This week in Kansas City: Boulevardia and many more festivals, Monster Jam, Wanda Sykes
Check out the entertainment around Kansas City this weekend and beyond. The annual Boulevardia festival in Kansas City will offer music, beer, food, a makers market, and more. Acts such as Milky Chance, Thundercat, Paul Cauthen, Hanson, Ha Ha Tonka, Starhaven Rounders and Big Freedia will perform on multiple stages. Tickets can be purchased for purchase at a fee between $45 and $185. NPR host and author Ari Shapiro will appear at the Kansas City Public Library on June 13. The Las Vegas magic show Smokus Pocus will perform at the MTH Theater at Crown Center on June 15. Other notable events include "Anastasia: The Musical," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and "Charlie
Published : 11 months ago by Dan Kelly in Entertainment
The annual Boulevardia festival this weekend outside Crown Center will offer big-name music, beer, food, a makers market and more.
The dozens of acts performing on multiple stages will include Milky Chance, Thundercat, Paul Cauthen, Hanson, Ha Ha Tonka, Starhaven Rounders and Big Freedia.
Hours will be 4-11 p.m. June 14 and 1-11 p.m. June 15. Tickets ($45-$185) and more information at boulevardia.com.
▪ NPR host and author Ari Shapiro will appear at the downtown Kansas City Public Library, 7 p.m. June 13 (free). kclibrary.org.
▪ The Las Vegas magic show Smokus Pocus will come to the MTH Theater at Crown Center, 8 p.m. June 15 ($35). smokuspocus.com.
▪ The musical piece traditionally honoring America’s military dead will be played during Taps at the Tower at the Liberty Memorial, 8:45 p.m. June 16-18 (free). theworldwar.org.
▪ “Anastasia: The Musical,” 8:30 p.m. June 14-16 and 20-22, Theatre in the Park ($7-$10). theatreinthepark.org.
▪ “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” opens 11 a.m. June 18; runs Aug. 4, Coterie ($14-$18). thecoterie.org.
Dan Kelly has been covering entertainment and arts news at The Star since 2009. He previously worked at the Columbia Daily Tribune, The Miami Herald and The Louisville Courier-Journal. He also was on the University of Missouri School of Journalism faculty for six years, and he has written two books, most recently “The Girl with the Agate Eyes: The Untold Story of Mattie Howard, Kansas City’s Queen of the Underworld.”