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As temperatures fall and outdoor performers take the show inside, these aural options offer the most bang for your buck. Whether it’s bluegrass, Bach, or sludge rock that you get down to, Kansas City’s live music scene has something to offer.

Despite all the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric across the country, Chappell Roan — who grew up in the small, religious town of Willard, Missouri — is sharing her spotlight with local drag queens in every city she plays on tour.

In honor of Taylor Swift's concerts in Kansas City, Classical KC has paired a classical work with each of Swift's musical eras. Are you ready for it?

Kansas City's summer concert offerings include artists from the West Coast, down south and across the pond. KCUR has curated this list of concerts to help maximize your musical enjoyment this month.

The cultural phenomenon of Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop role-playing games has a strong following in the Kansas City community. Whether you're looking to roll your first d20 or just searching for a new campaign to join, here's how you can get started.

Across the Kansas City metro, pinball machines are ringing to life again in arcades, bars and home basements — a burst of nostalgia made even more powerful by the pandemic.

As indicated by their busy schedules, these Kansas City DJs have made names for themselves in the nightlife scene and are dedicated to keeping parties going.

Rod Sipe has been swallowing fire and making things disappear at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival since 1979. His act has survived changing audiences and personal tragedies, and he doesn’t plan to step away from the stage anytime soon.

Record Store Day is this Saturday. The nationwide event features highly sought after limited-edition vinyl releases and reissues, causing a high number of music fans to flock to their local independent record stores.

One is a Grammy-winning producer and the other has been selected to represent Kansas on NBC's 'American Song Contest.'

Reiser's childhood dream to be a comic took an acting detour through 33 films and 18 television roles that included creating and starring in TV's "Mad About You."

The result is "All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told," a guide into the Marvel universe.