$1 from each ticket goes to Ben Folds' charity, Keys For Kids
Keys for Kids is a charitable initiative established by Ben Folds in partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Arts Foundation. Its purpose is to provide young people in North Carolina who express an interest in learning to play piano but have limited opportunity the access to appropriate lessons and instrument at little or no cost.
Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation.
He's created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records.
He tours as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras, and currently serving as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
A New York Times Best Selling author and podcast host, frequently guest stars in film and TV, and recently earned an Emmy nomination for his composition of a new theme song for a popular Peanuts TV special.
An advocate for the arts, he serves on the Board of the Arts Action Fund, Planet Word and the Nashville Symphony, and has launched a music education initiative for kids in his home state of North Carolina.
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Lindsey Kraft
Lindsey Kraft is a multi-faceted artist - actress, singer, and composer. You may recognize her
from various TV roles including Netflix's Grace and Frankie, HBO's Getting On and most recently
Netflix's Obliterated.
She continues as the opening act for Ben Folds, where she'll be performing her brand of
theatrical pop songs including songs from her musical, “love, me,” a one-woman show
workshopped recently in LA for a LIVE album. During an opening performance for Ben at the
Kennedy Center in 2023, she received a glowing review by DC Music Review which wrote that
the audience "was treated and transfixed by the performance of Lindsey Kraft. Within the first
few moments of her piece, concertgoers realized how perfect the pairing was. A burgeoning
newcomer to musical performances, Kraft, in addition to her brilliant piano playing and songs,
masterfully interacted with and entertained the audience with her witty and sincere songs."
She characterizes her songs as deeply personal, funny, and sad, her sound
inspired by Carly Simon, Carole King, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Randy
Newman, and Broadway (but like, only the good shows).
Follow Lindsey on IG: @linzkraft.
Below is a link to the song “beautiful, you”- live opening for Ben Folds in Viroqua, Wisconsin.
https://soundcloud.com/lindsey-kraft-469349205/beautiful-you-live-opening-for-ben-folds
Here is the link to her performing the song "Alice” opening for Ben Folds at the Kennedy Center.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Ez-IR1KBg