More than 50 artists to perform; check to be presented to St. Jude at CRS New Faces of Country® Music Backstage Livestream event on Feb. 25
NASHVILLE, Tenn., (Feb. 23, 2022) – PickleJar, the live entertainment and artist payments app, announced today that it will support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® through its Country Radio Seminar Artist Showcase. The showcase runs February 23-25 from 11 a.m. to midnight CT at Barlines Nashville and includes performances by more than 50 artists. Throughout the event, patrons will be able to tip the artists using PickleJar’s TipTopper QR code technology, which will be featured on-site. PickleJar will match all money sent via the app and donate the matched total to St. Jude in a live check presentation during the CRS New Faces of Country® Music Backstage Livestream hosted by country radio mainstay Kelly Ford on Feb. 25.
This year’s impressive line-up features more than 50 performances from today’s most talented country artists. Performers include Cooper Alan, Jared Blake, Kenton Bryant, Eric Burgett, Cole Burkett, Brian Callahan, Ronny Criss, Dozzi, Chris Ferrara, Ian Flanigan, Aaron Goodvin, Lauren Gottshall, Styles Haury, Rayne Johnson, Kat and Alex, Amanda Kate, Krystal King, Kristie Kraus, Jenn Littleton, Johnny McGuire, Sasha McVeigh, Brooke Moriber, Alannah McCready, Drake Milligan, Will Overton, Savannah Rae, Michael Rix, Stephanie Ryann and Sarah Faith, Brandon Steadman, Gina Venier, David Wilbert and many more surprises to come. Additionally, each morning Creativets will take over the stage from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. CT. CreatiVets performers include Craig Campbell, Coffey Anderson, Kameron Marlowe, Drew Green, Hannah Dasher and Chris Ferrara. View the complete CRS Artist Showcase at Barlines schedule and watch it live here.
“We are so excited to present all of these amazing performances during CRS, but most importantly raise money for a deserving organization like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Kristian Barowsky, President of PickleJar. “Philanthropy always been a core tenet of PickleJar’s mission, so this felt like the perfect opportunity for us to give back.”
Thanks to generous donors like PickleJar, St. Jude can deliver on its foundational promise that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Additionally, fundraisers like this help fuel the ongoing six-year, $11.5 billion St. Jude strategic plan to raise survival rates worldwide and improve quality of life for pediatric cancer survivors.
Ford will lead the content capture for PickleJar at all participating CRS events including the pre-lunch performances on February 23 and February 25 and the ping-pong tournament on February 24. Additionally, she will host the first-ever New Faces of Country® Music Backstage Livestream on February 25. Ford will have exclusive backstage interviews with Gabby Barrett, Walker Hayes, Parker McCollum, Jameson Rodgers, Lainey Wilson, and other industry insiders who will talk about these artists’ rise to fame. This unprecedented access will allow fans to go inside the historically industry-only event. The New Faces of Country® Music backstage programming will be livestreamed exclusively on PickleJarPlus.com. Radio stations are invited to register here to access this syndicated content.
PickleJar is available for IOS and Android smartphones. Their intelligent QR code technology is in use at select venues nationwide and fundraising events which allows participants to send monies in support of musicians and charitable events without having to download the app. Most importantly, PickleJar’s TipShare feature means the funds are automatically routed to the intended organization and they receive 100% of the funds.
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About PickleJar:
PickleJar is the intelligent live entertainment app for simple, safe, and secure payments between artists and their fans. It’s a suite of free, #ArtistFirst technologies where song requests and buying concert tickets feels rewarding, and where instant gratification lights up every stage and streaming performance. Leveraging the deep fintech and music industry expertise of the leadership team, PickleJar launched the first social payments platform to help musicians, content creators, and artists maximize their financial freedom.
PickleJar started with a simple vision – Artists get 100%. Two years later, the app has expanded the peer-to-peer tipping payments technology and proprietary performance management tools to include partnership programs with venues, broadcasters, and non-profits. PickleJar makes it frictionless for the growing community of artists and content creators to make, manage, and move money in the new Gratitude Economy. Learn more about the “World’s Biggest Tip Jar”℠ at PickleJar.com.
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since the hospital opened in 1962. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.