a showcase for the National Association of Campus Activities South Regional Conference. This is a chance for them to show off to various campus activities boards why they would be a great act to play at college campuses. They did a similar showcase back in 2014 that resulted in a number of bookings. Kris is also booked to appear at two more regional conferences this fall (NACA Mid-Atlantic in Buffalo on October 14 and NACA Northeast on November 4 in Hartford, CT).

Update after the show: Not much media yet, but these are southern college kids. I have a few of my own so it may take a couple of days! From the clip of LLWD, seems like the crowd enjoyed it! Media is posted after the break...
UPDATED 10/02/2016

Private Event: June 14, 2016: Meeting Planners International World Education Congress, Atlantic City

Photo by @BeProductiveMIA

Private Event

Meeting Planners International's World Education Congress

June 14, 2016

Harrahs Atlantic City, New Jersey

Around 6 pm eastern today, we saw tweets pop up advertising a Kris performance to meeting planners attending an educational conference in Atlantic City. Turns out he (with the full band) and Redfoo from LMFAO are the closing night's entertainment for this large conference. (Train and Rick Springfield have already entertained the meeting planners.)

Since it's a private gig, we probably won't get set list info, but if I do, I'll add it to this post. In the meantime, here are some photos posted on social media by attendees. (Updated 6/15/2016)

• Twitter video (no sound but KAB looks nice)

Photo by chickinsandiego on IG

Photo by choiliee09 on IG

Photo by @meetingchange

Photo by @teresel

Photo by @teresel

Photo by @teresel

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]

Event: December 31, 2014: New Year's Eve Party, Anqi, Costa Mesa, CA

New Year's Eve Party

December 31, 2014

Anqi

Costa Mesa, CA

7:00 PM - 2:00 AM PST

With Candice Glover and Dez Duron

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Show and List Preview:
Kris headlines a New Year's Eve VIP party in Costa Mesa, CA. It's pretty reasonably priced for a New Year's Eve VIP party; if you're in southern California, go for it!

Updated: Set list and some media after the break...

College Show: August 22, 2014: Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO

Private College Show

August 22, 2014

Lower Bourke

Rockhurst University
Kansas City, MO

Doors open 8 PM CDT

Opening Act: Kat Dahlia

Show and List Preview:
The post-Horizons shows get underway tonight with a private gig at a small college, Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. Admission is free but only for students and their registered guests. The show is outdoors unless it rains. So all you Rockhurst Hawks should go!

Pre-Show/Event Press and Publicity:
Just some Facebook posts by the student activities board.

The Ticket:

Photo by http://jasonarthursblog.blogspot.com/

Merch, Signage and Other Fun Stuff:

• Beautiful and Wild Soundcheck [Instagram]

The Show:

Photo by abundance of brennans

Full Band - Plugged In

Set List: 

Partial and order uncertain but we know he sang songs from Horizons

1. Alright With Me [Instagram]
2. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/Jackson 5ve mash-up)
3. It's Always You
4. In Time
5. No Boundaries
6. Live Like We're Dying

See also: Kris Allen Set Lists

Event: March 8, 2014,"If Only" Private Performance for Charity, Rancho Las Palmas, Palm Springs, CA

Private Performance for Charity

Sponsored by "If Only" and
KOST 103.5

Rancho Las Palmas

Palm Springs, CA

8:00 PST (11:00 PM EST)

Event Preview:
This is a private event to benefit the American Red Cross. It is organized by If Only, a charity that offers experiences with "luminaries" that are billed as one of a kind. To attend this, you either had to spend $1,000 for a stay at the resort (these sold out), or $600 for tickets to just the performance itself. Alternatively, a Los Angeles area radio station, KOST 103.5, ran both online and call-in contests, so it was possible to win one's way into this show as well. (And if you did, you need to let me know to add you to the list. :))




Live broadcast from KOST-FM 103.5 Los Angeles during soundcheck: Listen here.

Picture from Soundcheck:

Photo by @angelp212

Photo by @angelp212

Photo via @shoshPD's friend

Soundcheck:

• Sweet Baby James [Video]- PREMIERE
• Don't Set Me Free [Video plus more Sweet Baby James]
• Beautiful and Wild [Video]
• In Time [Video]

The Show:

Photo of show by @angelp212

Set List: 

Photo by @angelp212 (Note: actual set list deviated from shown)

1. Don't Set Me Free [Video] [Video]
2. Better With You
3. Alright with Me
4. In Time [Video] [Video]
5. Beautiful and Wild [Video] [Video] [Video]
6. Monster/Hit the Road Jack (original/cover - Ray Charles) [Video snippet of HTRJ] [Video - partial]
7. Live Like We're Dying [Instagram] [Video]
8. Shut That Door 
9. End of the Show [Video] [Video] [Video] 

Also: [Concert Intro] [Closing Remarks video]

After the Show:

• Kris Allen Media
• KOST 103.5 Photo Album

Private Event: September 28, 2013: Taste of St. Louis

Photo by SoloughlinSteve

 Taste of St. Louis

Union Station

September 28, 2013

St. Louis

Thanks to an awesome tweeter who is on the scene, @SoloughlinSteve, we have learned that Kris is performing in connection with the Taste of St. Louis - this appears to be quite the awesome fall festival. Wish we'd known earlier - would've worked up a list! Heck, maybe St. Louis Kris fans might have gone!

Many thanks to a second awesome tweeter @Bond_doubleoh_7 who says that this was a private party and provided this set list; she's also going to email some videos to share! Stay tuned!

1. My Weakness
2. Monster
3. Out Alive
4. Live Like We're Dying
5. Rooftops
6. Man in the Mirror
7. Better With You

Photos: [Facebook]

List: April 11, 2013: Central Arkansas Christian School Fundraiser, Little Rock, AR

Photo by Jordan Collier

An Evening at CAC (Central Arkansas Christian)

Little Rock, AR

8 pm CDT

Kris does a private school fundraising gig tonight in Little Rock, AR. Although it is a "private gig," tickets (generously priced as it was for charity) were available to the general public. Kris will perform an acoustic show and also do "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers with the school's choir!

As we've seen from the past, Kris and high schools are always fun. We get epic flaily tweets from the kids (if not a full set list or videos right away).

Updated: This high school was no exception and brought us great info! Here's the set list post with video links! Don't miss Lean on Me with the HS choir.

List: Make A Difference Evening for Ronald McDonald House of NYC, December 11, 2012

Make A Difference Evening,
a reception by the Jones Group to benefit Ronald McDonald House of New York City
December 11, 2012

Tonight Kris is one of the performers at a special charity benefit to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House of New York City. The benefit was originally scheduled for the week that Hurricane Sandy hit New York, and thus of course had to be rescheduled.

Others scheduled to appear include American Idol season 9 winner Lee DeWyze and season 6 standout Melinda Doolittle.

November 2, 2012: Cabo Waba Cantina, Cabo San Lucas, MX

Cabo Wabo Cantina
Cabo San Lucas, MX
7:15 - 9:00 pm
(Cabo is in the same time zone as the mountain time zone in USA, but has no daylight savings time, so 10:15 eastern).

Kris plays Sammy Hagar's bar in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico today. There's been a little confusion over this event. While it appears to be open to the public, it's also been rumored to be a private event for Tyson Chicken. We'll see! In any case, Big Daddy is certainly enjoying his time down there and has a lovely view (as shown by the photo above).

List: October 20, 2012: Nigel Lythgoe's Private Vineyard Opening Party

Today's list is one of our little ones to see if we can get any info about a private event that Kris will perform at (along with Haley Reinhart). The occasion is the opening of Villa St. Juliette, a winery co-owned by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick. It is private and invitation-only, so we may not get many tweets, but Nigel, Kris and Haley are on the list, along with a winery and a winery association that tweeted about the opening. We'll see how it goes!

The more interesting story may be how Nigel intends to get Kris from Houston to Paso Robles, CA and back to Dallas within two days.

Anyway, here's the list:

Tweets from @KrisAllenLists/oct20nigelsvineyard