LifeAlaska · August 26, 2026
fairbanks, she's coming home
A Fairbanks kid who went platinum with Exposé and sang alongside Ringo Starr is coming home to play four Alaska shows in four days.
Daily Alaska staff · August 26, 2026
Kelly Moneymaker, a Fairbanks-born vocalist, songwriter and filmmaker, returns to Alaska this week for four concerts in four days. Moneymaker sang in the platinum-selling vocal group Exposé, which climbed the Billboard charts, and has recorded with Ringo Starr, Diana Ross and Meat Loaf.
The tour opens Friday, August 28, at The Boatel on Riverside Drive in Fairbanks, with special guest 3-Chord Ho. Moneymaker plays Bernie's Bungalow in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, August 29, then The Sluice Box at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Sunday, August 30. On Monday, August 31, she appears at the Native Voices Film Festival at the fair for a music video panel and a film screening and Q&A.
Moneymaker's songs have appeared in Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Hawaii Five-0 and Cobra Kai. Her newest singles have drawn more than a million streams, and she was named best female vocalist this year at an awards show in Los Angeles.
Her touring band, In The Black, includes drummer Herman Matthews of Tower of Power, guitarists Jamie Kime of Zappa Plays Zappa and Matt Waldrum, and bassist Wade Biery, a fellow Alaskan who has toured with Kenny Loggins.
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When and where is Kelly Moneymaker playing?
August 28 at The Boatel in Fairbanks, August 29 at Bernie's Bungalow in Anchorage, August 30 at The Sluice Box at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, and August 31 at the Native Voices Film Festival at the fair.
Who plays in her band?
Her band In The Black includes drummer Herman Matthews of Tower of Power, guitarists Jamie Kime and Matt Waldrum, and bassist Wade Biery, who has toured with Kenny Loggins.
Where can I buy tickets?
Tour information and tickets are at kellymoneymaker.com.
What is Kelly Moneymaker known for?
She sang in the platinum-selling vocal group Exposé and has recorded with Ringo Starr, Diana Ross, Meat Loaf and Enya, and her songs have appeared in Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Hawaii Five-0 and Cobra Kai.
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- Kelly Moneymaker's Alaska tour runs August 28 through 31, 2026 with stops in Fairbanks, Anchorage and Palmer. · kellymoneymaker.com
- Kelly Moneymaker sang in the platinum-selling vocal group Exposé. · kellymoneymaker.com
- Her touring band In The Black includes Herman Matthews of Tower of Power, Jamie Kime of Zappa Plays Zappa, Matt Waldrum, and Wade Biery of the Kenny Loggins band. · kellymoneymaker.com
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