During a recent trip to Nashville, Tennessee, Kelce, 34, made a stop at Morgan Wallen’s This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen and posed for pictures with locals as he was in town for an annual event to lift up the next generation of NFL tight-end hopefuls.
Kelce’s visit to the Broadway-located venue, where thousands of fans of the “Last Night” singer, 31, flock to each year, occurred on Monday, the same day that he was photographed at the opening ceremony for Tight End University (TEU) in Music City.
After a welcoming party at a local hotel in Nashville, the entire group — which is made up of the NFL’s tight ends — headed to Wallen’s bar for a night of fun and camaraderie at one of their private spaces, ET has learned.
The evening was facilitated by Fabiano Santos, This Bar & Tennessee Kitchen’s director of artist relations, who is close friends with Wallen and some of the players. “Look who found his way to THIS BAR last night! @killatrav,” Fabiano posted on Instagram, sharing photos alongside Kelce.
Wallen did not appear to be at the bar when Kelce made a short pit stop. The singer is currently preparing to head back out on the road for his One Night at a Time tour, which includes stops in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Denver, Colorado, before the end of June.
The “Whiskey Glasses” crooner has been on a hiatus since early May when he performed at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, but has a summer packed with concerts across the U.S. before he takes his show across the pond with stops in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Ireland and more.
Regardless of Wallen’s availability, Kelce made it a point to visit the popular destination while in town.
The Chiefs player, who won his third Super Bowl ring in February with the Missouri team, is currently hosting TEU alongside retired NFL player Greg Olsen and San Francisco 49ers professional baller George Kittle — his co-founders and collaborators on the annual event.
“Founded in 2021 by NFL Tight Ends George Kittle, Travis Kelce and Greg Olsen, Tight End University was created to bring the Tight End community together for an immersive three-day program,” a description for the TEU organization reads.
While the distance has certainly been difficult for the couple — who began dating in summer 2023 — sources recently shared with ET that they are making it work and prioritizing each other as they are apart.
A source told ET in mid-June that “Taylor and Travis make sure that the current long-distance aspect of their relationship doesn’t last very long. They both move their schedules around if it’s feasible and try to carve out as much time as they can to see each other, as well as each other’s families and friends.”
They added, “They prioritize each other and do anything and everything to make each other happy. Their relationship is genuine and they both want to make it work, so it does.”
