Our October 2024 events calendar features Cornocupia, Nosferatu, and plenty of scares

Photo by Chris Ortiz. // Art by Cassondra Jones

ONGOING

Oct 4 & 5
Sal Vulcano, Funny Bone Comedy Club

Oct 4-6
Matthias Pintscher welcomes Gil Shaham, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 5 & 6
Weston Applefest, Main St Weston, MO

Oct 11 & 12
Michael Blackson, Funny Bone Comedy Club

Oct 11-20
Kansas City Ballet Presents ALICE (in wonderland), Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 15 & 16
Psycho in Concert, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 18 & 19
Lil Sasquatch and Francis Ellis, Funny Bone Comedy Club

Photo Courtesy of Power & Light District’s Website

Oct 18-20
Cornucopia, Power & Light District
Start the fall season off right with Kansas City’s annual fall festival, Cornucopia, running from October 18 to 20 in the Power & Light District. This three-day celebration offers fun for all ages with activities kicking off at 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday, and 12 p.m. Sunday. Attendees can enjoy a wide variety of carnival rides, live music performances by local artists, and a family-friendly petting zoo. Food enthusiasts can indulge in seasonal treats like caramel apples, pumpkin-spiced treats, and fall favorites, alongside classic carnival snacks. Don’t miss the craft beer garden, offering a selection of brews and warm cider. Fun Farm passes are available for purchase and can be used towards face painting, pumpkin decorating, digging for treasure and the corn & hay maze. General admission to Cornucopia and the Fun Farm is free.

Kristin Chenoweth and Your Kansas City Symphony, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 24-26
Dave Smith, Comedy Club KC

Oct 25 & 26
Kountry Wayne, Funny Bone Comedy Club

Oct 25-27
Disney’s Hocus Pocus in Concert, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

EVENTS

Oct 1
Wilderado, Madrid Theatre
Judas Priest, Cable Dahmer Arena
Nicki Minaj, T-Mobile Center

Oct 2
Ricky Montgomery, The Truman
Seether, The Midland
Clutch w/ Rival Son, Uptown Theater
Celtic Thunder: Odyssey, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Rival Sons, Uptown Theater
Steven Curtis Chapman, Folly Theater

Oct 3
DJ Shadow, Madrid Theatre
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Liberty Hall
Libbie Higgins and Tina Dybal, Comedy Club KC
Jeff Leeson, Funny Bone Comedy Club

Oct 4
Fontaines DC w/ Been Stellar, The Granada
Thievery Corporation, The Truman
The Steel Woods, Knuckleheads
Iliza Shlesinger, The Midland
Marshall Tucker Band, Folly Theater

Oct 5
Foreigner w/ Loverboy, Azura Amphitheater
Taylor Shines, Crossroads Arts District
Andrew Santino, The Midland
Judah & The Lion, Uptown Theater
Suicide Boys, T-Mobile Center

Oct 6
Kaleo, The Midland
Twin Temple, The Granada
Bad Religion, Uptown Theater
Tasha K, Funny Bone Comedy Club
For King and Country, T-Mobile Center

Oct 7
Still Woozy, The Midland
Robert Delong w/ Atlas Genius, Madrid Theatre

Oct 8
Underoath, The Midland
Coco & Clair Clair, The Bottleneck
The Beaches, The Truman
Cameron Carpenter: Free Organ Concert, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 9
Briston Maroney, The Truman
Gatecreeper, The Bottleneck
Black Joe Lewis, Knuckleheads

Oct 10
Blackberry Smoke, Uptown Theater

Oct 11
Morgan Wade, Uptown Theater
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra Presents Unforgettable, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Danae Hays, The Midland

Oct 12
Atmosphere, Voodoo Lounge
Leonid and Friends, Ameristar Casino & Hotel
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
David Spade, The Midland
Stephanie Miller, Uptown Theater
Cody Johnson, T-Mobile Center

Oct 13
Nilüfer Yanya, The Bottleneck
Fred Rubino, Funny Bone Comedy Club

Oct 14
Sixpence None The Richer, Knuckleheads

Oct 15
Gel w/ MSPAINT, The Bottleneck
Chromeo & The Midnight, The Midland

Oct 16
The Dead South, The Midland
Mannequin Pussy, The Granada
Gold Over America Tour, T-Mobile Center

Oct 17
Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Midland
Sesame Street Live, Cable Dahmer Arena
Juanes, Uptown Theater

Photo Courtesy of Apex Paranormal’s Website

Oct 18
Ghost Tour, Dillingham-Lewis House Museum
Get in the spirit of the season with a ghost tour at the haunted Dillingham-Lewis House Museum and the Alton hotel in historic downtown Blue Springs on Oct 18. Come explore the home with ties to Confederate soldier Joshua Robert Dillingham and his wife, Susan Jane Walker. The home, which later came to be referred to as “The Brownfield House,” is notorious for its shadowy figures and unexplained phenomena that has left the Blue Springs Historical Society baffled. Safe and fun for all ages, bring a friend or the family on this ghostly tour led by paranormal investigators Apex Paranormal. As you walk through both homes, investigators will explain the curious events that they’ve seen. For the first half hour, lights will be left on for attendees, but for the rest of the tour, the lights are out as you explore the haunted home and hotel with paranormal-sensing equipment. Patrons are also welcome to bring their own sensors, cameras, and other ghostly equipment. 

Korn w/ Gojira, T-Mobile Center
Nelly, Allen Fieldhouse
The Fray, The Truman
Small Town Murder, The Midland

Oct 19
Superchunk, The Granada
Halloween Happenings, Merriam Parks and Recreation
Halloween Trunk or Treat, The Luxe Event Space
Great White, Ameristar Casino & Hotel
The Taylor Party — Taylor Swift Tribute, The Truman

Oct 20
Soul Asylum w/ Juliana Hatfield Three, The Truman
King Diamond, Uptown Theater
Zach Williams, Cable Dahmer Arena
Matt Fraser, Uptown Theater

Oct 22
Sofi Tukker, The Midland
Daniel Nunnelee, The Bottleneck
Andy Grammer, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Photo Courtesy of The Kansas City Symphony’s Website

Oct 23
Nosferatu, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Sink your teeth into a screening of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. on Oct 23. Organist Dorothy Papadakos will accompany the film on the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ, where attendees can hear a live organ play the original score. Nosferatu was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1891 novel Dracula, and tells the story of the vampire Count Orlok as he prays on a woman named Ellen and her husband, Thomas, must save her before sunrise. The film was banned due to its “excessive horror” and as a result, nearly all copies of the film were destroyed under court order, except for one. The last known copy of Nosferatu continues to be a masterpiece and remains to be a classic within the silent expressionist film genre. Celebrate the Halloween spirit with a screening of one of the first vampire films in cinema history. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes.

Dopapod, recordBar
Dan and Phil, The Midland

Oct 24
Xiu Xiu, The Bottleneck
Intocable, The Midland
Hatebreed, Uptown Theater

Oct 25
Porchers, recordBar
Beats & Broomsticks, Zona Rosa Town Center
The Struts, Ameristar Casino & Hotel
Walking with Ghosts: Real Life Hauntings with Amy Bruni, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 26
Alan Jackson, T-Mobile Center
Trace Adkins, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Official Halloween Bar Crawl, Howl at the Moon
Travis Tritt, Ameristar Casino & Hotel
Gabriel Iglesias, Cable Dahmer Arena
Dayglow, The Midland

Oct 27
MisterWives, The Truman
Chelsea Handler, The Midland

Oct 29
Kaylee’s Halloween Haunt & Jaunt, Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park

Oct 31
Bobcat Goldthwait, Comedy Club KC