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Get Your Weekend-Face On
Weekends may never be the same in Kansas City. Thanks in part to the explosion of entertainment downtown. Below is a list of major events planned in and around downtown KC over the next month.
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Seven Mary Three/Marcy Playground/Point Of Refuge
Date: 07/16/2009 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads at Grinders, 417 E 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Admission: $21.50-$51.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
Blondie
Date: 08/18/2009 | Time: 7pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads at Grinders, 417 E 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Rock-Rap...
Admission: $28-76.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
Zappa Plays Zappa
Date: 07/11/2009 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads at Grinders, 417 E 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Admission: $30-$76.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
FREE! Hot Country Nights Series: Adam Gregory
Date: 08/20/2009 | Time: 7pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Kansas City Power & Light District, 13th & Walnut Streets, Kansas City, Mo.
Bud Light brings some of the country's hottest groups to the KC Live! stage in the Hot Country Nights summer concert series....
Admission: FREE
Type: Concerts,Major Events
Unbelievable Horse Happening
Dates: 10/22/2009 - 10/25/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Hale Arena, 1701 American Royal Ct., Kansas City, Mo.
This new event will be held in conjunction with the Pro Rodeo and is brought to you by Purina Mills....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
American Royal Barbecue
Dates: 10/01/2009 - 10/04/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: American Royal Complex, 1701 American Royal Ct., Kansas City, Mo.
Barbecue is a way of life in Kansas City, so it's appropriate that the city hosts the world's largest barbecue contest each fall. More than 500 barbecue teams compete in the American Royal Barbecue, referred to as the "World Series of Barbecue." Exp...
Admission: $10
Type: Major Events,Special Events
Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Hornets
Date: 10/15/2009 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City will welcome Big 12 Alumni including Mario Chalmers, Julian Wright and Michael Beasley, when the New Orleans Hornets and Miami Heat tipoff on Oct. 15....
Admission: $10, $30, $50, $65, $90, $200
Type: Major Events,Sports
Cattle Drive
Date: 10/01/2009 | Time: 12 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: 10th St. & Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
It's an authentic "Old West" cattle drive. The drive will head South on Grand Blvd. to 14th St....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
American Royal $25,000 Grand Prix
Date: 10/15/2009 | Time: 7pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Kemper Arena, 1800 Genessee, Kansas City, Mo.
You'll marvel at the best horses and riders in the country soaring their way to $25,000 in the Grand Prix. Walk through the stalls and select your favorite horses and watch the horses compete. Then come and hold your breath as your favorites enter t...
Admission: $17-$23.
Type: Major Events,Special Events
SportsFest Kansas City 2009
Dates: 09/12/2009 - 09/13/2009 | Time: 10am-6pm, Sat.; 12-6pm, Sun. | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Kansas City Power & Light District, 1100 Walnut, Kansas City, Mo.
SportsFest Kansas City will have professional athletes, live radio broadcasting, autograph sessions, live entertainment, interactive activities, vendors, food and lots of fun....
Admission: FREE!
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
74th Annual Ararat Shrine Circus
Dates: 11/12/2009 - 11/15/2009 | Time: 7:30 pm, Thu.-Sat.; 10 am, 2:30 pm, Sat.; 1 pm, 5 pm, Sun. | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Municipal Auditorium, 301 W 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.
The Shrine Circus has been held at the Municipal Auditorium for the last 73 years and has been enjoyed by multitudes of children who are now grandparents themselves. 2009 will mark the 74th consecutive year of our super circus....
Type: Major Events,Special Events
Jonas Brothers
Date: 07/29/2009 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Special guests on “The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009” are American Idol winner and 19 Entertainment/Jive Records' platinum-selling artist, Jordin Sparks, and rising stars, Honor Society. ...
Admission: $29.50, $49.50, $69.50, $89.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
Rod Stewart
Date: 07/28/2009 | Time: 8 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Rod Stewart returns to Kansas City for his first-ever stop at Sprint Center on July 28 . The tour will provide fans with the perfect summer setting to enjoy hits from throughout Stewart's extraordinary four decade-long career....
Admission: $49.50, $69.50, $89.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
Cruefest 2
Date: 08/09/2009 | Time: 5pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Motley Crue will perform the entire album, Dr. Feelgood, from beginning to end at every performance on their Summer festival tour, Crüe Fest 2. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Dr. Feelgood, which became the Crüe's first #1 alb...
Admission: $29.50 and up.
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
Chris Botti
Date: 09/25/2009 | Time: 8pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Midland Theatre, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever," muses the best-selling jazz artist Chris Botti when talking about his new album, Italia. "It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated, but when yo...
Admission: $35-49.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
Date: 07/03/2009 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City, Mo.
Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation's largest art walks. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
Date: 08/07/2009 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City, Mo.
Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation's largest art walks. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
Date: 09/04/2009 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City, Mo.
Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation's largest art walks. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
Date: 10/02/2009 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City, Mo.
Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation's largest art walks. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
Date: 11/06/2009 | Time: 7-9 pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Crossroads Arts District, Kansas City, Mo.
Join the thousands that explore the galleries and shops in the Crossroads Arts District for one of the nation's largest art walks. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Major Events,Special Events
Broadway Across America presents "Spring Awakening"
Dates: 10/13/2009 - 10/18/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Music Hall, 301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Broadway's most talked about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award Winner in years. "Spring Awakening" is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical in years....
Admission: $30-$61
Type: Major Events,Theatre
Broadway Across America presents "Wicked"
Dates: 11/11/2009 - 12/06/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Music Hall, 301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the...
Type: Major Events,Theatre
5th Annual Kansas City Fringe Festival
Dates: 07/19/2009 - 07/26/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Various locations, Downtown, Kansas City, Mo.
The KC Fringe Festival - now in its fifth year - is jam-packed with live theater, dance, performance art, visual art, spoken word, puppetry, storytelling, film and fashion. ...
Type: Major Events,Music & Dance
Green Day
Date: 08/12/2009 | Time: 8pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Green Day has announced tour dates to their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years. The band composed of singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, are touring in support of t...
Admission: $25.00, 49.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
American Idols Live! Tour
Date: 08/30/2009 | Time: 7pm | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Fans of America's #1 show will once again have the chance to catch their favorite "Idols" performing live in concert, as the top 10 contestants from American Idol season 8 hit the road in the highly anticipated summer tour....
Admission: $40.50-69.50
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance