Charity Event: September 30, 2016: Lake Blue Ridge, Georgia

Photo via Firefly Music

Benefit - Lake Ridge Civic Association Scholarship Fund
September 30, 2016

Private Residence

Blue Ridge, GA

7:00 PM EDT

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Show and List Preview:
Kris and the band are playing a private gig (although tickets are on sale to public; sold out except for VIP) at a very sweet looking private residence (picture above) in Georgia to benefit the scholarship fund of the Lake Blue Ridge Civic Association. The area they are in looks gorgeous.

Update After the Show: The event was a huge success, raising over $3000 for the scholarship! Media and set list after the break...
UPDATED 10/05/2016

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

College Show: September 4, 2016: WNEPalooza, Western New England University

Photo via http://www1.wne.edu/student-activities/traditions.cfm

WNEPalooza

September 4, 2016
Commonwealth Lawn

Western New England University

Springfield, MA

2-6 PM ET

STUDENTS ONLY

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Show and List Preview:
Kris is back on the college show circuit headlining this annual welcome back to campus concert for students at Western New England University. The concert is part of a bigger party from 2 to 6 PM; it's uncertain what time Kris' set will be.

No twitter list (I've learned my lesson on doing these for college shows plus I will be busy getting my kids back to college themselves), but will post media as it pops up after the break...

Updated: Kind of sparsely attended, sadly. These things depend on the college and the college culture I think, plus start of school = a lot of competing events. Some media after the break.
UPDATED 09/21/2016

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]

Summer Plans for KAL!

Hoping Kris is enjoying his "paternity leave" and family time! While he's doing that, I thought I'd post a short update on my summertime-and-beyond plans for this blog and its related social media accounts.

For Twitter and Instagram, while I'm not going to be spamming your timelines quite like I do during tour times, I do intend to do so on #ThrowbackThursday and #FlashbackFriday, using retweets and reposts of things I spot on there. (Links to my Twitter and Instagram accounts, and Kris' accounts too, are on the right hand side of the blog.)

My YouTube account has been the neglected stepchild and needs some real organization. So I'll be working on that when time permits. I also want to get videos linked on to the master song list.

As for the blog itself, summertime is always a great time to catch up on media you may have missed. To help Kris fans do just that, I'm planning to write some occasional posts to highlight different shows from the Letting You In Tour, with a focus on some performances or videos that are great and might have been overlooked.

So those are my plans for the site this summer! Let me know via Twitter or in the comments if you have any post or video suggestions, or any other thoughts or ideas! I hope you all have a great summer and stay tuned!

-KAL