Whether you’re a lifelong fan or a newcomer, there’s something for you to love. There are lots live performances from groups, soloists and ensembles, and events and attractions centered around the each of the genres. Kansas City’s largest free music festival, Jazz in the Woods, is a jazzy and jumping event full of all your favorite jazz, ragtime and blues, with more brass than you can blow a bugle at. Attractions include the Toto look-a-like contest, costume competitions, screenings, themed face painting, music, entertainment, food and interviews. Meet some munchkins, slip on the red shoes and tinker around with the old tin man. OZtoberfest is a wicked and wonderful celebration of all things Wizard of Oz, and is the perfect attraction for fans of the iconic 1939 movie. It’s a great way to indulge in a few old-school antics with family and friends. Around 100,000 people attend each year to join in with ten days of traditional fare, including rodeo, BBQs, smoked meats, pageants, sports, competitions, dances, parades, bull-riding, roping, art shows, golf, cattle drives, car shows and plenty more shenanigans that hark back to the good old days.
The festival features music, food, attractions, concerts, arts, crafts and more, with lots of Earhart-themed events and literature – all wonderfully topped off with the Concert in the Sky fireworks finale.ĭodge City Days, now in its 56th year, is a traditional-style family event that delivers the fun and goodwill of years gone by. Her fate may be unknown, but her soaring spirit remains very much alive and well in her home state of Kansas. One of the more unique events in the Kansas calendar is the Amelia Earhart Festival, a two-day event to celebrate the most famous female pilot of all time.
music from artists appearing at this weekends Kansas City Jazz & Heritage Festival. Grain-filled Kansas is a fantastic place to relax and explore, and also serves as a great hub for a range of interesting and exciting festivals, with many great events - including some very compelling and unusual offerings. Sun Ra, Marvin Stamm, New KC Jazz Fest & Ron Carter. All kinds of people love jazz music such. He also is the principal timpanist for the Kansas City Civic Orchestra and has performed with the Independence Messiah Festival Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Percussion Quartet and the Moody Blues, and was a principal guest conductor of the Kansas City Youth Symphony.Famed for its golden paved links to the yellow brick road of Dorothy Gale, Kansas is a beautiful green state jam-packed with horizons, both literal and metaphorical. Wear this Kansas City Jazz Festival T-Shirt to your next blues or jazz concert to see your favorite jazz guitar player. The band delights in taking audiences “Back in time to 18th and Vine!” with toe-tapping, hand-clapping fun.īusby is a natural showman who has become one of Kansas City's favorite television personalities. Band members are some of Kansas City's top musicians, who love to perform the music of Count Basie, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk and the 12 Clouds of Joy, Harlan Leonard and His Rockets, Mary Lou Williams, Joe Turner and Pete Johnson, among others. Kansas City's Vine Street Rumble Jazz Orchestra is a 14-piece big band that honors the legacy of Kansas City Jazz during its “golden era” in the ’30s and ’40s.
Each Midnight Blue Jazz member is an award-winning, world-class musician with a strong performance and teaching résumé. His newest album, “Greg Carroll & Michael Pagan 2 + 2” was released in 2019 on the Arc label. Carroll can be heard on 22 recording projects. He also is an award-winning clinician, guest artist and scholar and was named one of the 100 most Influential African-Americans in Kansas City. Enjoy newly arranged compositions and transcriptions of songs that represent Kansas City jazz pioneers Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Bennie Moten, Julia Lee, Mary Lou Williams, Big Joe Turner and many others!Ĭarroll leads the Midnight Blue Jazz Quintet on vibraphone and is the former CEO of the American Jazz Museum. Go on a journey of Kansas City jazz that celebrates the greats! This concert includes narration, multimedia images and historic video clips, all narrated by Bryan Busby.
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