Festivals

Hidden Glen Arts Festival

Presented By: Hidden Glen Arts Festival
Venue: Hidden Glen Arts Festival
Hours: Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
The Hidden Glen Arts Festival is a juried arts festival held outdoors in a tranquil, picturesque lakeside park at beautiful Cedar Creek in Olathe, Kansas--at K-10 Highway and Cedar Creek Parkway, just 20 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri in suburban Johnson County, Kansas. Admission is free and open to the public. Hours: Saturday, September 18, 10am-6pm, Sunday, September 19, 10am-4pm. Nestled among beautiful rolling hills, lake views, and serene golf course vistas, artists consistently rate the beautiful venue as one of their favorite reasons to participate in our Festival. The Festival awards student high school scholarships, hosts the local Plein Air Event, and the Olathe Visual Artists tent, live "Artists in Action" tent, and a Children's Art tent. We also host an active Purchase Patrons program. Our volunteers are the best! Live music, entertainment, and a variety of concessions add to the mix of our Festival weekend. The Festival is funded in part by a grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, and has several community and corporate sponsors. The Festival is run by the Board of the Hidden Glen Arts Festival, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Young Playwrights Festival 2010

Presented By: Coterie Theatre
Venue: Coterie Theatre
Hours: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
The Coterie's Young Playwrights Festival features a collection of new work by the city's best young writers. The rich and varied theatrical writings which emerge from a year-long process are forged into an ambitious festival of script-in-hand stagings utilizing the finest professional actors. A special experience about quality writing by young people.

Hidden Glen Arts Festival

Presented By: Hidden Glen Arts Festival
Venue: Hidden Glen Arts Festival
Hours: Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The Hidden Glen Arts Festival is a juried arts festival held outdoors in a tranquil, picturesque lakeside park at beautiful Cedar Creek in Olathe, Kansas--at K-10 Highway and Cedar Creek Parkway, just 20 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri in suburban Johnson County, Kansas. Admission is free and open to the public. Hours: Saturday, September 18, 10am-6pm, Sunday, September 19, 10am-4pm. Nestled among beautiful rolling hills, lake views, and serene golf course vistas, artists consistently rate the beautiful venue as one of their favorite reasons to participate in our Festival. The Festival awards student high school scholarships, hosts the local Plein Air Event, and the Olathe Visual Artists tent, live "Artists in Action" tent, and a Children's Art tent. We also host an active Purchase Patrons program. Our volunteers are the best! Live music, entertainment, and a variety of concessions add to the mix of our Festival weekend. The Festival is funded in part by a grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, and has several community and corporate sponsors. The Festival is run by the Board of the Hidden Glen Arts Festival, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Young Playwrights Festival 2010

Presented By: Coterie Theatre
Venue: Coterie Theatre
Hours: Thursday, April 29, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
The Coterie's Young Playwrights Festival features a collection of new work by the city's best young writers. The rich and varied theatrical writings which emerge from a year-long process are forged into an ambitious festival of script-in-hand stagings utilizing the finest professional actors. A special experience about quality writing by young people.

First Sunday Family Fun Day: Hurray for Hats

Presented By: Kansas City Museum
Venue: Kansas City Museum
Hours: Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Hats come in different shapes and sizes and can be worn stylishly or to wear while they are on the job. They can also be used to deflect the sun’s dangerous rays. Explore theses various colors, designs and uses of hats and First Sunday Family Fun Day April 11 at the Museum. Visitors can design their own hat to take home with them as well as discover different hats used on the job through matching games. Visitors can also try and master the “Capes for Sale” obstacle courses and listen to songs about hats from singer Emily Tummons in the StoryTarium.

• Design you own hat to take home

• Learn about different types of hats through matching games

• Try and master the “Capes for Sale” obstacle course
• Listen to hat songs with singer Emily Tummons

Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival at Crown Center

Presented By: - Select Organization -
Venue: Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival at Crown Center
Hours: Sunday, June 20, 2010 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival

Presented By: - Select Organization -
Venue: Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival at Crown Center
Hours: Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys

Presented By: Lied Center of Kansas
Venue: The Lied Center of Kansas
Hours: Friday, August 20, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Puppets for the Planet - a green art festival!

Presented By: StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Venue: Roeland Park Community Center
Hours: Saturday, October 09, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Jazz & BBQ 2010

Presented By: UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Venue: Pierson Auditorium
Hours: Sunday, October 10, 2010 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Puppets for the Planet

Presented By: Courtney Wasson
Venue: Southeast Community Center
Hours: Saturday, March 05, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Celebrate the Planet we Live on with ART

StoneLion Puppet Theatre for the fifth year is holding a series of puppet festivals celebrating our
planet with ART. Come have fun, create and learn how to help the planet we live on. On March
5 please join us at The Southeast Community Center for a day filled with dance, puppets, music
and interactive fun!

Featuring a brand new show by StoneLion Puppet Theatre,

Spelunk! - A wacky journey with a treasure-hunting adventurer exploring an underground cave complete with an ancient Indian treasure hunt, shadow puppets, and light up critters!

(StoneLion show times are at 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.)

Additional performances include Hip Hop Academy, Hula Hoop Art Performance with Surca
Noelle, our neighborhood children performing from The Dance Revolution along with area
Environmental groups, an Eco Game show, kids art and activities and fun for the entire
family….and it’s all FREE! Check out our recycled art sculpture in front of the community center;
“It’s in our Hands” by metal artist Glenn D. Lewis.

LunaFest

Presented By: GaDuGi SafeCenter
Venue: Liberty Hall Theatre
Hours: Sunday, March 06, 2011 from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
This annual film festival will be celebrating films "by, for and about women."

Also experience a special screening of Misti Boland's Candy, Tall Grass Film Festival winner of Best Kansas Short Film. All proceeds benefit the Breast Cancer Fund, GaDuGi SafeCenter and the KU Women in Film Scholarship Fund. Sunday March 6, 2011, art exhibit at 4 pm and screenings begin at 5 pm. Tickets are available at the venue for $10 ($8 for students and seniors). For more information, call 785-843-8985 or see lunafest.org.

The 4th Downtown Art Annual...Kansas City Art Fair

Presented By: Howard Alan Events
Venue: TBA
Hours: Friday, May 20, 2011 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

The 4th Downtown Art Annual...Kansas City Art Fair

Presented By: Howard Alan Events
Venue: Power & Light District
Hours: Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

The 4th Downtown Art Annual...Kansas City Art Fair

Presented By: - Select Organization -
Venue: Power & Light District
Hours: Sunday, May 22, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM

The 10th Annual Village Crawfish Festival

Presented By: Kansas City Young Audiences
Venue: St. Ann's Parking Lot
Hours: Saturday, May 07, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Young Audiences Arts Festival

Presented By: Kansas City Young Audiences
Venue: Kansas City Power and Light District
Hours: Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Puppets for the Planet

Presented By: StoneLion Puppet Theatre
Venue: Tony Aguirre Community Center
Hours: Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
StoneLion Puppet Theatre for the fifth year is holding a series of puppet festivals celebrating our planet with ART. Come have fun, create and learn how to help the planet we live on.

Tony Aguirre Community Center is this place to be March 26th!

StoneLion Puppet Theatre will be performing at 10:30 and 2pm. Additional performances include Mr. Stinky Feet- Jim Cosgrove, Hula Hoop Art with Surca Noelle, Eco Elvis, Copeira Martial Arts from The Guadalupe Center area Environmental groups, an Eco Game show, kids art and activities with the Ruiz Library, KC Grotto, Lakeside Nature Center, Door to Door Organics and more…. refreshments and fun for the entire family….and it’s all FREE!

Little Blue River Art Fest

Presented By: White Oak Plaza
Venue: White Oak Plaza
Hours: Friday, June 10, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Little Blue River Art Fest

Presented By: White Oak Plaza
Venue: White Oak Plaza
Hours: Saturday, June 11, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival

Presented By: Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival
Venue: Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival at Crown Center
Hours: Saturday, June 18, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival

Presented By: Kansas City Chalk and Walk
Venue: Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival at Crown Center
Hours: Sunday, June 19, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM

KC Fringe Festival

Presented By: - Select Organization -
Venue: Fringe Central
Hours: Thursday, July 21, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

JEMSFest 2011: The German and Austrian Baroque

Presented By: Renee Kelly's at Caenen Castle
Venue: TBA
Hours: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

JEMSFest 2011: The German and Austrian Baroque

Presented By: Renee Kelly's at Caenen Castle
Venue: TBA
Hours: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Experience ArtsKC Planning Meeting

Presented By: Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
Venue: ArtsKC - The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
Hours: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Bach Festival 2012: Brandenburg Concertos - The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra

Presented By: The Friends of Chamber Music and The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Folly Theater
Hours: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Bach Festival 2012: The Kansas City Chamber orchestra presents the Bach Concertos with Pianist Konstantin Lifschitz

Presented By: The Friends of Chamber Music and The Kansas City Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Hours: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Bach Festival 2012: Goldberg Variations - Pianist Konstantin Lifschitz

Presented By: The Friends of Chamber Music
Venue: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Hours: Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Bach Festival 2012: The Art of the Fugue - Pianist Konstantin Lifschitz - A Music Alliance Production

Presented By: The Friends of Chamber Music and the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Venue: White Recital Hall
Hours: Sunday, February 19, 2012 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Arts for Kids

Presented By: - Select Organization -
Venue: Friends of the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
Hours: Saturday, October 01, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

FOX/UMKC Bassoon day

Presented By: UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Venue: Grant Recital Hall
Hours: Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

FOX/UMKC Bassoon Day, hosted by bassoon professor Marita Abner, with special guests Alan Fox and John Miller.

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Brubeck Brothers Quartet

Presented By: Performing Arts Series at JCCC
Venue: Performing Arts Series at JCCC
Hours: Friday, January 20, 2012 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Brubeck Brothers Quartet

Friday, January 20, 2012

8:30 p.m. Yardley Hall

The Brubeck Brothers Quartet features two members of one of America's most accomplished musical families. Chris Brubeck and Dan Brubeck, sons of famous jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, will appear Friday, January 20, 2012, with guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb.

The quartet's show is part of the college's third annual Jazz Winterlude, which runs from Jan. 20-22. To attend, buy tickets to Jazz Winterlude.

The show will open with three local bands. The Bill Crain Quartet will perform from 6 to 7 p.m., Crosscurrent will play from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. and the JCCC Faculty Jazz Combo will play a short set before the Brubeck Brothers take the stage.

The Brubeck Brothers quartet's style is rooted in straight ahead jazz, but its concerts reveal an innate ability to explore and play odd time signatures while integrating funk, blues and world music.

Chris Brubeck, on bass and trombone, and Dan Brubeck, on drums, released their first album, See How It Feels, in 1972. Since then, the Brubeck Brothers have produced several other albums, including Second Nature in 2000, Intuition in 2006 and Classified in 2008.

In reviewing Classified, All About Jazz stated: "Once again the BBQ attains that rarefied level where music is both relaxed and expressive and their joy in its creation is contagious. There's really nothing out there that comes close to their unique brand of inventiveness."

The quartet has performed at concert series, colleges and jazz festivals across North America and Europe. It also has collaborated with chamber groups and orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Russian National Symphony Orchestra.

SHAWNEE TOWN ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR

Presented By: Shawnee Town 1929
Venue: Shawnee Town's Museum Town Hall
Hours: Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Shoppers can stroll through Shawnee Town's historic grounds to browse through 100 craft booths featuring the creations of jewelers, weavers, chefs, woodworkers and other artisans at Shawnee Town Museum’s 37th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair on Saturday,