Who is Chelsea
Chelsea Cankars’ 15 plus years experience, started her creative career with a successful music/fashion blog, Stic-of-the-Week. She collaborated with JewelMint (Kate Bosworth’s company) on events, teamed with H&M at Coachella 2009 during the Widget Era - Pre-Instagram. Cankar has been written up in Refinery29, taught at Miami Ad School, written for RedEye Chicago and Chicago Magazine to name a few accomplishments.
Chelsea, worked in experiential events, marketing, event marketing and artist development at Universal Music Group, Interscope Records and Paquin Entertainment. Some acts she has worked with include The 1975, Machine Gun Kelly, Imagine Dragons, Schoolboy Q, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Madonna, K Camp, Rixton, X Ambassadors, Disclosure, RAC, Jessie Ware, Rae Sremmurd, Tame Impala, Sir Sly, Young Rising Sons, The Struts, Yelawolf, Frank Turner, Years & Years, Ryn Weaver, Carly Rae Jepsen, Aaron Raitiere, Wild Rivers, Priyanka, Lainey Wilson, Dasha, Bailey Zimmerman, Cameron Whitcomb and Carter Faith.
Cankar Creative has a strong track record of designing and managing high-profile events in the music industry along with brands. In 2023, we designed the Country Artist Experience for Happenstance Whiskey at Sony Music's CMA Festival event. In 2024, we designed the VIP Tour Fan Experience for Lainey Wilson's "Country's Cool Again" tour and also designed and project-managed the Warner Music Nashville CMA Awards Event, sponsored by Mad Rabbit.
In 2025, we have designed and project-managed the Honors (women's golf company) PGA Show booth, project-managed and designed / event produced Warner Music's 2025 Heatwave House, and designed, project-managed Dashville's (Dasha) CMA 2025 Event, event produced/ designed JVN | Ulta Chicago event, and designed/ event produced a four city (Dallas, Chicago, LA & Nashville) Bailey Zimmerman album listening event for his album ‘Different Night Same Rodeo’, Cameron Whitcomb ‘The Hard Way’ album release event in LA at Mad Rabbit Studios, Amazon Music Country Heat at Grand Ole Opry Studio A after party featuring Carter Faith, and event produced WME Official CMA 2025 After Party.
Cankar Creative specializes in event production, branding, project management and design. The company works with preferred fabricators in NYC, LA, Nashville, Orlando and Chicago to create interactive & experiential events for music fans and consumers.
Cankar Creative Foundation specializes in VIP Meet & Greets, Fan Experiences, and album release parties. This expertise comes from my extensive background in these areas during my time at Universal Music Group & Interscope Records, as well as from my earlier days as a blogger the DJ’ed and had events. Our company has since expanded to serve a diverse range of clients, including those in sports, lifestyle, and beauty corporations.
Cankar Creative continues to push the boundaries and see the trends in design, AI Design, event marketing, event digital marketing, experimental events and branding. This puts clients they work with ahead of the curve with other brands. They will sustain fans and costumers from creating memorable experiences with friends & family.

