FREE Summer Concerts in KC 2009
What could be more fun than a night outdoors enjoying your favorite music... for FREE? All across the Metro, local bands and national bands are performing LIVE at our local parks and venues. All you need are lawn chairs, blankets, and picnics and the evening of entertainment is complete!
Note: Not all Summer Concerts are appropriate for all ages.
Blue Springs Concerts at Rotary Park 400 NW Vesper St. , 6:30-8:30pm, (816.228.0137)
- June 7
- June 14
- June 21
- June 28
- July 5
- July 12
- July 19
- July 26
Briarcliff Village at Mulberry Lake, 7-10pm, (816.595.5820)
- July 5 – US Air Force Band Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble
City Market at 20 E. 5th Street, KCMO, 7-10pm, (816.842.1271)
- June 13
- July 19
Corporate Woods Jazz in the Woods, 6-11pm, (913.681.2329)
- June 12 – David Wells, Joyce Cooling, The Sax Pack
- June 13 – Matt Marshak, Acoustic Alchemy, Mindi Abair
Crown Center in the Crown Center Square, 7pm, (816.471.5104)
- August 21 – Eddie Money
- August 28 - Jo Dee Messina
Independence Sounds on the Square Concert Series, 6-8pm, (816.325.7000)
- July 24 – Grand Marquis (Jazz) followed by a FREE Outdoor Movie at the Pharoah
- July 31 – Raindogs (Old Time Blues) followed by a FREE Outdoor Movie at the Pharoah
Ironwoods Amphitheater (147th and Mission Rd., Leawood, KS), 6pm, (913.339.6700)
- August 23 - Jazz Concert Series
- August 30 - Jazz Concert Series
- Sept. 6 - Jazz Concert Series
Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (13th and State Ave, KCKS), (913.530.6332)
- June 26, 6-10pm
- June 27, 12:30-10pm
Kansas City Museum in Pavilion at North End of Residence (http://unionstation.org/KansasCityMuseum/fridaysinjuly.html) 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, KCMO at 7pm
- July 17: Mike Miller Trio
- July 31: Music Series, "Making Movies"
Kearney Amphiteater, (816.903.4730) *NOTE – Admission charged for some of these concerts.
- May 30, 6pm, Blues Fest
- June 13, 7pm, Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute
- July 11, 7pm, Shooting Star
- July 25, 7pm, Shenandoah
- July 31, 7pm, Gloriana
Lee’s Summit on Green Street in the City Hall Plaza, 7-10:30pm, (816.969.1000)
- June 19 – Bayou Bash
- July 17 – Jamaican Jam
- August 7 – Blues & Jazz Fest
Leavenworth at Leavenworth Landing Park (100 Cherokee St, Leavenworth, KS), 7PM,
- May 30
- June 27
- July 25
- August 22
Live at the Legends, 1843 Village West, KCKS, 5-8pm (913.788.3700)
- Saturdays 5-8pm, June, July & August. Jazz, Classic Rock, R&B, and Country
Merriam Marketplace at 5740 Merriam Dr., 7-9pm, (913.322.5550)
- June 3: AnnaLee & the Lucky So and Sos
- June 10: KC BlueHawks
- June 17: Project Chameleon
- June 24: Doug Talley Quartet
- July 1: Toe Jam
- July 8: Turpin Tyme Ragsters
- July 15: River Rock
- July 22: Shag Mahoney
Olathe at Frontier Park (15501 Indian Creek Pkwy), 7pm, (913.971.6263)
- June 5 – The Elders with Danny Cox
- June 19 – Mike Finnigan & The Phantom Blues Band
- June 26 – Mingo Fishtrap Mark Selby
- July 17 – Sam Bush with Jeff & Vida
- July 31 – Liverpool
Overland Park at Santa Fe Commons Park (81st & Santa Fe Dr), 7-8:30pm, (913.344.8656)
- Every Sunday in the summer!
Park Place in Leawood, 6-8pm. (816.300.6362)
- June 2 – The Steve Gray Quartet
- June 9 – Creighton Organization
- June 16 – On the Record
- June 23 – Mr. Stinky Feet (begins at 6:30 p.m.)
- June 25 - Funky Mama (begins at 1:30pm)
- June 30 – Separated at Birth
- July 7 - Eddie Delahunt
- July 14 - Ernest James Zydeco
- July 21 - Steve Gray Quartet
- July 28 - CD release concert : Brooke Van Lear & Ryan Buck
- August 4 - KC Guitar 4
- August 11 - On the Record
Parkville Jazz, Blues & Fine Arts River Jam (English Landing Park, Parkville, MO) (816.880.9026)
- June 19 & 20
Peterson Park (6136 Mission Rd., Fairway, KS) (913.262.0350)
- June 14, 6-8pm: The Barclay Martin Ensemble
- June 21, 6-8pm: KC Rain Dogs
- August 2, 6-8pm: Kansas City Youth Jazz, Inc.
- September 20, 5-7pm: Wiseguys
Shawnee Music in the Parks (different location each time), 7-9:30, (913.631.2500)
- July 10 – Swarner Park
- July 24 – Stump Park
- August 7 – West Flanders Park
Sugar Creek Concerts in the Park (Wells Park, corner of Sterling Ave and Gill St)
- May 17
- June 12 & 13
- July 4
- August 15
- Fall Concert
- December 5
Zona Rosa in North KC, (816.587.8180)
- Fridays 6-9pm (June-Aug)
- Saturdays 6-9pm (June-Aug)
- Sundays 1-4pm (June-Aug)