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Jazz Combo Concert
Dates: Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Ensemble Series...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Kansas City Jazz,Music & Dance
A.F.I.
Dates: Nov. 6 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $26
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Playing for Change
Dates: Nov. 7 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $35 and up!
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Dashboard Confessional
Dates: Nov. 8 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $30
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Chevelle
Dates: Nov. 11 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $23
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Rob Bell
Dates: Nov. 12 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $20
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Rob Zombie
Dates: Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $35
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
311 & Kotton Mouth Kings
Dates: Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $45.50
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Thanksgiving with The Schwag
Dates: Nov. 25 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Black Friday with Black Knights
Dates: Nov. 26 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $45
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Swell Season
Dates: Nov. 30 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Historic Uptown Theater Complex has four distinct rooms to provide the ultimate setting for Weddings, Holiday Parties, Corporate Events, Fundraisers, Political Events, Banquets, Seminars, Trade Shows and, of course, Concerts....
Admission: $20
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Fall Dance Concert
Dates: Nov. 5-7 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

TICE: Ghost us
WILLIAMS: Utmost
HENRY: Percussion Suite
HIETT: Bound too...
WEBER: Between Impulse and Action
MADISON-CANNON: The Widows
...
Admission: $8, $6 seniors, UMKC faculty, staff, and all students free with UMKC or student ID.
Type: Music & Dance
Steven Lambert, jazz saxophone
Dates: Fri., Nov. 6 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital with Will Crain, piano, Ben Leifer, bass and Brad Williams, drums
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Clayton DeLong, jazz guitar
Dates: Fri., Nov. 6 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital with Paul Shinn, piano and Will Crain, piano, Ben Leifer, bass, and Matt Leifer, drums
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Conservatory Kids Club: Dr. Seuss and Zoo Friends
Dates: Sat., Nov. 7 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Conservatory Kids Club performances are ideal for children ages 3 - 8 and their families. Featuring Dean Peter Witte conducting UMKC Conservatory musicians, join us for the contemporary sounds of barn dancing, a fawn, a mouse and many cats including...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Jeff Millen, cello
Dates: Sat., Nov. 7 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Undergraduate Recital....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Emily Harris, soprano
Dates: Sat., Nov. 7 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Mu Phi Epsilon Recital
Dates: Sun., Nov. 8 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
Join the Alpha Kappa chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon for their biannual recital.
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Master Class: Madeleine Shapiro, cello
Dates: Mon., Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center 125, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master Class...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Debra Taylor, trombone
Dates: Mon., Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Rd., Prairie Village, Kan.

WEBER/LAUBE: Romanza appassionata
VIVALDI: Sonata in A minor, Op. 14, No. 3/RV 43
PIRARD: Concerto for Trombone "States of the Soul"
TELEMANN: Sonata in B minor
SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes, Op. 34
STOJOWSKI: Fantaisie
RABE: Basta
---...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Master Class: Debra Taylor, trombone
Dates: Mon., Nov. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center 128, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Debra Taylor has been the Principal Trombonist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra since 1989. She teaches trombone and chamber music at the University of New Mexico. She is a member of the Southwest Jazz Orchestra, which is comprised of the regi...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Student Chamber Ensembles
Dates: Tue., Nov. 10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
BERGER: Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon in C Major
BOZZA: Trois pieces pour musique de nuit pour flute, hautbois, clarinette, et bassoon
WEBERN: Langsamer Satz, M. 78
LI: Mo Suo's Burial Ceremony
HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik for W...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
ArtSounds: Intermedia
Dates: Tue., Nov. 10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall, Kansas City Art Institute, 4415 Warwick St., Kansas City, Mo.

Madeleine Shapiro, cello
An evening presenting works for solo cello with a variety of media;
electronics, video, and spoken word. Recent pieces from Madeleine's Nature Project plus a Kansas City premiere....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
UMKC Brass Chamber Ensembles
Dates: Tue., Nov. 11 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
MARTINO: Fantasy
DUKAS: Fanfare from La péri
J.S. BACH: Contrapunctus XI
BARROWS: La Chasse
EWALD: Quintet for Brass No. 1, Op. 5
CHEETHAM: Scherzo
WEBER: Jagerchor from Der Freischütz
GOGOLAK: Fair Play
KOETSIER: Brass Quintet
DILORENZO: F...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Kaci Schick, clarinet
Dates: Fri., Nov. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master's Recital with Tate Addis, piano and Tara Byrdsong, flute; Noah Tucker, oboe; Austin Way, bassoon; and Kristin Gates, horn
WEBER: Concerto for Clarinet No. 1 in F Minor, J 114/Op. 73
MESSIAEN: "Abyss of the Birds" from Quatuor pour la fin...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Student Chamber Ensembles
Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

MUCZYNSKI: Six Duos for two flutes, Op. 34
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachiana brasileiras No. 6 for Flute and Bassoon
C.M. WEBER: Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano in G Minor, J 259/Op. 63
W.A. MOZART: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581
BRAHMS...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Academy Master Class: Carter Enyeart, cello
Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, Rm. 326, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

In his current position as the Rose Ann Carr Millsap/Missouri Distinguished Professor of Cello at the Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Mr. Enyeart also serves as Coordinator of String Chamber Music. He is director of the annua...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Guest Artist Recital: Benjamin Pierce, euphonium
Dates: Sat., Nov. 14 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Dr. Benjamin Pierce is a member of the music faculty at the University of Arkansas, where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium and directs the tuba/euphonium ensemble. Ben holds a bachelors degree in euphonium performance from Bowling Green State U...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Carol Chapman, soprano
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Carol Chapman, soprano, has garnered praise as a versatile singer of oratorio, recital and opera through engagements with the Bach Society of St. Louis, Masterworks Chorale, American Kontorei, the Liberty Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Chamber Orc...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
John Jenkins, bass trombone
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Westport Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Recital with Patricia Higdon, piano and Anna Garcia, trumpet; Andy Harms, trumpet; Eric Jackson, horn; and Sarah Braun, bass trombone
LIEB: Concertino basso
WILDER: Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Othello, Op. 79
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Yang Ding, piano
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.
Master's Recital
J.S. BACH: Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Piano No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 "The Hunt"
GODOWSKY: Study on Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 1 in C Major
CHOPIN: Etude for Piano, Op. 10, N...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Lauren Wells, composition
Dates: Mon., Nov. 16 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital
WELLS: Sonata for Cello and Piano
WELLS: Sunset Limited
WELLS: Dances Future and Forgotten: Suite
WELLS: Serpentine
WELLS: Autumn Stood Me Up
WELLS: Helen the Witch
WELLS: Bumpop Adventures
WELLS: Three Movements for Eight C...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Composers' Guild
Dates: Tue., Nov. 17 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

YOUNG: An Observation of Squirrels
ROY: Pourquoi?
JENKINS: action/reaction
COPP: Glass Pockets
MARTIN: Sextet
EICHENBAUM: The lone and level sands
PADAVIC: Crystals: for Kansasara
VARIOUS: Xonata No. 10000101
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
A Taste of the Arts
Dates: Thu., Nov. 19 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: St. Teresa's Academy, 5601 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo.

Support the children of the Community School of the Arts and enjoy some of Kansas City's very best instrumentalists, vocalists, actors, dancers, and more!
...
Admission: $15 in advance, $20 at the door
Type: Music & Dance,Special Events
Pei-ju Wang, violin
Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital with Dan Velicer, piano
"The Violin Concerto by the Taiwanese Rachmaninoff: Tyzen Hsiao"
HSIAO: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 50
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
David Dimmit, euphonium
Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Graduate Recital with Nabil Pettit, piano
SZENTPALI: Pearls
ITO: Fantasy Variations
FIOCCO: Arioso and Allegro
RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
ARBAN: Variations for Trumpet on "Carnival of Venice"
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Fall Opera: Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel
Dates: Nov. 19-22 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: White Recital Hall, James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

UMKC Opera Theatre performs Humperdinck's magical work set in the Missouri Ozarks with the UMKC Dance Division and a children's chorus from the Community Music and Dance Academy. Sung in German.
...
Admission: $12, $10 seniors, UMKC faculty, staff, and all students free with UMKC or student ID.
Type: Music & Dance
Jessica Connor, clarinet
Dates: Fri., Nov. 20 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Master's Recital with Jiyun Chung, piano and Natalie Smith, flute; Mary Stahlhuth, oboe; Asa Ireland, bassoon
BRAHMS: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
W. SMITH: Five Pieces for clarinet alone
BABIN: Hillalande...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Patrick Ketter, oboe
Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, 415 W 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Senior Recital...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Kari Johnson, piano
Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: New Hope Church of the Nazarene, 4330 North Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital "Classical Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang in the Second Piano Sonata of Joseph Martin Kraus"
KRAUS: Sonata for Piano in E Major, VB 196
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Yifan Wu, cello
Dates: Mon., Nov. 30 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Junior Recital...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Live Music
Dates: Every Thu.-Sat. | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Benton Steak & Chop House, One E. Pershing Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

Stephanie Laws is the featured vocalist every Thursday through Saturday. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Music & Dance
Musical Fun for Kids: Jim Cosgrove & Mr. Stinky Feet
Dates: Sat., Dec. 5 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Enjoy holiday music for kids and families on three Saturdays in December....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Music & Dance
Michael Lasser & Company: Music of World War I
Dates: Nov. 28 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, J. C. Nichols Auditorium, 100 W 26th St., Kansas City, Mo.
Michael Lasser, along with performers Cindy Miller and Alan Jones, will present a lively concert of popular songs from World War I. Featuring patriotic, sentimental, and martial music of the period. Lasser, a Peabody Award-winning lecturer on Americ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents Stern Conducts Sibelius
Dates: Nov. 20-23 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central St., Kansas City, Mo., Fri.-Sat.; Johnson County Community College, Yardley Hall, College Blvd. & Quivira Rd., Overland Park, Kan., Sun.

Two major patriotic works surround an exciting world premiere. Avner Dorman's new piano concerto is preceded by Béla Bartók's homage to a great Hungarian patriot, the revolutionary Lajos Kossuth, who led an attempted revolution against Austria in 18...
Type: Music & Dance
Harriman-Jewell Series presents Parsons Dance with vocalists and music of East Village Opera Company
Dates: Nov. 13 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 12th & Central Sts., Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City's creative son David Parsons will return with his NYC-based dance company for a new, evening-length collaboration with the lead vocalists of East Village Opera Company....
Admission: $25, $40, $55, $70
Type: Music & Dance
Harriman-Jewell Series presents "What You Will" with Roger Rees
Dates: Sat., Nov. 21 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 12th & Central Sts., Kansas City, Mo.

In the critically praised one-man production What You Will, Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees will guide our audience through his "historical and hysterical" accounting of William Shakespeare's plays....
Admission: $20, $30, $50, $60
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "Art Garfunkel"
Dates: Nov. 6 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Church of the Resurrection, 13720 Roe Ave., Leawood, Kan.

Art Garfunkel's image and signature vocals remain among the most instantly recognizable in popular music. His extraordinary success as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel extended to a charmed solo career. ...
Admission: $42, $55, $65, $78
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "Handel's Messiah"
Dates: Sat., Nov. 28 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Community of Christ Auditorium, 1001 W Walnut St., Independence, Mo.

This mosaic of the scriptures remains Handel's most famous work and is one of the most triumphant choral pieces ever written! Warm your holiday season with an enduring favorite, Handel's Messiah, performed by the Kansas City Symphony and Chorus, alo...
Admission: $10 and up
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "A Tchaikovsky Holiday"
Dates: Fri., Dec. 4 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Visitation Church, 5141 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Christmas in the Czech Republic is contagious and steeped in tradition, from cookies and cakes to caroling and Christmas trees. Our Chamber Players have captured this Old World enchantment in an intimate holiday program featuring "Saint Wenceslas," ...
Admission: Adults $20, Youth $10
Type: Music & Dance
Friends of Chamber Music presents St. Lawrence String Quartet
Dates: Nov. 7 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 300 W. 12th St, Kansas City, Mo.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet is a champion of new works, a master of classical works, and a quartet that brings high energy and bold risk-taking to every concert. As veterans of 20 years performing together and over 2,000 con-certs, they return t...
Admission: $25-$35 adults, free for students 18 and under.
Type: Music & Dance
Maker's Mark Live Music Fridays
Dates: Every Fri. | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Maker's Mark, Bourbon House & Lounge, 1333 Walnut St, Kansas City, Mo

Enjoy live music by Jayson Kayne and celebrate the beginning of the weekend with a complimentary bourbon toast at 11 pm. ...
Admission: Free
Type: Music & Dance
Living Water Praise Band
Dates: Nov. 20 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Place, 5704 Norfleet Rd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Place is a great place to get together for fellowship and powerful music. There is a concession area with coffee, tea, slushies, smoothies and food. All ages are welcome for Christian fellowship, fun, and food.
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Music & Dance
Heartland Men's Chorus presents "Fruitcake"
Dates: Dec. 4-6 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 300 W 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Join Kansas City's 150-voice gay men's chorus for a confection of sugar and spice, both naughty and nice! Soaked in spirits and steeped in nostalgia, the men of HMC are cooking up a holiday treat that runs the gamut from sentimental to silly. You'll...
Admission: $15-$30
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Lyric Opera presents "HMS Pinafore"
Dates: Nov. 6, 8, 11, 14, 15 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Lyric Theatre, 11th & Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

Gilbert and Sullivan's halarious naval tale of love, rank and birthright will delight fans with the duo's wit and musical genous. This sidesplitting opera features loveable characters and a score that won't quit - including iconic tunes such as "I'...
Admission: $20-$80.
Type: Music & Dance
Jonathan Borja, flute
Dates: Wed., Nov. 11 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Diastole, 2501 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital with Patricia Higdon, piano and Sophia Tegart, flute "Mario Lavista: A Composer's Voice Through His Flute Music"
LAVISTA: Game
LAVISTA: Lamento a la memoria de Raúl Lavista
LAVISTA: Danza de las bailarinas de Degas
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Curious George Live
Dates: Nov. 5-8 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

CURIOUS GEORGE LIVE! is the new can't miss live stage musical that will delight your whole family! Curious George is the inquisitive and loveable little monkey who takes everyone along on intriguing problem-solving adventures. Live on stage in his W...
Admission: $12 Opening Night Only, $13, $18, $23, $32
Type: Major Events,Music & Dance
Elton John and Billy Joel
Dates: Tue., Dec. 1 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Sprint Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Elton John and Billy Joel, the most successful and longest-running concert pairing in pop history, will bring their wildly successful Face 2 Face tour to Sprint Center on December 1, 2009 at 7:30pm. Since kicking off the 2009 Face 2 Face tour in Mar...
Admission: $52, $97, $177
Type: Concerts,Major Events,Music & Dance
Hot House - Dance & Party Band
Dates: Fri., Nov. 6 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Hot House plays great songs from the 70's to the 90's. They are a high energy dance band with a touch of class to boot. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Retroactive
Dates: 11/20/2009-11/20/2009 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

80's Tribute Band...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
The Rent
Dates: Fri., Nov. 13 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, 170 E 14th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Variety Dance Band...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Kansas City Symphony presents "TubaChristmas"
Dates: Fri., Dec. 4 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Lyric Theatre, 1029 Central St., Kansas City, Mo.

Among the downtown events going on at holiday time, one of the most unique is TubaChristmas, where many dozens (we hope hundreds this year!) of tuba and euphonium players come together to play Christmas carols and celebrate the season.
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Live Music Nightly
Dates: Thu.-Sun. | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

Live entertainment and music every Thursday thru Sunday. ...
Type: Music & Dance
Snoop Dogg-Wonderland High Tour
Dates: Nov. 6 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, VooDoo Lounge, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

It's time for Kansas City to rival Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles as a nightclub destination. VooDoo hosts the hottest parties in the Midwest. Nationally-known DJs are flown in each week to work their magic using one of the most sophisticated sou...
Admission: $43-100
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Fall Club Wars
Dates: Nov. 8 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, VooDoo Lounge, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

It's time for Kansas City to rival Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles as a nightclub destination. VooDoo hosts the hottest parties in the Midwest. Nationally-known DJs are flown in each week to work their magic using one of the most sophisticated sou...
Admission: $7
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance
Beer Pong with Country Club DJ
Dates: Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Dec. 4 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

Named after Toby's hit single "I Love This Bar," this exciting venue has it all. Sample some down-home cooking straight from Toby's kitchen, like fried bologna sandwiches or the Toby Keith burger with sweet potato pecan pie. You can also sit back, e...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Neosho River
Dates: Sat., Dec. 5 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

Kick up your heels at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill!
Named after Toby's hit single "I Love This Bar," this exciting venue has it all. Sample some down-home cooking straight from Toby's kitchen, like fried bologna sandwiches or the Toby Keit...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Beer Pong with Country Club DJ
Dates: Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Dec. 4 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

Named after Toby's hit single "I Love This Bar," this exciting venue has it all. Sample some down-home cooking straight from Toby's kitchen, like fried bologna sandwiches or the Toby Keith burger with sweet potato pecan pie. You can also sit back, e...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
DJ Bobby Keys
Dates: Sat., Nov. 28 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, VooDoo Lounge, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

It's time for Kansas City to rival Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles as a nightclub destination. VooDoo hosts the hottest parties in the Midwest. Nationally-known DJs are flown in each week to work their magic using one of the most sophisticated sou...
Admission: Cover Charge
Type: Music & Dance
DJ Graham Funke
Dates: Sat., Dec. 5 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, VooDoo Lounge, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

It's time for Kansas City to rival Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles as a nightclub destination. VooDoo hosts the hottest parties in the Midwest. Nationally-known DJs are flown in each week to work their magic using one of the most sophisticated sou...
Admission: Cover Charge
Type: Music & Dance
Kansas City Celebrity Classic 2009-Black Friday
Dates: Fri., Nov. 27 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Harrah's Casino and Hotel, VooDoo Lounge, One Riverboat Dr., North Kansas City, Mo.

It's time for Kansas City to rival Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles as a nightclub destination. VooDoo hosts the hottest parties in the Midwest. Nationally-known DJs are flown in each week to work their magic using one of the most sophisticated sou...
Admission: $15-35
Type: Music & Dance
"Christmas at My House-Melodies and Memories"
Dates: Dec. 3-4 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Corbin Theatre, 15 N Water St., Liberty, Mo.

Nostalgic look at "Christmas Past" as Dick Brown, Bill Grace and Larry Harman reminisce about their favorite Christmas memories....
Admission: $10
Type: Holiday Activities,Music & Dance
Chris Waage, bass trombone
Dates: Mon., Nov. 16 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Northland Cathedral, 101 NW 99th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Doctoral Recital with Ron Steen, piano and John Jenkins, bass trombone
J.S. BACH: Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786
HANDEL: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in E Major, HWV 373/Op. 1, No. 15
G. MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
T...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Scott Duncan
Dates: Wed., Nov. 11 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Crazy Olives, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music at Crazy Olives each Wednesday night....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Millie Edwards Trio
Dates: Wed., Nov. 18 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Crazy Olives, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music at Crazy Olives each Wednesday night....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Gayland Titus
Dates: Wed., Nov. 25 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Crazy Olives, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music at Crazy Olives each Wednesday night....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Multiphonic with Von Smith
Dates: Nov. 6-7 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music on the Casino Bar Stage each Friday and Saturday night....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Souled Out
Dates: Nov. 13-14 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Our goal is to play the music you want to hear, get you on the dance floor and for everyone to have a great time. Whether it's a wedding, a club, a national venue, or just a backyard; we play with all of our soul and strive to entertain. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Midnite Revue
Dates: Nov. 20-21 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Midnite Revue is one of the only bands in Kansas City that can play all of your favorite hits from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and present....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Neon Blue
Dates: Nov. 27-28 | Location: Northwest | Venue: Casino Bar Stage, 777 NW Argosy Pkwy., Riverside, Mo.

Listen to live music on the Casino Bar Stage each Friday and Saturday night....
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Living Water Praise Band
Dates: Nov. 6 | Location: Southeast | Venue: First Baptist Church of Raytown, 10500 E 350 Hwy, Raytown, Mo.

Celebrate Recovery is a life-changing ministry for individuals seeking freedom from addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. Bring your hurts, habits and hang-ups! Come experience God's healing power and freedom with others going through a...
Admission: FREE
Type: Music & Dance
Abel Ramirez Big Band
Dates: Jan. 6-Dec. 22 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Ari's Greek Restaurant, 2049 E. Santa Fe Rd., Olathe, Kan.

The Abel Ramirez Big Band perform every Tuesday classic big band jazz in the same Kansas City tradition that made this town famous with his 17 piece band, come and have dinner and dance or listen to great dance music. ...
Admission: FREE
Type: Music & Dance
Ruel Joyce Recital presents Jeff Harshbarger
Dates: Nov. 9 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Johnson County Community College, Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, Kan.

Voted Kansas City's Best Bassist by Pitch Magazine in 2007, Harshbarger has had a varied career. A prolific composer and bandleader in his own right, he has recorded and performed across the globe with such varied groups as Bobby Watson, Curtis Full...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Dates: Nov. 13-14 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

Taylor's company will perform two pieces: Changes, set to music of The Mamas and the Papas, is a lighthearted look back to the 1960s, and Beloved Renegade, set to Mass in G by Francis Poulenc, reflects on lines from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. T...
Admission: $35, $25
Type: Music & Dance
Chamber Choir and MadRegalia
Dates: Wed., Dec. 2 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Polsky Theatre, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

Classical Music...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
The Republic Tigers
Dates: Fri., Dec. 4 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Polsky Theatre, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

"It's a sound that's half organic and half synthetic, kind of like how all of our lives are now," says singer/multi-instrumentalist Kenn Jankowski. "It's the common theme throughout all of the songs and we tried to approach it audibly well."
With...
Admission: $5 for JCCC students with valid ID, $10 for general public
Type: Music & Dance,Special Events
KU Vespers on the Road
Dates: Fri., Dec. 4 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

Chorus, orchestra, and soloists.
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance
"An Evening in Five Movements"
Dates: Thu., Nov. 12 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Roth Concept Center, 7930 Marshall Dr., Lenexa, Kan.

Experience the creation of a five-course culinary composition by Webster House executive chef Charles d'Ablaing.
Enjoy exquisite food paired with delectable wines and enchanting music from members of the Kansas City Symphony. The event benefits ...
Admission: $40, RSVP Deadline: Nov. 4
Type: Music & Dance,Special Events
Kyle Johnson, organ
Dates: Sun., Nov. 15 | Location: West | Venue: Bethany College, Presser Hall, 335 E Swensson St., Lindsborg, Kan.

Doctoral Lecture-Recital
BATISTE: Offertoire de St. Cecilia in F Major, No. 4, Op. 10
RUBINSTEIN: Melody in F, Op. 3, No. 1
HANDEL: Largo from Xerxes
...
Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance