Entertainment, Arts & Culture


Enchanting and Exotic: Firebird, Aladdin and Rachmaninoff

Stravinsky’s Firebird is an enchanting, dramatic fairy-tale that boasts some of classical music’s most vivid and glorious orchestral writing. Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto highlights the composer’s trademarks — lingering melodies, rich textures and piano pyrotechnics. With exotic harmonies and bewitching tunes, Nielsen’s Aladdin Suite… more

Enchanting and Exotic: Firebird, Aladdin and Rachmaninoff

Stravinsky’s Firebird is an enchanting, dramatic fairy-tale that boasts some of classical music’s most vivid and glorious orchestral writing. Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto highlights the composer’s trademarks — lingering melodies, rich textures and piano pyrotechnics. With exotic harmonies and bewitching tunes, Nielsen’s Aladdin Suite… more

Irish Fest 2019

The annual Irish Fest in Crown Center will take place Aug. 30 through Sept. 1. Click here for more information. more

Maker Faire Kansas City

Maker Faire Kansas City celebrates things people create themselves — from new technology and electronic gizmos to urban farming and “slow-made” foods to homemade clothes, quilts and sculptures. This family-friendly event demonstrates what and how people are inventing, making and creating.… more

Future Stages Festival

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts celebrated Kansas City arts at the fifth annual Future Stages Festival on Sunday, June 10, 2018. This FREE community festival showcased hundreds of young performers on the Kauffman Center stages, and guests enjoyed a wide-range of diverse… more

Jazzoo 2019

Jazzoo is the Kansas City Zoo’s largest fundraiser and helps raise support for children’s educational programs and feeds the Zoo’s more than 1,00 animals. We thank our past guests for their generous support.  **21 and older event. Make sure to… more

Alon Goldstein, Piano

Musicians and fans can sit in on a fascinating encounter as virtuoso pianist Alon Goldstein shares musical insights with two area piano students on stage in Helzberg Hall. It's a rare opportunity to learn from one of the most dynamic… more

An Evening with Lyle Lovett and the Kansas City Symphony

Singer, composer and actor Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums over three decades. With his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of Americana, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and… more

Side by Side with the Youth Symphony of Kansas City

Join the Kansas City Symphony and Youth Symphony of Kansas City as they rehearse side by side onstage in Helzberg Hall. David T. Beals III Associate Conductor Jason Seber will lead this open rehearsal. more

Sounds Relaxing: Rejuvenate

Embrace a peaceful state of mind as our certified Relax and Renew trainer Anita Bailey leads you in breathing and meditation techniques. Symphony musicians will perform gentle and tranquil music to assist in your relaxation. Tickets are $15, including all… more