Selena Gomez’s Rare Impact Fund Benefit Sets Leon Bridges & Bella Kay as Performers

Leon Bridges and Bella Kay will join Selena Gomez‘s annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit for a night of music and mental health advocacy, Billboard can exclusively reveal.

The two artists will perform at the fourth annual event — titled Rare Impact Fund Benefit: A Night of Radiance & Reflection — taking place Oct. 14 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Gomez will host the evening, with Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor and comedian Sean Hayes serving as emcee.

Bridges brings a Grammy-winning career to the stage, along with a hefty Billboard chart history. The singer/songwriter’s 2013 debut album, Coming Home, peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, while his 2018 follow-up, Good Thing, also reached No. 3. His 2021 album Gold-Diggers Sound debuted at No. 51 on the chart.

Kay, meanwhile, is a newer name on everyone’s radar, though no stranger to Billboard as of late. The singer/songwriter was recently featured on the cover of Billboard‘s “The Up-And-Comers” issue, spotlighting her among other artists to watch as she continues to carve out her spot in the music industry.

Both performers feel personally about the cause at hand. Bridges said in a statement to Billboard that participating in an event that creates “real, tangible access to help for young people” is a privilege. Kay similarly noted that music has “always been an outlet for making sense of my own mental health and vulnerabilities, so being part of an evening dedicated to expanding youth mental health support hits very close to home.”

“I’m deeply grateful to every one of our amazing sponsors and to the extraordinarily talented Leon Bridges and Bella Kay for supporting our fourth annual Rare Impact Fund,” Selena Gomez says in a statement to Billboard. “Shining a light on youth mental health is something we cannot do alone, and having their support not only inspires me, but directly touches the lives of millions of young people around the world.”

The performances by Bridges and Kay will anchor an evening built around fundraising for the Rare Impact Fund, which Gomez launched in 2020 alongside Rare Beauty. The organization has raised more than $30 million since its inception and supports 30 nonprofit partners across five continents, reaching an estimated 3.5 million young people annually.

The fund is working toward a goal of mobilizing $100 million for organizations that increase access to youth mental health services and education around the world.