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7	8	9 Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Shawnee Mission Park Inclusive Playground	10	11 Steve Hackman Conducts His "Taylor Swift: The Symphony Era" with The Kansas City Symphony Electric Renaissance	12 Steve Hackman Conducts His "Taylor Swift: The Symphony Era" with The Kansas City Symphony	13 Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Ivanhoe Neighborhood Farmers Market Margaret Cho: Choligarchy
14 Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts' Future Stages Festival Future Stages Festival Electric Renaissance	15 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive	16 Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at English Landing Park Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive	17 Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Gillham Park Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive Mrs. Christie	18 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive Mrs. Christie Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed	19 The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Rhapsody in Blue and Dvořák's "New World" Symphony Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive Mrs. Christie	20 The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Rhapsody in Blue and Dvořák's "New World" Symphony Mrs. Christie
21 Mrs. Christie The Kansas City Symphony Presents: Rhapsody in Blue and Dvořák's "New World" Symphony Ensemble Ibérica ‘Kicking Off – A Musical Tour of Algeria, Argentina, England, and the Netherlands’	22 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive Mrs. Christie	23 Punch Brothers Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive	24 Mrs. Christie Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive	25 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive Mrs. Christie	26 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive Mrs. Christie Secret Rhythm Society	27 Secret Rhythm Society Mrs. Christie
28 Mrs. Christie	29 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive	30 Kansas City Ballet Summer Intensive

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Aug 05, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026

Intimate Apparel

Presented by Kansas City Actors Theatre at City Stage Theatre at Union Station Kansas City, MO

“A justly acclaimed, beautifully written, and intensely personal play…” (Chicago Tribune) from two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage comes the soon-to-be classic, Intimate Apparel. Set in 1905 New York, Esther works as a seamstress sewing exquisite lingerie for an array of clients, but her skill with needle and thread has led to an absence of a personal life. As Esther explores a forbidden romance with an Orthodox Jewish fabric vendor and a long-distance courtship with a worker building the Panama Canal, she also gets exclusive access into the private lives of her clients. Nottage explores a distinct time period in New York and “honors a legacy of a woman, and those like her, whom history nearly forgot.” (Broadstreet Reviews)

Aug 06, 2026

Herbie Hancock

Presented by Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO

Herbie Hancock has been an integral part of every popular music movement since the 1960s. As a member of the Miles Davis Quintet that pioneered a groundbreaking sound in jazz, he also developed new approaches on his own recordings, followed by his work in the 70s — with record-breaking albums such as “Headhunters” — that combined electric jazz with funk and rock in an innovative style that continues to influence contemporary music. “Rockit” and “Future Shock” marked Hancock's foray into electronic dance sounds; during the same period he also continued to work in an acoustic setting with V.S.O.P.Hancock received an Academy Award for his Round Midnight film score and 14 Grammy Awards, including Album Of The Year for “River: The Joni Letters,” and two 2011 Grammy Awards for the globally collaborative CD, “The Imagine Project.”Hancock serves as Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and as Institute Chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. In 2011 Hancock was named a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and in December of 2013, received a Kennedy Center Honor. His memoir, Herbie Hancock: Possibilities, was published by Viking in 2014, and in February 2016 he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Aug 08, 2026

100 Years of Winnie: Winnie-the-Pooh Day

Presented by National WWI Museum and Memorial at National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City, MO

Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100! During Christopher Robin's birthday month, celebrate and learn more about the real-life WWI bear who inspired the “tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff” with an educational extravaganza for all ages.

Aug 14, 2026

Light Up the Lawn: The Swallowtails

Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Overland Park, KS

At the core of The Swallowtails, you will find two musicians magnetized by a curiosity to connect and be understood. The genre-bending exploration between Miki P (guitar and vocals) and Rachel Lovelace (bassoon and vocals) has established the band as a premier act in Kansas City and naturally grown a large and loyal following as people connect with both the music and the musicians. The band’s sound is heavily influenced by rock, folk, pop, and classical music.

Aug 21, 2026 - Aug 23, 2026

Bluey's Big Play

Presented by Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO

Since premiering in Australia in 2020, Bluey’s Big Play has toured globally across the UK, Ireland, Canada, the U.S., Europe, Singapore, South Africa and the UAE and has been seen by millions of fans worldwide. Featuring brilliantly created puppets, this theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® award-winning children’s television series is packed with music, laughter and fun for the whole family. Audiences of all ages will get to see Bluey, Bingo, Mum (Chilli) and Dad (Bandit) as they’ve never seen them before when Bluey and her family embark on this unique live-show adventure before your very eyes.

Aug 21, 2026

Light Up the Lawn: Katy Guillen and The Drive

Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Overland Park, KS

Katy Guillen & The Drive’s sophomore album Make That Sound has been making big waves in the indie music scene since its release last fall. Glide Magazine describes it as “a relentless rock vibe, combining Wet Leg’s modern edge and Courtney Barnett’s knack for guitar-based hooks,” and Rainbow Rodeo declared, “It’s raw, it's tight, and it's utterly compelling.” The last half of 2025 saw the band touring relentlessly on the new record with dates across the Midwest and Northeast, as well as a tour down the West Coast supporting British guitar legend Robin Trower. This year the band will take the new album to more cities across the country, including a tour through Alaska.

Aug 28, 2026

Light Up the Lawn: Found A Job

Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Overland Park, KS

Formed in 2012, Found a Job - A Tribute to Talking Heads is an 8-piece band that primarily performs music from albums released during Talking Heads' Expanded Heads era ("Remain in Light," "Speaking in Tongues," and "Stop Making Sense"). The ensemble also covers songs outside of that era including radio hits such as "Road to Nowhere, " "And She Was," "Take me to The River," "Once in a Lifetime," and "Burning Down the House." Currently the band plays 2+ hours of music, complete with choreography a la the classic concert movie "Stop Making Sense."

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Take an inside look at Kansas City‘s Live Art Scene:

Margaret Cho: Choligarchy Takes The Folly Stage June 13!

The Midwest Trust Center 2026-2027 Season is Electric!

Kansas City Actors Theatre Kicks Off 2026/2027 Season 22 in June

Starlight Theatre Opens a New Season April 21

The Friends of Chamber Music Closes Its 50th Anniversary Season with Carnival of the Animals and Other Delights!

Events Calendar

Events for June 2026

Intimate Apparel

Herbie Hancock

100 Years of Winnie: Winnie-the-Pooh Day

Light Up the Lawn: The Swallowtails

Bluey's Big Play

Light Up the Lawn: Katy Guillen and The Drive

Light Up the Lawn: Found A Job

Intimate Apparel

Herbie Hancock

100 Years of Winnie: Winnie-the-Pooh Day

Light Up the Lawn: The Swallowtails

Bluey's Big Play

Light Up the Lawn: Katy Guillen and The Drive

Light Up the Lawn: Found A Job

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Take an inside look at Kansas City‘s Live Art Scene:

Events Calendar

Events for June 2026

Intimate Apparel

Herbie Hancock

100 Years of Winnie: Winnie-the-Pooh Day

Light Up the Lawn: The Swallowtails

Bluey's Big Play

Light Up the Lawn: Katy Guillen and The Drive

Light Up the Lawn: Found A Job

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