Lucinda Williams, the New Pornographers, Coldplay, Kendrick Lamar lead August’s big concerts
TUESDAY, 8.1
Slayer
Lamb of God and Behemoth
Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
WEDNESDAY, 8.2
Lucinda Williams
Knuckleheads
THURSDAY, 8.3
Alt-J
Starlight Theatre
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
FRIDAY, 8.4
RL Grime
What So Not, Graves, and Longer Days
Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
Paper Diamond
CrossroadsKC
Throat Breach
Iddy Vice, Tommy Strauser, and Solomon
Mills Record Company
SATURDAY, 8.5
Young the Giant and Cold War Kids
Starlight Theatre
Primus
CrossroadsKC
Julien Baker
Luray
The Granada
TUESDAY, 8.8
Fleet Foxes
Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
WEDNESDAY, 8.9
Bruno Mars
Sprint Center
THURSDAY, 8.10
Pat Green
LANco
KC Live
FRIDAY, 8.11
Green Day
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Sprint Center
Sister Hazel
Andy Frasco and the U.N., Freddy Jones Band
CrossroadsKC
Morris Day and the Time
VooDoo Lounge
SATURDAY, 8.12
Logic
Joey Bada$$
Silverstein Eye Centers Arena
Atlas Genius
CrossroadsKC
Herbie Hancock
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
The New Pornographers
Ought
Liberty Hall
Los Lobos
Los Lonely Boys
Knuckleheads
The Elders
Kanza Hall
SUNDAY, 8.13
Melvins
Spotlights NYC
The Bottleneck
TUESDAY, 8.15
Coldplay
AlunaGeorge and Izzy Bizu
Sprint Center
Foreigner
Cheap Trick and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience
Starlight Theatre
Homeshake
Dreamgirl and Momma’s Boy
The Riot Room
WEDNESDAY, 8.16
Kendrick Lamar
YG and D.R.A.M.
Sprint Center
Idina Menzel
Starlight Theatre
THURSDAY, 8.17
Lady Antebellum
Sprint Center
FRIDAY, 8.18
Marco Antonio Solis
Jesse & Joy
Sprint Center
Die Antwoord
Uptown Theater
SUNDAY, 8.20
Tennis
CrossroadsKC
The All-American Rejects
Liberty Hall
Capital Cities
Kansas City Power & Light District
MONDAY, 8.21
City and Colour
Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
Downtown Boys
Ebony Tusks and Warm Bodies
White Schoolhouse
TUESDAY, 8.22
Waveless
Youth Pool, False Brother, and Bedroom Wounds
Holy Cow Market & Music
SUNDAY, 8.27
Lionel Richie
Mariah Carey and Tauren Wells
Sprint Center
2 Chainz
Young Dolph
Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
Ben Folds
Liberty Hall
TUESDAY, 8.29
Garrison Keillor
Uptown Theater
Trailer Park Boys
Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
THURSDAY, 8.31
Umphrey’s McGee
Aqueous
CrossroadsKC
