{"id":109999,"date":"2021-11-30T00:09:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109999"},"modified":"2021-11-30T00:09:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:09:52","slug":"grammy-nominated-country-star-kelsea-ballerini-to-headline-during-musikfest-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109999","title":{"rendered":"GRAMMY-NOMINATED COUNTRY STAR KELSEA BALLERINI TO HEADLINE DURING MUSIKFEST 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

The award-winning artist will perform on the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 Country superstar\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini<\/a>\u00a0is set to perform during\u00a0ArtsQuest<\/a>\u2019s flagship festival,\u00a0Musikfest<\/a>\u00a0in 2022. The ACM and iHeartRadio Music award-winning country artist will headline the Wind Creek Steel Stage on\u00a0Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022<\/strong>. This show was originally scheduled for Musikfest in 2020. All previously sold tickets will be honored. ArtsQuest\u2019s box office will be reaching out to all ticket holders via email. Member access begins on\u00a0Tues., Nov. 30<\/strong>\u00a0and the remaining tickets will go on sale to the public on\u00a0musikfest.org<\/a>\u00a0beginning at 10 a.m. on\u00a0Fri., Dec. 3<\/strong>. For more exclusive ticket access and advance purchase opportunities, become an\u00a0ArtsQuest Circle donor<\/a>\u202ftoday.<\/p>\n

Ballerini has garnered two GRAMMY\u00ae Award nominations, won two ACM Awards and took home the iHeartRadio Music Awards honor for \u201cBest New Artist.\u201d She is the only female country artist to hit number one with her first three consecutive singles from a debut album. Her critically acclaimed sophomore album \u201cUnapologetically\u201d marked her second top five debut on the Billboard Top 200. Kelsea\u2019s self-titled third full-length album, which was released in March 2020, was met with critical praise. NPR called Ballerini \u201cone of the most influential women in country right now\u2026she\u2019s defining the sound of the genre.\u201d The debut single from the album, \u201chomecoming queen?\u201d was certified platinum, marking her fastest single to achieve this milestone yet. Her single, \u201chole in the bottle\u201d recently reached Gold RIAA certification. Before she ascended to the status of arena headliner, Ballerini toured alongside Kelly Clarkson and Keith Urban.<\/p>\n

Overall, an estimated 1,127,000 people attended Musikfest in 2021 and the 11-day festival had an estimated $67 million impact on the Lehigh Valley Region of Pennsylvania. Kelsea Ballerini is the first headliner to be announced for Musikfest 2022, which is set for Aug. 5 \u2013 14, 2022.\u00a0The new Musikfest poster<\/a>, by renowned fine artist Bart Cooper, was unveiled in Nov. Additional details will be shared throughout the year. Visit\u00a0musikfest.org<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nNicole Harrell
\nArtsQuest Director of Communications
\nhttp:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The award-winning artist will perform on the Wind Creek Steel Stage on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022. BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 Country superstar\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini\u00a0is set to perform during\u00a0ArtsQuest\u2019s flagship festival,\u00a0Musikfest\u00a0in 2022. The … Continue reading GRAMMY-NOMINATED COUNTRY STAR KELSEA BALLERINI TO HEADLINE DURING MUSIKFEST 2022<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kelsea-Ballerini-musikfest.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/110000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}