Wednesday Sept 14
Jimmy Eat World w Charly Bliss, Uptown Theater, $37.50-$77.50 
The Mesa, AZ band returns to live stages on their Something Loud tour. Formed in 1993 the four-piece has released 10 studio albums, breaking through with 2001's “Bleed American,” and hit single, "The Middle," which reached number one. We last caught them live in Minneapolis in 2018.
We’re also fans of Brooklyn-based power pop band Charly Bliss who we caught headlining back in 2018 and are due for a follow up for 2019’s Young Enough album.
Call Me Karizma w Astrus*, VIVO Live Music- OPKS,$16, 2 for $20
Young aka Morgan Parriott is a rising singer-songwriter/rapper from the familiar stomping grounds of New Prague, MN (a good brewery is there) and blends hip hop, post punk and more for his sound, out on his The Francis Tour. To coincide, Karizma dropped a music video for track “Delinquents”- “a song about my role as a leader of misfit toys. If you’ve ever come to one of my concerts, you will see every type of person imaginable in the crowd. And I take pride in bringing them all together with my music. We are the delinquents.” And like, The National above, has pledged $1 per ticket to benefit PLUS1.
Arrive early for Astrus*, a buzzing Dallas indie / hip hop artist, blending rap with emo-tinged alt rock and bedroom pop. He writes not just about teen angst, but real tragedy and loss, struggles with addiction, and mental health on singles "She Wonders Why," "Thinking About You" and "I Hope Ur Happy". FAANGS also listed as support. 
Red Hot Chili Pipers, Knuckleheads, $20
...we said Pipers, so don’t expect Flea and Anthony! It’s bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a fusion of trad Scottish music and rock/pop anthems which they proudly call 'Bagrock."
Ricky Montgomery with Delaney Bailey, The Truman. $25-$50
Los Angeles singer, musician and songwriter whose songs went viral on TikTok, leading to being signed with Warner Records in 2020 and has new EP, It's 2016 Somewhere, out now.
Why Don't We, The Midland, CANCELED
Thursday Sept 15
American Aquarium, Knuckleheads, $20 
Raleigh NC alt-country band in support of the brand-new Chicamacomico album and the band recently celebrated headlining the historic Ryman in Nashville. “Country music was the voice of the people. It wasn’t always the prettiest voice, but it was an honest voice,” said founder and front man BJ Barham. “I think that’s where country music has lost its way.” Listen as they try and help save it.
Morgan Wade as support
Psycroptic and Fallujah, Bottleneck. $25
Aussie technical death metal band in support of new album Divine Council, and San Fran technical death metallers whose new album, Empyrean, just came out on Friday.
Interloper, Cognitive, April Mist all listed as openers, so a filled night of tech death metal.
Jo Dee Messina, Prairie Band Casino-Mayetta, SOLD OUT
The longtime country artist has nine number one hit songs, 16 top 40 songs, and has sold over five million albums worldwide including breakout song, “Heads Carolina, Tails California.”
Friday Sept 16
Motionless in White with Black Veil Brides, Ice Nine Kills and Crown the Empire, Sept. 16, Azura Amphitheater. $49.50-$59.50
The second leg of their successful tri-headline "Trinity of Terror" tour with special guests Crown the Empire. As with the previous leg, all three will alternate who gets the closing spot each night, but regardless of where your favorite band on the bill falls, they promise a great set.
After 7 with LeVelle, Da Truth Band and more, Kansas City Live! $20 
National Art & Soul Experience (ASX) presents RHYTHM-N-SOUL WITH AFTER 7 LeVelle, Da Truth Band, and DJ Hobo Tone, hosted by Sean Tyler.
Miss May I, Granada- Lawrence, $20
Troy, OH metalcore band formed in 2007 and just released their seventh studio album, Curse of Existence earlier this month, following lead single, “Bleed Together”.
According to vocalist Levi Benton, the album follows the same direction as the single, looking at the different connection in our lives and how the lessons we learn shape who we are as human beings.
Paul Thorn, Sept. 16-18, Knuckleheads. $20-$75
The longtime roots musician, bluesy, rocking and Southern, stages a mini-residency, multi-night stand at the club. 2019’s Never Too Late To Call was seven years in the making, recorded at Sam Phillips Studio in Memphis and produced and engineered by Grammy winner Matt Ross-Spang.
Saturday Sept 17
Barns Courtney recordBar, $20
Count us as fans of the English singer-songwriter, out on his re-scheduled Out with the Old Tour and hitting forty-two North American cities. New single, “Supernatural” has been released and Barns is “currently in the studio perfecting a new body of work,” which is due out later this year. His most recent album is 2019’s 404, which features singles “99” and “You and I” and we’ve been knocked out every time we’ve seen him live.
Vanilla Ice, KC Convention Center,$30-$100 
Collaborate and Listen?! Wasn’t Ice just here, playing a set after a Royals game, you say? Well, yes, but aka Mr. Van Winkle again returns to town as part of this weekend’s Collect-A-Con, for a show included with admission ticket. The convention promises 500+ vendors selling Sports Cards, Funko POP!, Comic Books, Toys, Video Games, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering and more. Usually, that’s very up our alley, but we probably won’t hit this one.
Vampa, Aura,$20
VAMPA, aka Emily Mucha, is a young producer / DJ rising in the North and Southeastern dubstep scene, bringing a new wave of deep bass music to the masses. Artists she has previously been on the bill with include Mija, Boogie T, Trampa, Dubloadz, EPROM, Whipped Cream, Nitti Gritti, Blunts and Blondes, Jphelpz, Xaebor, Yheti and more.
Gang of Youths, Bottleneck-Lawrence, CANCELED
Sunday Sept 18
sleep in, relax
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