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Blues Brothers City Market Park	Fri., August 29, 9:00pm	Downtown	Free Events Film
John Belushi cultivated his appreciation for the blues while filming Animal House. Inspired, he teamed with future House of Blues co-owner Dan Aykroyd to create the Saturday Night Live characters Jake and Elwood Blues. Released in 1980, The Blues Brothers still ranks as SNL's best cinematic... More >>

Chippendales VooDoo Lounge	Fri., August 29, 9:00pm	North	Night Life
It's rainin' men tonight at the Voodoo Lounge as the Chippendales dancers, shirtless men who nonetheless wear bow ties in order to make the best possible first impression, strut their man-stuff for screaming throngs of women and men driven to paroxysms of sexual excitement at the sight of... More >>

Critical Mass: August Sunfresh Market	Fri., August 29, 6:30pm	Westport	Outside Fitness
Adopting its name from the smallest amount of fissile material needed to create a nuclear chain reaction, Critical Mass is a culture-jamming cycling event held in cities across the US on the last Friday of the month, framed as a protest, an alternative to both internal combustion and traffic... More >>

Greaserama Pre-Party with Federation of Horsepower, Blood On the Saddle, Big Iron Record Bar	Fri., August 29	Westport
Established five years ago by principal songwriter, singer, guitar player and big-fat-badass-of-a-frontman Gregg Todt, the Federation of Horsepower ain't for pussies. Its story began when Seattle band the Gloryholes, whose members were friends of Todt's, called him and asked if he could get a... More >>

The Roseline, the Whipsaws, the Gaslights Jackpot Music Hall	Fri., August 29	Lawrence
Over the past two years, the Roseline has quietly become one of the best live acts in the area. Purveying a sparkling brand of singer-songwriter Americana, the group touches on the late-night brilliance of Whiskeytown and Josh Ritter. Frontman Colin Halliburton's colorful couplets match Ryan... More >>

Friday Farmers Market at Bad Seed The Bad Seed	Every week Friday, 4:30pm-9:00pm	Midtown	Buy and Sell
Bad Seed, the only dedicated organic/fair trade/whole food market and gallery space in the Crossroads Art District, hosts an awesome full-scale farmers market every Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., featuring farmers, the fruits and vegetables of their labor, locally produced dairy, eggs,... More >>

Ocular Hedonism Greenlease Gallery	Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 29 until Sat., September 20, 12:00pm-5:00pm	Midtown	Art
Some say the best art and literature is that in which one can recognize the best and worst parts of the self. Part of the attraction of a book like Moby-Dick, then, is that we find Ahab's semiheroic quest endlessly appealing but also find his quixotic obsession repugnant. In this vision, art... More >>

New, Three: 2008 Kansas City Art Institute Faculty H&R Block Artspace	Daily from Sat., August 23 until Sat., October 4	Westport	Art
Some cities may look down their noses at Kansas City's less-than-cosmopolitan veneer, but one thing outsiders can't say is that we have no art scene. Along with dozens of thriving galleries, we have the Kansas City Art Institute, one of the top 10 art schools in the country. Tonight, see what... More >>

Irish Fest Crown Center	Fri., August 29, 5:00pm-11:00pm more dates/times	Midtown	Fairs and Festivals Multicultural
You're not alone if you feel as though every time you shake off a Guinness hangover, there's another Irish festival around the corner. After all, the St. Patrick's Day Parade was a mere five months ago, and lord knows how few went to church the next morning. And now, it's already time again for... More >>

Goodguys 7th Midwestern Nationals Kansas Speedway	Daily from Fri., August 29 until Sun., August 31	Wyandotte County	Auto
Remember back when pompadours were piled as high as an elephant's eye, poodle skirts were a national birthright and if you wanted a two-tone gab jacket, you just reached up and plucked it straight off the vine? That was in the 1950s. None of us were alive then, either, but if there's one thing... More >>

Kansas City Irish Fest with the Elders, the Kelihans, Damien Dempsey, Slide, Gaelic Storm, Flannigan's Right Hook, Eddie Delahunt, Barra Macneils, Enter the Haggis, Bad Haggis, Jim Malcolm, Scythian, Pogey, 2U, Jim Cosgrove, Wild Clover Band and more. Crown Center	Fri., August 29 more dates/times	Midtown
Looking like a working-class brawler and singing like Luke Kelly, Damien Dempsey is one of the more inspiring trad-Irish balladeers to step up in recent years. Shane McGowan has praised Dempsey for describing, in his songs, things as they really are (“Which is a pile of shit, you know what... More >>

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2 for 1 Lunch Special The Shady Lady	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday	Midtown

$3 Margaritas Granite City Food & Brewery	Every week Friday	North	Culinary

"All Shook Up" New Theater Restaurant	Daily from Thu., June 26 until Sun., August 31	Overland Park	Night Life Culinary Theater

McCormick Country Store McCormick Country Store	Daily	Northwest	Road Trips

Vaughn Orchard & Country Store Vaughn Orchard & Country Store	Daily	Northwest	Road Trips

Weston Bend State Park Weston Bend State Park	Daily	Northwest	Road Trips

O'Malley's 1842 Public House O'Malley's 1842	Daily	Northwest	Road Trips

Classic Movie Night Hard Bean Café	Every week Friday, 7:00pm	Grandview

College Night Orlandos South	Every week Friday	South Johnson County

Live DJ Paddy O'Quigley's North	Every week Friday, Saturday	North

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

Dart Tournament Boomer's Bar and Grill	Every week Friday, 8:00pm	North

Dave McCubbin The Piano Room	Every week Friday	Waldo

DJ Night McCoy's Public House	Every week Friday	Westport