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Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup – July 10-12, 2026
Welcome to this week’s Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup – another weekend, another absolute pile-up of shows across Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City. This one leans hard into KC – the recordBar/MiniBar/Lemonade Park cluster alone could eat your whole Friday night and half your gas tank – while Topeka keeps it small but stubborn, and Lawrence sneaks in a few weird ones worth the drive.
As always, a big chunk of this comes from the calendar built by Josh Brewer over at NEKS.show – go bookmark it, search it, live in it. If your band’s show isn’t on here, that’s between you and your Facebook event settings.
Get out, tip your bartenders, buy the shirt instead of the streaming subscription. We’ll see you somewhere in the crowd.
Friday shows in the Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup
- Suneaters (Album Release) // Heidi Gluck // The Harrisonics – Replay Lounge, Lawrence – 6:00 PM (early show)
Start your weekend right with a rare appearance from Suneaters, an early show at The Replay. The Kansas City/Lawrence outfit has been putting out its brand of psychedelic, space-tinged art rock for well over a decade on Lotuspool Records, and this one doubles as an album release show. Expect the loose, unpredictable songwriting they’re known for – part 70s space rock, part fuzzed-out indie, all filtered through the band’s self-described sense of smartass sincerity. Sharing the bill is The Harrisonics, Lawrence’s reliably excellent power pop trio – they’re one of those bands that never misses, sparkling hooks and tight musicianship every time out. Get there early, this one’s worth the 6pm start.
- R.A.B. Soul Experiment: Matinee Show – The Ship, Kansas City – 6:00 PM
- Monochrome Home with Kissy Fit and Lulu Glocken – Lucia, Lawrence – 7:00 PM
- Kontusion (NJ/DC) / Garoted / Final Atomic Battle / Tortured Form – MiniBar, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Piano Manning Meets Rocket Manning: Tributes to Billy Joel & Elton John – Aztec Shawnee Theater, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- bail. | Lafayette | Twin Monarchs – The Rino, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Philistines, Bloodthrust, Pamper The Madman – Lemonade Park, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Blade Rave – recordBar, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- The Church – THE SINGLES: 1980-2025 – Knuckleheads, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- Mo Pitney – Knuckleheads, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- Beth & Brandon / Stefan Prigmore / Simon Flory – Hillsiders, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- Paul Wall – Warehouse On Broadway, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- North by North (CHI) w/ Teri Quinn & the Coyotes, Heat Seger, Jamogi & The Jammers – The Ship, Kansas City – 9:00 PM
- Dan Cool Plays Boogie Records – The Ship, Kansas City – 9:00 PM
- STIMULATE – Warehouse On Broadway, Kansas City – 9:00 PM
- Lazy World / Danilo B / LVNDLOCKED / Phase Distorter – Howdy, Kansas City – TBA
Saturday shows in the Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup
- miniBar Midday Market – MiniBar, Kansas City – 1:00 PM
- Groove Jazz with KC Green (Matinee Show) – The Ship, Kansas City – 6:00 PM
- Me Porto Bonito – recordBar, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Vile Desire / Anesthetic / Meat Cleavers – Howdy, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- We’re So Petty: Rockin’ Aztec Shawnee Theater – Aztec Shawnee Theater, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Super Massive Black Holes, Mitzi McKee & The Precious Cargo, Bad Abby – Lemonade Park, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Holdfast, Mineral King, Limestone – MiniBar, Kansas City – 7:15 PM
- Elmiene – The Truman, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- Telander – Knuckleheads, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- The Pornhuskers / Wayne Pain and the Shit Stains – Hillsiders, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
The Pornhuskers have been doing this for over two decades now, and they’ve built a reputation the old-fashioned way: masked members hiding behind names like King Punk Rock Salami and Biggie Johnson, surf-garage trash-thrash turned up past the point of good taste, and a live show that’s reportedly gotten dancers, stage blood, and at least one promoter trying to pull the plug mid-set. I am reluctant to prognosticate on what’s going to happen at any Pornhuskers show, but it will be memorable. Throw Wayne Pain and the Shit Stains on the bill and Saturday night at Hillsiders stops being optional.
- The Zeros – Knuckleheads, Kansas City – 8:30 PM
- The Cowardly Lions – The Ship, Kansas City – 9:00 PM
- Kansas City Party vs Regular Dress: JS (LA), Stink E. Cur, Ryan – The Ship, Kansas City – 9:00 PM
- GRVNDPA // DJ Set // Every Second Saturday – Replay Lounge, Lawrence – 10:00 PM
- Gash // Baby // Virga // Blanky – Replay Lounge, Lawrence – 10:00 PM
- Rock Into Remission Together – A Benefit for Kalvin Lynch – Wabaunsee County Fair Grounds, Alma – 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
A late add to the list, and a good one. Punk.Snot.Dead. is throwing a benefit show out at the Wabaunsee County Fair Grounds in Alma for Kalvin Lynch – live music, fresh food, and a good excuse to show up and support a member of the scene who needs it. Schwem and Nomads From The Void are confirmed, Kalvin Lynch himself is on the bill, and more acts are still being added. Free entry, donations welcomed, shaved ice from Royal Ice on site. Address is E 9th St, Alma, KS 66401. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon before heading into the rest of the weekend.
- WILL RAP FOR FOOD – Two Wolves Studio & Artist Den, Topeka – 9:00 PM
Sunday shows
- No Bow Tie // Hansen Airship // The Twangles – Replay Lounge, Lawrence – 6:00 PM (early show)
- The Word Alive – Warehouse On Broadway, Kansas City – 6:00 PM
- Adjust The Sails – recordBar, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Jazz Sundays at Liberty Hall – Liberty Hall, Lawrence – 7:00 PM
Fun bit of trivia: the Underground Basement lounge was the old Four Winds, or Four Spirits club way way back in the day.
- Anson Funderburgh’s Guitar Summit feat. Shawn Pittman, Mike Morgan, Drew Allian, H Bomb – Knuckleheads, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Joe Pug – Knuckleheads, Kansas City – 7:00 PM
- Get the Led Out – Uptown Theater, Kansas City – 8:00 PM
- Aaron Scarbrough / Jeff Nelson / Tyler Young – Hillsiders, Kansas City – 9:00 PM
On our radar: next week’s Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026
Ded – The Anti-Everything Tour – The Bottleneck, Lawrence – Doors 6:00 PM / Show 7:00 PM
It’s a Wednesday, but this one’s worth clearing the calendar for. Ded built their name on the 2017 breakout single “Anti-Everything,” the title track off their debut Mis-An-Thrope, and they’ve spent the years since sharing stages with Korn and P.O.D. while sharpening a sound that splits the difference between guttural nu-metal riffing and choruses big enough to actually get stuck in your head. They’re out supporting Resent, their third full-length, and this tour is named after the song that started it all. Fellow Arizona road dogs Dropout Kings join the bill – they’ve toured with Ded before and know how to keep the energy up – alongside Brooklyn’s VRSTY, a self-described “heavy pop” outfit that brings some genuine hooks into the mix. Local support comes from Diabolical Orange Monkey, a Kansas rock and metal outfit that’s been steadily building a following since forming during the pandemic, and Mad Existence rounds out the bill. All ages, advance tickets $20, day of show $25.
That’s this week’s Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup – see you out there.
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Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup – July 10-12, 2026
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End notes: So how do you like this weeks Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup? I am taking a slightly different direction and mode in how I create the calendar. I found myself growing frustrated with certain things, and realities over the last few weeks. So I took on the “Accept the things I cannot change, and Change the things I can”. Whether or not I have any wisdom to know the difference remains to be seen. I still feel like I need to write a “Promote your band and gig 101” article, or series of articles. It seems that things that I take for granted and “Duh, everyone knows THAT” are not really very well known. I was thinking that maybe I had just lost the plot and was not hip to the tech-savvy ways of the youth. Nope, thats not the case really, though I am still mystified on how and why anyone would make a flyer put up on Instagram by the whole of the promotion campaign. I’m not really looking for sympathy or pats on the back, But putting this Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup together, and then getting out into your faces every week take a lot of -UN-PAID- work. (Hint hint) Also, Josh Brewer is no slouch in all of his work getting the www.neks.show calendar working (And thats where I draw a lot of my info for this calendar) If you want your band, or your gig listed in these Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup, one of the best ways is to make a facebook event page/invite for it, and/or send us the info (Address on WWW.NEKS.SHOW site or dystopeka@gmail.com ) and we will do what we can to get your event into the Northeast Kansas Weekend Concert Roundup.
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