KET’s SummerPledge 2023, which runs August 12-20, features special performances from some of the most beloved music artists spanning six decades. During SummerPledge donation, viewers can support KET by calling in their pledge to (800) 866-0366 or donating online at KET.org/Donate. With your SummerPledge donation, you’re helping KET purchase your favorite KET programs — which cost $3.5 million a year — including Masterpiece dramas, Nova, Finding Your Roots, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and all the other classic movies, documentaries, and programs not found anywhere else. Thank you for your generous support.

SummerPledge 2023 programs include:  

Johnny Cash: Man in Black – Live in Denmark 1971
This 1971 concert features duets with his wife June Carter Cash as well as appearances by the legendary Maybelle Carter, Carl Perkins and the Statler Brothers.
KET Saturday, Aug. 12 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Wednesday, Aug. 16 • 11:30/10:30 pm

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: A Life on Stage
Take a trip down memory lane with the “Jersey Boys” on the 60th anniversary of the release of their first #1 hit, “Sherry.”
KET Sunday, Aug. 13 • 6/5 pm
KET2 Tuesday, Aug. 15 • 9/8 pm

Broadway’s Brightest Lights
The best and brightest theater talents perform some of Broadway’s greatest show tunes, featuring Tony Award-winning Broadway star Megan Hilty alongside The American Pops Orchestra.
KET Sunday, Aug. 13 • 7:30/6:30 pm

John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High
This 1974 concert from Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater features the singer-songwriter in his prime.
KET Monday, Aug. 14 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Sunday, Aug. 13 • 1:30/12:30 pm

I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston became one of the most accomplished recording artists of all time, but her heart was always in Gospel music. From her first performance in front of an audience to the best-selling Gospel album of all time, The Preacher’s Wife, experience how profoundly Gospel music influenced her personal life and shaped her career.
KET Wednesday, Aug. 16 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Thursday, Aug. 17 • 8/7 pm

Roy Orbison & Friends: A Black and White Night
Celebrate the music legend in an iconic 1987 concert with Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and more!
KET Wednesday, Aug. 16 • 9:30/8:30 pm
KET2 Friday, Aug. 18 • 7/6 pm

Kenny Rogers Live in Concert
Filmed at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1983, this concert features Kenny Rogers at the top of his game with a set list that includes six number one songs.
KET Thursday, Aug. 17 • 8/7 pm
KET2 Saturday, Aug. 12 • 2/1 pm

With your donation to KET, you can receive tickets to these special events!

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Sunday, Aug. 27 | Rupp Arena, Lexington

Tommy Emmanuel
Saturday, Oct. 21 | Taft Theater, Cincinnati

Joanne Shaw Taylor
Saturday, Nov. 11 | Kentucky Center for the Arts, Bomhard Theater, Louisville

Andrea Bocelli
Saturday, Dec. 2 | KFC Yum! Center, Louisville

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