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"A Christmas Carol"

Dates: Dec. 18-19 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Corbin Theatre, 15 N Water St., Liberty, Mo.

Comic adaptation of Dickens' classic story presented with Omnibus Theatre....

Admission: $15
Type: Holiday Activities,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

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

Academy Honors Recital

Dates: Sun., Dec. 13 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Grant Recital Hall, 5227 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo.

Outstanding Community Music and Dance Academy students, nominated by their instructors, perform in the Fall 2009 Honors Recital....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"

Dates: Tue., Dec. 8 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo.

The KCCO will additionally offer humorous readings of the little-known poems prior to each "season," which most scholars believe were written by Vivaldi himself, describing the musical moments depicted and demonstrating how and when they appear in t...

Admission: General $29/22 Seniors $26/19 Students $10/5
Type: Music & Dance,Special Events

Bach Aria Soloists Holiday Concert

Dates: Sat., Dec. 12 | Location: Crown Center Area | Venue: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 4041 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Rebecca Lloyd, soprano; David Adams, tenor; Meredith Barreth, alto; Joshua Lawlor, baritone; Suh Lane, violin; Elisa Bickers, organ; Sascha Groschang, cello Rejoice in the season with Bach's marvelous Cantata 140 "Wachet auf!" and other great fav...

Admission: $25
Type: Holiday Activities,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

Big Bad VooDoo Daddy

Dates: Sun., Dec. 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...

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

Bluegrass on the Square

Dates: Mon., Dec. 21 | Location: Northeast | Venue: Corbin Theatre, 15 N Water St., Liberty, Mo.

Featuring Uncle Baccy Juice with oldtime country stringband. Music with stomp and sizzle!...

Admission: $5-7 donation at the door
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

Chamber Orchestra

Dates: Wed., Dec. 9 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, White Recital Hall, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Conducted by Robert Olson featuring guest artist Benjamin Beilman, violin....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Conservatory Wind Ensemble

Dates: Fri., Dec. 11 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, White Recital Hall, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

An Ensemble Series conducted by Joseph Parisi. ...

Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors.
Type: Music & Dance

Conservatory Wind Symphony

Dates: Thu., Dec. 10 | Location: Country Club Plaza Area | Venue: James C. Olson Performing Arts Center, White Recital Hall, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Ensemble Series...

Admission: $8 general, $6 seniors.
Type: 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

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

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

Friends of Chamber Music presents The Tallis Scholars

Dates: Thu., Dec. 10 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, 416 West 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

What does it mean to have more than 50 award-winning recordings, exist without rival in the glorious sound of Renaissance polyphony, and be under the direction of Oxford-educated Peter Phillips? Perfection! Widely known as the finest interpreters of...

Admission: $35 adults, free for students 18 and under
Type: 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

Harriman-Jewell Series presents Boris Giltburg, pianist

Dates: Thu., Dec. 10 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 12th & Central Sts., Kansas City, Mo.

Born in 1984 in Moscow to a family of piano teachers, Giltburg was listed by BBC Music Magazine as one of -Tomorrow's Greats: the pianists to watch - in August 2008....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Music & Dance

Harriman-Jewell Series presents Parthenia

Dates: Sat., Dec. 19 | Location: Downtown/Conv Center Area | Venue: Folly Theater, 12th & Central Sts., Kansas City, Mo.

Parthenia, consort of viols, is joined by the accomplished soprano Julianne Baird for As It Fell on a Holie Eve, a holiday collection of works by William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, and others....

Admission: $20, $25, $40, $55, $70
Type: Holiday Activities,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

Jim Norton

Dates: Sat., Dec. 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: $25
Type: Concerts,Music & Dance

Johnson County Chorus

Dates: Sun., Dec. 13 | Location: Southwest | Venue: Yardley Hall, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kan.

The chorus is comprised of adult volunteers from the local community, directed by Anita Cyrier....

Admission: FREE
Type: Free Events,Holiday Activities,Music & Dance

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