After 2 years online, Big Slick Celebrity Weekend to return in person to Kansas City
For two years in a row, the pandemic forced Big Slick Celebrity Weekend to go online only.
But this year they’re back, in person, for two days of events in June to raise money for the Cancer Center at Children’s Mercy, organizers announced Wednesday.
The hometown hosts — Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Riggle, Eric Stonestreet and David Koechner — will once again be joined in Kansas City by celebrity guests, to be announced this spring.
On Friday, June 24, they’ll converge on Kauffman Stadium for a softball game before the Royals take on the Oakland A’s. Anyone with a Royals ticket can watch the celebrity antics as well. You may recall that at the last one of these in 2019, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes hit a home run (OK, it was on a shortened field).
Then on Saturday, June 25, comes the main event, the Big Slick Party & Show at the T-Mobile Center downtown. In between the comedy and musical performances, coveted items will be auctioned off. In the past those have included dinner with Chiefs stars and a visit to the set of Rudd’s latest Ant-Man movie. This time, will Sudeikis offer up something from “Ted Lasso”?
One change: Saturday morning will no longer feature a bowling tournament, red carpet arrival and block party at Prairiefire in Overland Park.
Tickets will go on sale in the spring, with more details announced then. Previous celebrity guests have included Selena Gomez, Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm and Al Roker, plus some other famous Kansas Citians like Heidi Gardner, David Dastmalchian and David Cook.
This will be Big Slick’s 13th year. It began in 2010 as a poker tournament — hence its name.
The event has donated over $13 million to Children’s Mercy. More at bigslickkc.org.
This story was originally published February 9, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
