NEKS SHOW LIST

10/14/2026

🔥 GET OFF THE COUCH! NORTHEAST KANSAS IS MAKING NOISE! 🎸

Dozens of live shows October 15–18 across Topeka, Lawrence, Kansas City and beyond!

Punk, blues, jazz, metal, indie rock and more! 🤘

🎟️ FREE concert calendar — filter by city or date!

👇 LINK IN COMMENTS!

10/08/2026

Broke? Same. Go anyway. 💸

There are FREE live shows all weekend in Northeast Kansas:
✅ Josh Vowell at West Ridge Mall (Thu)
✅ Trio Sorivoce at Washburn (Thu)
✅ The Nite Owls at Blind Box BBQ (Thu)
✅ Jazz Thursday at The Ship (Thu)
✅ Delta Haze at the Lake Shawnee BBQ cook-off (Fri)

And Jazz Sundays under Liberty Hall needs no reservations or advance tickets. Just walk in.

Live music doesn't have to cost a dime. Find all 58 shows here: (LINK IN COMMENTS)

10/07/2026

Where did we find Weedeater, Fabio Frizzi doing The Beyond live, Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers, and a hardcore matinee at the Rino, all in one weekend?

NEKS.show. 🎸

Josh at NE KS Showlist tracks live music across Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka and the towns in between, every night of the week. It's the backbone of our weekend calendar, and honestly, it should be the first thing you check before you decide you're staying home.

📍 Filter by city and venue to find what's close
📅 Not just weekends: Monday jazz jams, Tuesday punk shows, Wednesday open mics
🎤 Bands, venues and promoters: get your show listed at [email protected]

Bookmark it, share it, and go see something: https://neks.show/

Northeast Kansas Show List serving Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, and surrounding areas. Find local concerts happening near you.

10/02/2026

We missed a big one, and it's FREE. 🌹

Founders Fest takes over Gage Park this weekend, and we've added it to the calendar:

🎻 TONIGHT, 5–7 PM: Garden Grooves at the Reinisch Rose Garden with the Santa Fe Band and a Topeka Symphony Orchestra string quartet

🎸 SATURDAY at the Gage Park Amphitheater: Unchained, Nico, Schwem and the Haunts N Hearts Party Band
🐶 Kiwanis Pet Parade at 11:30
🦒 Free Topeka Zoo admission and free Mini Train rides all day
🚒 Touch-a-Truck, the Rose Society, library activities and more, 10 to 2

If you can, bring a nonperishable food item for Project Topeka (no donation required).

That brings the weekend to 63 Kansas concerts across Topeka, Lawrence and KC, including Foul Play Fest, Dirty Red and the Soul Shakers, The Struts and Beck:

Dystopeka and 785 Magazine zip their calendars together: Bob Log III, Foul Play Fest, Kontravoid, blues in NOTO and free music at the mall. Topeka, Lawrence and KC.

10/01/2026

61 Kansas concerts this weekend, Thursday through Sunday, across Topeka, Lawrence and KC. 🎃

And big news: we're zipping our calendar together with 785 Magazine! Look for the bright yellow frames, those are 785's picks.

🎸 Thursday: Built to Spill at the Madrid, and free music in the West Ridge Mall food court
🍺 Friday: First Friday in NOTO with Niko Lorraine and Cleveland Blue, Bob Log III at MiniBar, Kontravoid & Buzz Kull at Encore
🤘 Saturday: Foul Play Fest's 17 hardcore bands at Idle Free, Dirty Red and the Soul Shakers at Compass Point, The Struts at Ameristar
🎺 Sunday: Jazz in the speakeasy under Liberty Hall, Shiner at the Bottleneck, Beck at the Uptown

Filter by city, tap a venue for directions. Now put down the controller and go occupy a live venue.

Catch the link in the comments.

09/29/2026

Every week our Northeast Kansas Weekend Concerts calendar gets built on the back of one site: NEKS.show.

Josh at NE KS Showlist does the heavy lifting, tracking live music across Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka and everywhere in between. Not just weekends, either. Tuesday blues jams, Wednesday punk shows, Monday night hardcore, it's all in there, and you can filter by city and venue to find what's close.

See the comments

09/25/2026

🌕 FULL MOON WEEKEND: 76 shows in KC, Lawrence & Topeka, Sept 24–27.

Bad news first: our Secret Shopper got arrested at the farm store with 300 lbs of goat feed and 200 lbs of lard. So no Secret Shopper picks this week. Don't ask.

Good news: the weekend is stacked.

🔥 TONIGHT (Fri): Swingin' NOTO double-header in Topeka. Howard Mahan Band & Milltown Band at Compass Point, then walk up the block for Joey Cool (Strange Music) at Tonix & Tunes. Chelsea Wolfe haunts Liberty Hall. And a punk, q***r & activist art show takes over The Livingroom Collective on Mass St for Final Friday, three decades of riot grrrl and punk history on the walls.

🎻 SAT: Gogol Bo****lo at The Truman. Digable Planets celebrate 30 years of Blowout Comb at the Madrid. Combichrist at the Bottleneck. Fireworks at Topeka's Rome Sweet Home Italian Fest.

🎷 SUN: Miles Davis & John Coltrane tribute at the Topeka Performing Arts Center.

Every show, every venue, one tap for directions:
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Full moon Saturday, cool fall nights, and 76 shows Sept 24–27. Gogol Bo****lo, Chelsea Wolfe, Digable Planets, a Swingin' NOTO double-header and a punk art show on Mass Street.

09/23/2026

🌕 Full moon Saturday. Cool fall nights. 76 shows across KC, Lawrence and Topeka.

This week's Northeast Kansas Weekend Concerts calendar is up, and it now fits better in the palm of your hand. We rebuilt it for phones: tap a day to jump to it, filter by city, and tap any venue for directions. That makes it 75% more smartphone friendly. (Not a real statistic. Feels right, though.)

The highlights:
🔥 Friday: Swingin' NOTO double-header. Howard Mahan Band & Milltown Band at Compass Point, then walk a few doors up for Joey Cool at Tonix & Tunes
🎨 Friday: Punk, Q***r, Activist Art show on Mass Street with Outlaw Jake live and DJ Matty
🌙 Friday: Chelsea Wolfe haunts Liberty Hall
💀 Saturday: Gogol Bo****lo at The Truman, Digable Planets at the Madrid
🎷 Sunday: Miles Davis & John Coltrane tribute at TPAC

Also, our Secret Shopper got arrested. Don't ask about the lard.

👉 https://dystopeka.com/northeast-kansas-concerts-this-weekend-sept-24-27-2026/

Full moon Saturday, cool fall nights, and 76 shows Sept 24–27. Gogol Bo****lo, Chelsea Wolfe, Digable Planets, a Swingin' NOTO double-header and a punk art show on Mass Street.

09/16/2026

Northeast Kansas Weekend Concerts, Sept 17-20: Black Flag at recordBar, S*x Pistols' KC show canceled (people are popping up on other bills instead), Charley Crockett + Clapton same night, Violent Femmes at 45, charity fest at Sk8bar.

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Northeast Kansas weekend concerts for Sept 17-20, 2026: our picks for Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City live music, plus every show on the NEKS.show calendar.

09/16/2026

This week's lineup reads like a fever dream: Black Flag at recordBar, Charley Crockett AND Eric Clapton the same night, Violent Femmes celebrating 45 years, and a charity punk fest at Sk8bar benefiting the Kansas City Indian Center.

(OK, so eric clapton is about as punk rock as a MAGA rally....)

And then there's the S*x Pistols situation — their Kansas City show got canceled this week, so half the local scene is now popping up on other bills instead. Silver linings, I guess.

Everything you need for the weekend — Topeka, Lawrence, and KC — is in the full roundup: https://dystopeka.com/northeast-kansas-weekend-concerts-sept-17-20/

Northeast Kansas weekend concerts for Sept 17-20, 2026: our picks for Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City live music, plus every show on the NEKS.show calendar.