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Oct 19 Watkins Family Hour at Knuckleheads
Oct 19 Black Label Society atUptown
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Rocktober continues in force!
The last half of the month remains busy enough to have to pick and choose your show, despite several cancellations and some postponements. Look as well for a venue change or two, and please continue to check venue sites and socials for the latest, as well as health protocol requirements as Kansas City still has a city mask mandate.
In Lawrence, the Oct 21 Mat Kearney show may be canceled but the Zombie Walk is on, so be careful driving downtown that evening and Halloween itself is mostly free of major shows, so house parties and bar costume contests will probably be the preferred entertainment.
Here’s what’s happening in the area for the final half of October
(a few recommended shows are highlighted below):
Tuesday October 19
Watkins Family Hour, Oct. 19, Knuckleheads. $39.50
Best known as two-thirds of Nickel Creek, the sibling duo of Sean and Sara Watkins have worked previously in the group format and for each other’s solo albums, but with the duo’s new album brother sister (stream on Spotify here) they wrote together for the first time in this way. Famed producer Mike Viola helped further refine the songs for the compelling end result. Courtney Hartman is set to open the evening.
In This Moment with Ded and Raven Black, Oct. 19, Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland. $35-$40
August Burns Red w/ Fit for a King, Erra, Like Moths to Flames, Oct. 19, The Truman. $27.50-$50
Jake Miller, Oct. 19, RecordBar. $20
Black Label Society, Oct. 19, Uptown. $35-$45
Judas Priest, Oct. 19, Cable Dahmer Arena CANCELED
Wednesday October 20
Wheelwright (formerly Jared and the Mill), Oct. 20, RecordBar, $13
$uicideboy$, Oct. 20, Azura Amphitheater. $49-59.00
Nurse Blake, Oct. 20, Liberty Hall Lawrence. $34.50-$59.50
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Oct 21 Bahamas at Truman
Oct 21 Dar Williams at Lawrence Arts Center'
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Thursday October 21
Bahamas with Sam Weber, Oct. 21, The Truman. $25-$50
Canadian Afie Juvanen is out supporting last October’s Sad Hunk release (on Brushfire Records), with the aptly named Still Sad Tour. The indie-folk artist can be sometimes quirky but the album did manage to capture this year’s Juno Award for Best Adult Alternative Album.
Make sure to show up early for another Canadian, now LA based singer songwriter Sam Weber whose new album Get Free, is a representation of current times. Written pre-pandemic but recorded during lockdown, Weber says of it, “The songs became as much about the experience and ritual of spending time together as the content in the lyrics. I called the record Get Free because each performance of each song was a moment of transcendence and an escape for us from an otherwise odd, restrictive time.”
Dar Williams, Oct. 21, Lawrence Arts Center, $29-31.
Hudson Valley, NY singer-songwriter Dar Williams returns with I’ll Meet You Here (on Renew/BMG), her first album in six years. She cut tracks with ex-Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey and guitarist /producer Larry Campbell, before Campbell himself caught Covid, so the album was put aside as Williams worked on her latest book, Writing a Song That Matters, instead. Thankfully, the record completed as well as a stop-motion animation video for single “Today and Everyday” seen here. Heather Maloney to open.
Trey Kennedy, Oct. 21, Uptown. Sold Out
Mat Kearney, Oct. 21, Liberty Hall Lawrence CANCELED
Friday October 22
Aaron Lewis, Oct. 22, Ameristar. $57-$75
Mega Ran, Oct 22, Uptown Theater ***
Johnnyswim with Katelyn Tarver, Oct. 22, The Truman POSTPONED TO APR 22
Nelly w Blanco Brown, Oct. 22, Azura Amphitheater- CANCELED (Nelly at Uptown Jan 25)
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Oct 23 Kawehi at Bottleneck
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Saturday October 23
I am Kawehi, Oct. 23, Granada Lawrence. $18 MOVED TO BOTTLENECK
There’s been considerable buzz since Elle Magazine declared the native Hawaiian “:the genius one-woman band” and the pop/electronic loop artist is on a two-month Quarantine Sessions Tour that features music from six of her EPs (as well as maybe a mashup or two) using technology to sound like a large band by herself. (note the venue change too)
Dr. Dog, Oct. 23, The Truman. $27-$49
Michael Cavanaugh, Oct. 23, Topeka Performing Arts Center
Ron White, Oct. 23, Ameristar. $70-$100
San Holo, Oct. 23, Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland. $23-$40
Sunday October 24
Bleachers, Oct. 24, Uptown. Sold Out.
The Westerlies, Oct. 24, Lied Center. $16-$30
Terri Clark, Oct. 24, Knuckleheads. $38.50-$58.50
Monday October 25
Walk the Moon, Oct. 25, The Truman. $38-$70
David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Kauffman Center. CANCELED
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Oct 26 Ruston Kelly at Knuckleheads
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Tuesday October 26
Ruston Kelly with Margaret Glaspy, Oct. 26, Knuckleheads. $20-$25
South Carolina singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly used to be known more as the ex-husband of Kacey Musgraves, but has come into his own of late, with last August’s Shape & Destroy (on Rounder Records) earning critical praise.
We had fun seeing NYC indie-folk artist Margaret Glaspy under the summer sun at Rock the Garden 2017 and she returns to stages in support of last year’s Devotion (on ATO Records) following a pre-pandemic tour with Neko Case and Kimya Dawson.
Pink Martini featuring China Forbes, Oct. 26, Kauffman Center. $39-$79
Blackberry Smoke, Oct 26, Uptown Theater, $35-79.
Wednesday October 27
Black Violin, Oct. 27, Kauffman Center. $29-$59
Thursday October 28
Jimmie Vaughan, Oct. 28, Knuckleheads. $29.50
Friday October 29
Grupo Firme, Oct. 29, T-Mobile Center. $49.50-$139.50
Todd Snider, Oct. 29, Folly. $35-$45
Peekaboo with Buku, Mize and more, Oct. 29, The Truman. $25-$55
Omar Apollo, Oct. 29, Liberty Hall Lawrence CANCELED
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Oct 30 Dayglow at Truman
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Saturday October 30
Dayglow, Oct. 30, The Truman. $20-$25
Austin (by way of Fort Worth) musician Sloan Struble first received heavy radio airplay with previous breakout single, “Can I Call You Tonight?” and released his sophomore album Harmony House earlier this spring. You may just have caught he and the band on a recent episode of Austin City Limits on PBS as well. Self-taught via Garageband, Dayglow is one of those DIY success stories done right and the buzz is only growing bigger.
courtship. to open.
Asleep at the Wheel, Oct. 30, Kauffman Center. $39-$59
Josh Turner, Oct. 30, Ameristar. $55-$170
MercyMe, Oct. 30, Cable Dahmer Arena. $30-$165
Florida Georgia Line w Russell Dickerson, Lauren Alaina, Oct. 30 CANCELED
Sunday October 31
Dude Perfect, Oct. 31, T-Mobile Center. $28-$202
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