Travis Kelce ‘called in favors’ for his Kelce Jam music festival lineup in Kansas City next weekend – with Lil Wayne and Diplo headlining

Travis Kelce personally curated the lineup for his ‘Kelce Jam’ music festival in Kansas City next weekend and apparently even called in a few favors to get Lil Wayne and Diplo to the top of the bill.

The three-time Super Bowl winner will host the second edition of his festival on Saturday with a mega lineup in Kansas City and 20,000 fans are expected to attend.

And two of Kelce’s food partners for the event – ​​Medium Rare founders Joe Silberzweig and Adam Richman – have praised the Chiefs star for the effort he put into keeping the event going.

“Travis is putting together the lineup here,” Richman said Chief’s thread. “These were names he was looking for, and he knew they were not only his favorites, but that they had a good impact on the city.

Kelce has been praised for the efforts he has put in ahead of his big day on Saturday

Kelce apparently has a $15 million budget to host more “Kelce Jam” shows in the future

“KC would be great names for him to bring, and he wants to bring a mix of hip-hop and electronic music. And I think we did a good balancing act electronically through Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz and Diplo.

“He has his finger on the pulse of the city and can call in favors against legends that might not otherwise have come about. I don’t think Lil Wayne has been in Kansas City for a while. (He) may not have come, but if Travis Kelce calls, you answer.

“That’s proven here with Lil Wayne being such an iconic legend coming to perform for ‘Kelce Jam’ because of the relationship between him and Travis.”

Silberzweig added, “What was important to Travis is that this festival feels like it’s for everyone and that younger, old, moving families want to come.

‘Whatever your taste, this festival is for the masses. This is for the people of KC. They start at $49, and the musical lineup speaks to that, right? It’s a little bit of everything.

‘We have a number of local DJs who open and build up the whole evening with our headliners.’

In addition to Lil Wayne and Diplo, 2 Chainz, Irie and EV are also on the program. Tickets, which start at $50, are still available at the time of writing.

It has been reported that Kelce will take the festival across the United States next year with a series of dates in cities from Los Angeles to Miami. Last year Kelce had Machine Gun Kelly headlining the event.

According to The Sun, he apparently has a budget of $15 million to perform shows in the future.

Kelce is currently in Paris, where he attended girlfriend Taylor Swift’s final show during her Eras Tour.

Swift definitely won’t be at Kelce Jam this weekend — the date clashes with her show in Stockholm, Sweden.