Exclusive events taking place in three cities
Kelsea Ballerini has built a career on being straight-forward, fresh, and willing to share with those who love her music. As much friends as fans, when she wrote and recorded the very personal Rolling Up the Welcome Mat EP via Black River Entertainment with producer Alysa Vanderheym, it was a matter of sharing her heart with the people who knew her best.
The multiple Grammy nominee and Country Music Association Award winner returns to the fans who have inspired her to host three intimate conversations and screenings of her Rolling Up The Welcome Mat short film. Tickets for the three events, titled “Under The Welcome Mat: Exclusive Rolling Up The Welcome Mat Short Film Screening & Conversation with Kelsea Ballerini” are available at kelseaballerini.com.
“There’s never been a moment to stop and talk about what the response to Welcome Mat has meant to me,” Ballerini says of the events. “Everything moved so fast after the release and took on a life much bigger than I ever anticipated. After feeling and hearing the response on tour every night these last few months, I wanted to make sure to honor this musical chapter more fully. So, while Subject to Change was out there doing everything it’s supposed to do, you supported me with this project that I needed to make for myself and my heart loudly. I can’t thank you enough, but these three events are me trying.”
Kicking off at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on August 1st, Ballerini will screen the short film she wrote and directed, taking fans behind-the-scenes of the process and her vision. She will also talk about the inspiration, writing and recording of making Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, giving fans a glimpse into this season of her life, as well as answering questions.
From LA, Ballerini will head to the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in the East Tennessee singer/songwriter’s adopted hometown of Nashville on August 8th followed by a final screening and conversation at the intimate Whitby Theater in New York City on August 10th.
The three events culminate with an NBC Today Show Citi Concert Series performance on August 11th on the plaza at Rockefeller Center. Not only will Ballerini perform her current Top 20 and climbing country radio hit “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too),” she will treat viewers across America to selections from Rolling Up The Welcome Mat which reflect her handful of postcards and polaroids from a time in her life that is now over.
