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Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk, Rooftop Vigilantes, Hospital Ship Record Bar	Thu., January 15	Westport	Rock/ Pop
At any given Baby Birds show, there's a good chance that at least one instrument will be shattered. It's an odd sight for a local show, made even more odd by the fact that the trio's spaced-out guitar non-sequiturs, thumb-piano fills and long stretches of amp feedback seem more cerebral than... More >>

Black Gasoline, Williams Rite The Brick	Fri., January 9	Westport	Rock/ Pop
If you had to find one Kansas band, for putting your David Cook-worshipping baby brother through rock-and-roll boot camp, Black Gasoline would proudly answer the call. While it’s tempting to surmise that the Wichita band's shock-and-awe rock stems from an aspiration to be louder than the... More >>

Brave Ulysses, Echo of the Elms The Brick	Sat., January 17	Westport	Rock/ Pop
It takes a brave band to hop into a Dodge Durango in the middle of winter and navigate the Midwest tour circuit with a one-ton trailer attached to its rear. But Chicago’s Brave Ulysses exhibits that kind of reverence for the old-school D.I.Y approach: demoing albums before actually... More >>

Absolutely Anything Goes Open Mic Night with Teague Hayes The Brick	Every week Wednesday	Westport	Open-Mic/ Jam Sessions
The Brick takes this one for its willingness to accept all sorts of craziness from the amateurs on Wednesday nights. An open mic for MCs at the Peanut can result in some great performances. Same goes for poetry slams, which are even trickier to pull off. Things are looser at the Brick —... More >>

Blues & Jazz with Alice Jenkins Cafe Trio	Every week Friday, Saturday	Westport	Jazz/ Lounge
Live weekly jazz performance at Cafe Trio. More >>

Bob's Yer Uncle Music Trivia Record Bar	Every week Monday	Westport	Fun & Games
If the names David Robert Jones and John Simon Richie mean anything to you, it's probably time to ditch your typical trivia night and head on over to Bob's Yer Uncle Music Trivia at the Record Bar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207). David Bowie and Sid Vicious would be pleased as punch that you... More >>

Brodioke McCoy's Public House	Every other week Saturday, 11:00pm	Westport	Karaoke
We don't know what's ironic anymore. Irony has become so pervasive that we lose track of when we're being serious and when we're kidding. Maybe we've just started parodying ourselves. Have you seen the ironic mullets? That's a freaking haircut, and whoever gets it has to wear it day in and day... More >>

DJ Cyan Karma	Every week Monday	Westport	DJ/ Dance
Many DJs wish they had as much creative freedom as DJ Cyan, who spins at Karma every Monday night. She has so much freedom that the bartenders allow her to play avant-garde films on the screens around the bar. Underground and lesser-known jazz, blues, punk and foreign artists are in heavy... More >>

DJ I Prefer Sweeney Buzzard Beach	Every week Sunday	Westport	DJ/ Dance
Metal Mark Mathison, aka SCSI Bunny, is doing something that a lot of DJs wish they could do: Make a living off playing records. On his DJ grind, Mathison travels all over the area, from Westport to Lawrence, nearly every night of the week, paying the bills with just his CDJs, turntables and... More >>

DJ Shad Karma	Every week Tuesday	Westport	DJ/ Dance
Controlling a crowd of feisty clubgoers is the mark of a maestro. DJ Shad, who was just named Best Club DJ in our “Best Of” issue, continues to display his careful command over the patrons Saturdays at Karma on Saturday nights. With Club Kandi and Skybox shutting down, many of those... More >>

Billy Ebeling Jazz	Tue., January 6, 7:00pm-10:00pm more dates/times	Westport	Blues/ Funk/ Soul
On his 16th record, Playing With Myself, released in 2008, Billy Ebeling handles all instrumental duties, including guitar, bass, drums, piano, harmonica and accordion. During his live solo shows, he’s equally industrious, even strapping on a foot tambourine. Ebeling’s gentle, friendly... More >>

Rex Hobart's Honkytonk Supper Club Record Bar	Every week Tuesday, 8:00pm	Westport	Country/ Bluegrass
"This is the way we're doing it — it's the Honky-Tonk Standards Chuck Wagon Dinner Show. We didn't want to bill it as the actual Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, because we still want those shows to be something special and a bigger kind of show. Plus, we wanted to be a cover band and play... More >>

Karaoke with Dee D.B. Cooper's	Every week Wednesday, 9:00pm	Westport	Karaoke
People at midtown watering hole D.B. Cooper’s (1804 West 39th Street, 816-753-9800) drink like it’s their job. The bar is named after the mysterious man who, in 1971, hijacked a Boeing 727, collected 200 G’s in ransom and parachuted somewhere over the southern Cascades, never to... More >>

Manicure and Cosmo night Boozefish	First Wednesday of every month, 8:00pm	Westport	Fun & Games
There hasn’t been a new episode of Sex and the City since 2004, but that doesn’t stop people from referencing the ultimate girl-dish show every time someone brings up a woman’s perspective on sex. Meanwhile, the envelope-pushing subjects that brought the show such attention back... More >>

Ida McBeth Jardine's	Sat., January 3, 6:00pm more dates/times	Westport	Jazz/ Lounge
If you've been to a Kansas City jazz bar, you've either seen Ida McBeth or just missed her. The soul master has been a fixture at musical landmarks from Jardine's to 18th and Vine for decades. She has also taken her KCK roots to big stages, shaking up the Smithsonian and singing the national... More >>

Mr. Marco's V7 Davey's Uptown Ramblers Club	Every week Wednesday	Westport	Jazz/ Lounge
Holding down a weekly residency requires three key ingredients: talent, a plethora of material, and enough cheap booze to make people forget that they just saw your band seven days ago. The Cocktail Sessions with Mr. Marco's V7 promise all that and a Turkish rock opera, which the workaholic... More >>

Rock Band Mondays with Metal Mark The Riot Room	Every week Monday, 8:00pm	Westport	Fun & Games
Some find simply sitting on a bar stool and having a cocktail to be a tedious affair. Fortunately for them, bar diversions are evolving. Out with the tabletop versions of Ms. Pac-Man and metal-tipped darts, in with Big Buck Hunter, Wii Bowling and — for those who like to showcase their... More >>

Tim Whitmer & Friends Cafe Trio	Every week Thursday, 6:30pm-9:30pm	Westport	Jazz/ Lounge
Weekly jazz performance at Cafe Trio. More >>

Wild Women of Kansas City Jardine's	Last Sunday of every month, 6:30pm	Westport	Jazz/ Lounge
The Wild Women of Kansas City is more than just an attention-grabbing name — it’s also the perfect descriptor for this raucous mainstay on the city’s jazz and blues circuit. Star singer Myra Taylor may be flirting with her mid-90s, but that doesn’t mean her spirited, spunky... More >>

More Events

Camp Harlow The Levee	Every week Saturday, 5:00pm	Westport	Blues/ Funk/ Soul

"Dance All Night Long" Missie B's	Daily, 10:00pm	Westport	Gay & Lesbian

Dart Night Chez Charlie	Every week Thursday	Westport	Fun & Games

Drinking Liberally Californos	First Wednesday of every month	Westport	Fun & Games

DJ Night McCoy's Public House	Every week Friday	Westport	DJ/ Dance

DJ and MC show America's Pub	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday	Westport	DJ/ Dance