{"id":338003,"date":"2026-09-04T13:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338003\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:14:17","slug":"tori-kelly-turns-an-unexpected-schedule-change-into-a-memorable-new-york-state-fair-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/338003\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Kelly Turns an Unexpected Schedule Change Into a Memorable New York State Fair Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tori Kelly was originally set to perform at Suburban Park at The Great New York State Fair at 8 p.m. Wednesday. However, due to a weather advisory and flooding on the fairgrounds earlier in the day, her performance was moved up to 5 p.m. Unfortunately, the schedule change meant that many fans who had planned to attend her set were unable to make it but, those who did make it to Suburban Park showed just how much Kelly\u2019s music and connection with her fans mean to them.<\/p>\n

\"ToriPhoto: Mandy Lain \u2013 Tori Kelly at Suburban Park<\/p>\n

Kelly is an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to fame after posting to YouTube before signing to a major label and releasing Unbreakable Smile<\/a> in 2015. She has since gained Grammy recognition, building a career in blending R&B, pop, and soul.<\/p>\n

\"ToriPhoto: Mandy Lain \u2013 Tori Kelly at Suburban Park<\/p>\n

As soon as she came on stage, the crowd lit up in excitement. They were ready to see Tori Kelly, even with a shortened setlist and an impending storm coming to Syracuse. \u2018thing you do\u2019<\/a> from her fifth studio album, TORI. was clearly a hit as fans waved their arms back and forth to her singing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAlright NY, I see y\u2019all dancing; it\u2019s real cute, but I need to turn the energy up real quick,\u201d and they did as soon as \u2018oceans\u2019 started. Attendees of all ages were singing back, enjoying Kelly\u2019s set even if it wasn\u2019t how they pictured their day going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ToriPhoto: Mandy Lain \u2013 Tori Kelly at Suburban Park<\/p>\n

Kelly expressed to everyone how good it feels to play new music: \u201cThis song is really special. I mean, they\u2019re all special; I say that about every song, but this one I just basically wrote it about somebody who I felt hurt by, and the only place I really know to go is my music.\u201d<\/p>\n

That song was \u2018Pray for You\u2019<\/a>; special in meaning, clearly resonating with everyone present. From the lighting choices to the backing track, Kelly drew in the audience through the story of being hurt and trying to be the bigger person.<\/p>\n

\"AudiencePhoto: Mandy Lain \u2013 Tori Kelly Fans at Suburban Park<\/p>\n

Kelly also took the audience back a little with songs like \u2018Hallow,\u2019<\/a> encouraging the crowd to sing the \u201cohhh\u201d back to her, as well as other hits like \u2018I\u2019ll Find You\u2019 <\/a>and \u2018Should\u2019ve Been Us.\u2019<\/a> Kelly smiled throughout the entire set as fans showed up for her unexpected, earlier-than-planned, and shorter performance. Despite the last-minute change, the connection between Kelly and the audience made the show special, one that those in attendance won\u2019t soon forget.\"Tori<\/a>\"Tori<\/a>\"Tori<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tori Kelly was originally set to perform at Suburban Park at The Great New York State Fair at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50,126928],"class_list":["post-338003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-tori-kelly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}