Hi! I'm Katelyn. I do shows.

My name is Katelyn Smith. I’m a tour manager who moonlights as an event producer & stage manager. And I’ve occasionally been known to make cinnamon rolls.

Currently:

Tour Manager for Big Wild
Tour & Production Manager for Del Water Gap

Previously:

Producer of the 7th annual Million Dollar Show, a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital hosted by Bobby Bones at the Ryman.

Tour & Studio manager for Old Crow Medicine Show

Coming Soon:

Who knows! Drop me a line so we can work together!

my expertise.

event production + producing

I love creating community through concerts, live events, fundraisers, & festivals.

tour + production management

My bread & butter and home away from home. 

creative
direction

Sometimes I combine all those things and get creative with clients.

technical
artistry

My background is in audio, and I’m a wiz at graphics for live events. 

cinnamon
rolls

Here’s the recipe for all to have.

the company 
I keep

I guide artists’ touring careers while aiding and growing other tour & production managers. 

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my experience.

2023 IMYA+IHLY Tour with Del Water Gap 

tour manager

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2023 Efferusphere is Here Tour with Big Wild 

tour manager

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2023 CMB Momentum Conference 

artist advance manager + stage manager

20+ bands. 175+ inputs. I moved the advance process to a full online experience and created stage plots, I/O sheets, and ran the second tightest soundcheck you’ll ever see. 

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2023 Million Dollar Show – producer

Easily my favorite show of the year, MDS is back after a two year hiatus due to COVID. MDS is a fundraiser hosted by Bobby Bones at the Ryman Auditorium benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Announced acts and surprise guests join the Raging Idiots house band for a night of fun and music. 2023 is my first year producing on my own. With the help of an associate producer and two production assistants, I create all advance assets, credential packages, more than 25 individual guest lists, run of show, stage plots, I/O sheets, and the production schedule. On day of show, we’ll throw it all together for the tightest soundcheck you’ll ever see – over 15 artists in the span of two and a half hours.

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2022 Paint This Town Tour with Old Crow Medicine Show  tour manager

I spent over a year with Grammy award winning legacy artist Old Crow Medicine Show managing everything tour related – vendor relationships, multiple bus breakdowns, a revamped hospitality rider, credential packages, guest lists, social media content, and even a tiny bit of herding cats.

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Hartland Studio – manager – 2022

While we weren’t on the road, I spent my time at Hartland managing external clients’ usage of the space and a select number of internal construction and remodeling projects while maintaining the ~vibes~.

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2021 BobbyFest – producer & production manager

A two-day festival in New Braunfels, TX and Kansas City, MO featuring Bobby Bones, Russell Dickerson, Maddie & Tae, Seaforth, Walker Burroughs, and more. With turn key management and some help from my favorite people and production partners, this event was taken from the idea to completion in four months.

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2021 Summer Tour + Headline tour with Larkin Poe 

fill in tour manger

My first tour post COVID, I hopped out with a brand new client to advance and manage their first tour dates after lockdown. My first time working with a well-established touring group who needed no help in rider creation or advance work, this was a fun experience in going with the flow that turned into one of my favorite clients to date.

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2021 Fall Support Tour with Georgia Webster 

tour + production manager

Tapped to spearhead Georgia’s first ever tour in support of Ingrid Andress, this was a blast and a half guiding a brand new artist in her career while creating an environment of comfort plus the occasional rider.

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2020 & 2019 Million Dollar Show 

associate producer + production manager

My first two Million Dollar Shows were spent working on all things related to the stage – production advances, input lists, stage plots. On day of show, I ran the tightest soundcheck and changeover times known to man. For two years in a row, our soundchecks ended on time.

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Some other fun projects:

Stage Manager
Long Hollow Christmas
Hendersonville, TN
December 2020

Associate Director
Wild + Free 2020
Conference Recording
Nashville, TN
October 2020

Stage Manager
SALT Conference
Nashville, TN
October ’18, ’19

Production Assistant
Ubisoft @ GameStop GEM 2019
Plumbago Production
Nashville, TN
August 2019

Key Production Assistant
WeWork Creator Awards
ProductionGlue
Nashville, TN
September 2018

Graphics Op, Show Caller, & Production Assistant
Belmont University Welcome Week
Orange Thread Live
August ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19

Stage Manager
Women’s March 2.0
Bicentennial Mall
Nashville, TN
January 2018

House Manager
30A Songwriters Festival
400+ Seat Venue
South Walton, FL
January ’18, ’19, ’23

Staff & Volunteer Coordinator
Nashville Boogie
Muddy Roots Music
Nashville, TN
May 2017

House Manager
30A Songwriters Festival
100+ Seat Venue
South Walton, FL
January 2017

Graphics Op & Production Assistant
BellaMoxi Dance
Bowling Green, KY & Chicago, IL
2015-2016

hi again!

Telling you about myself on a little website is hard and kinda weird. It’s like an elevator pitch where you can’t hear how excited I get about the work I get to do and the shows I get to bring to life. It’s like I’m trying to shove a resume in your face without saying one word. Y’all, it’s weird. 

I moved to Nashville in 2011 from a small town called Decherd, Tennessee, to go to Belmont. I graduated in 2014 with a degree in audio engineering, which I hardly ever use now besides writing riders and production advances. 

I started touring in 2018, putting Bobby Bones on stage for the last half of his Red Hoodie Comedy Tour. Since then I’ve had the incredible pleasure of working with his full band (the Raging Idiots), Bailey Bryan, Larkin Poe, Georgia Webster, and Old Crow Medicine Show. In 2019, I dipped into producing and production managing the 4th and 5th annual Million Dollar Show fundraisers for St. Jude at the Ryman. And 2021, I produced the inaugural BobbyFest with some colleagues that I also get to call my best friends. 

Right now, you can find me in my home office advancing shows for Big Wild and Orange Thread Live while leading the next generation of tour managers through DGM.

When I’m not working, I’m most likely to be found on the lake with my paddle board or around a fire pit with my best friends. Or in the production suite at Long Hollow Church where I volunteer any Sunday I’m home. My favorite drink is a SunDrop (the glass bottle kind) or Diet Coke (from a can). I bake a lot  (mostly cinnamon rolls). 

my values.

I’ve built my life and the company I keep around these principles.

We exist to do good – in word & deed and at a show.
We move in one direction, together.
We keep going when it gets tough.
We speak clearly and communicate often.
We treat everyone we encounter with dignity and respect.
We chase excellency, not perfection.
We deeply believe that we will do good.