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Mobile Music Box Outdoor Concerts. Your KC Symphony musicians perform free outdoor Chamber Music concerts across the metro, weather permitting, most with our Mobile Music Box stage.
May 23, 2022 · Enjoy a FREE (or cheap) outdoor concert at one of Kansas City's local parks or attractions. This summer you can enjoy every genre of music from country to bluegrass, jazz to Latin, Mariachi to classical, rock to pop, you name it... KC has it all!
Sit back and relax or get up and dance. Lenexa’s Outdoor Concert Series is the perfect way to cap off your weekend in a laid-back atmosphere. Pack a picnic and grab a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy live music at beautiful Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park Grand Pavilion.
- Sunset Music Fest at Town Center Plaza
- Future Stages
- Jam Sessions at The Blue Room
- Hot Country Nights
- Nighthawk
- Juneteenth KC
- Make Music Day
- First Sundays at Volker Park
- Kansas City’S Lawn Party
- Spotlight: Charlie Parker
Hoping to attract foot traffic, area shopping centers are dependable sources of free summer entertainment. Two concerts in the Sunset Music Fest series at Town Center Plazathis summer outshine the competition. The formidable blues-rock belter Danielle Nicolerose to prominence in the Kansas City-based family band Trampled Under Foot. Her 2018 releas...
The appeal of the five-hour Future Stages Festival at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Artsis twofold. This annual free event features a remarkable lineup of locally based talent. The Kansas City Boys and Girls Choirs (4 p.m. in Helzberg Hall) and the youth ensemble 5 Star Jazz Band(noon at St. Luke’s Outdoor Stage) are representative of the ...
Several of the jam sessions held during Kansas City’s jazz heyday are legendary. The tradition continues at The Blue Room, the nightclub operated by the American Jazz Museum, which offers an essential Kansas City experience every Monday evening. These free events typically begin with an opening performance by the jam session host at 7 p.m. Followin...
The free shows in the Hot Country Nightsconcert series, in the Power & Light District, are among Kansas City’s biggest bargains. Thousands of country fans pack the neon-lit courtyard at KC Live! stage on Thursday evenings to hear performances by hit-making stars. All are welcome, but the throngs of young singles that dominate the audiences can caus...
Nighthawk immediately joined the ranks of Kansas City’s most inviting basement lounges when it opened in late 2021. The eclectic atmosphere beneath Hotel Kansas Cityadds a fresh spin to the speakeasy concept. There’s no cover charge for the frequent performances at Nighthawk. Amber Underwood, the Kansas City jazz flutist who performs a jazz-inflect...
Juneteenth KCis one of Kansas City’s most meaningful parties, timed just before Juneteenth, the federal holiday also known as Emancipation Day. Headlining the musical component of this year’s event -- Saturday, June 17 at 18th & Vine -- are stars on the Southern blues circuit. The feel-good songs of headliners Sir Charles Jones (9 p.m.) and Pokey B...
Make Music Day has become a global phenomenon since originating in France three decades ago. Kansas City is among the hundreds of cities hosting free performances on Wednesday, June 21. Many of the performances sponsored by Make Music Day KC take place in unconventional settings. Alan Voss, a jazz guitarist who released a fine debut album in March,...
Calling all hippies: The First Sundays at Volker Parkconcert series is a counterculture time machine -- bringing listeners back to a period when longhaired musicians performed for fans smoking funny-smelling “cigarettes.” At the park east of the Country Club Plaza, The Mad Kings, Broken Pieces and Lee Walter Redding will play nostalgic grooves from...
Taking place on the sprawling green space south of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City's Lawn Partyresembles the Mad Tea Party in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” The myriad of games, costumed entertainers and permanent art collection in the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Parkcan be wondrously mystifying. Yet attendees would be remiss if t...
Jazz icon Charlie Parker may be the Kansas City area’s most famous native son. Yet his relationship with his hometown during his brief life was complicated. The Spotlight: Charlie Parkerinitiative seeks to resolve some of the tension by honoring the jazz icon every August. Parker was born August 29, 1920. Tia Fuller, one of today’s most prominent j...
Singer-songwriter Nicole Springer opens for the Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra, an ensemble blending the rich rhythms of Latin Jazz with the vibrant influences of Afro-Caribbean and South American folk music.
Listen to some of your favorite songs under the stars after spending a summer day in Downtown Overland Park. Singer-songwriter Nicole Springer opens for the Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra, an ensemble blending the rich rhythms of Latin Jazz with the vibrant.
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From parks and plazas to charming neighborhood streets, open-air stages become the backdrop for the ultimate summer music fun. Outdoor live music in Kansas City offers an immersive experience that blends the beauty of nature with the power of music.
