Melissa Carbone

She is the creator and founder of Ten Thirty One Productions which owns Haunted Hayrides in Los Angeles and New York and the Great Horror Campout.

It has hosted acts like Florida Georgia Line, Toby Keith, Nelly, Hardy, Brantley Gilbert, Brett Eldredge, Lee Brice, Jake Owen, Billy Currington, Chris Janson, Big Boi, Lindsay Ell, Blanco Brown, Clint Black, Nate Smith and others.

[citation needed] Carbone hosted a second Tailgate Fest in 2019, following the success of the first festival and brought it back for its third year in 2022 after being paused due to the pandemic.

The festival has been broadcast on Country Music Television (CMT) and featured in Billboard, Rolling Stone, Pollstar, Extra, Guitar Girl Magazine, and others.

[citation needed] In addition to being featured in publications such as Forbes, Fortune, and Entrepreneur, Carbone has appeared on The Today Show as an industry expert and called a "market maker" by Bloomberg News.