Hear how the Newhouse court advocacy program works with the Kansas City Municipal Domestic Violence Court to bring about social change.

“Won’t you ride along with me?” Following the hugely successful Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: King for a Day tour that traveled to more than 50 communities in 2019, Daniel Tiger and all his friends from the beloved Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS television series are hopping back aboard Trolley for Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: Neighbor Day.

Nappy Roots comes to Kansas City.

If you have a dark sense of humor and like your true crime stories paired with a glass of wine, then you need to check out the true crime/comedy podcast, Wine & Crime! Each week, hosts Kenyon, Lucy, and Amanda, choose a different true crime topic, pair it with a wine, delve into the psychology…

You know these tunes even if you don’t know the composer well. From the “Clown Song” (Entrance of the Gladiators) to The Sorcerer’s Apprentice made famous in Disney’s “Fantasia,” enjoy an evening of one-hit orchestral wonders played live by your Kansas City Symphony. The frenetic Sabre Dance is a throwback to spinning plates on the…

Lukas Nelson knows all about legacies. Indeed he’s been hard at work carving his own for most of his young, but extremely eventful, life. Balancing his work as the front man of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real — an emergent and vital force in American music — with his regular gig as Neil…

The Devastation on the Nation Tour comes to Kansas City with Rotting Christ, Borknagar, Wolfheart, Abigail Williams and Imperial Triumphant.

Confidence actualizes risk-taking and the fulfillment of dreams. Emboldened by new levels of belief and shared growth over the course of a decade-plus together, Big Gigantic follow a path towards creative and personal awakening on their seventh full-length album, Free Your Mind. The Boulder, CO duo—Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken—articulate meaningful and melodic songs through…

Comedian Heather Land brings her “I Ain’t Doin It” to Kansas City.

Railroad Earth can jam with the best of them and they have some bluegrass influences, but they use drums and amplifiers (somewhat taboo in the bluegrass world). What kind of music is it then? Mandolin/vocalist John Skehan offers this semi-descriptive term: “I always describe it as a string band, but an amplified string band with…

Shay Estes has been singing in Kansas City's famous jazz clubs for eight years, performing with the likes of Mark Southerland, Mark Lowrey, Brad Cox and many others. Her current focus is on Brazilian jazz and the various styles that shaped it. Matt Otto is currently the Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University…

The Bacchus Foundation is excited to invite Kansas City to the 65th Annual Bacchus Ball: A Night in The Bayou, March 28, 2020! All are invited to enjoy a night of fundraising and debauchery, just as one would expect in the heart of jazz and voodoo, or in this case, the InterContinental Kansas City At…

Cole Swindell brings the Down to Earth Tour to Kansas City.

The current cast members of the Emmy-nominated TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? are proud to present their new improv tour: Whose Live Anyway? Whose Live Anyway? is 90 minutes of hilarious improvised comedy and song all based on audience suggestions. Cast members Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, Dave Foley, and Joel Murray will…

Indie rockers The Unlikely Candidates come to Kansas City.

Blue October, the San Marcos, TX-based band known for shimmering rock songs and haunting lyrics on albums such as 2009’s Billboard Top 15 debut, Approaching Normal, 2011’s Billboard Top Ten debut Any Man In America and the Platinum-selling Foiled, makes a triumphant return with Sway (Up/Down Records), the band’s first album in two years.

Molly Hammer has been performing in the Kansas City area since 2005. With an eclectic vocal background, she has found her home in the world of jazz and blues, drawing inspiration from the likes of Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Sara Vaughn, and many others. She has had the privilege of performing with some of the…

Honor and commemorate the sacrifices of Vietnam veterans and their families on National Vietnam Veterans Day. This program will feature two keynote addresses and a service pinning ceremony. Signed into law in 2017, the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act designates March 29 of each year as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, which is part of…

What was music like in the 60s? Roots rock emerged in the mid to late 1960s as a combination of several genres and subgenres of rock music that were popular at the time. The Kansas City Symphony performs the era’s groovy music from movies, Broadway and radio at this benefit featuring live and silent auctions…