Matthew West - Come Home For Christmas, The Concert - St. Petersburg, FL

Start: Sunday, December 10, 2023 7:00PM
End: Sunday, December 10, 2023 9:30PM

Come Home for Christmas, The Concert - Christian Contemporary Music Artist Matthew West will be in concert at Calvary Chapel St. Petersburg in Pinellas Park on Sunday, December 10th 2023 at 7pm. Details at thejoyfm.com. Before becoming an award-winning CCM star, Illinois native Matthew West began his professional career penning hits for other artists including Billy Ray Cyrus, Rascal Flatts, and Point of Grace. By the mid-2000s, he'd secured a major-label deal and found widespread success in the Christian music market. Originally, he wanted to play baseball, professionally. However, when he was offered a four-year music scholarship to Millikan University, he accepted it. It was a decision that changed the direction of his life. Matthew West is a five-time GRAMMY® nominee, a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner and a 2018 Dove Award Songwriter of the Year (Artist) recipient. He has received an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and named Billboard’s Hot Christian Songwriter of the Year. A recipient of the Rich Mullins Impact Award, West also received a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination for Original Music & Lyrics for the title track for the feature film “The Heart of Christmas.” He has been awarded a RIAA Gold certification for his single “Hello, My Name Is” and RIAA Platinum certification for the song “The Motions.” In addition to his own recording career, he has more than 130 songwriting credits to his name, including cuts by Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Mandisa, Danny Gokey and others, along with back-to-back No. 1 songs by Casting Crowns including their recent single, “Nobody,” which West is featured. Adding author to his list of accolades, West has written six books to date: Give This Christmas Away, The Story Of Your Life, Forgiveness, Today Is Day One, Hello, My Name Is, and his latest, The God Who Stays.