On their facebook page Fort Riley has announced that USO and Family and MWR are bringing country music performer Kellie Pickler to Fort Riley for a free show. It will be August 18 at Riley’s Conference Center.

Pickler first gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol.

In 2006 she signed to 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist, releasing her debut album, Small Town Girl, that year. As of 2014 it had sold more than 900,000 copies. The album, which was certified gold by the RIAA, produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Charges.

On May 21, 2013 Pickler and her partner Derek Hough were declared the winners of sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.