Things to do in Kansas City: Mardi Gras celebrations, Louis Tomlinson and giant puppets
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Fat Tuesday this year is March 1, but Kansas City can celebrate a few days early.
The big event will be the Mardi Gras Party, 7-10 p.m. Feb. 26, with live music, street performers and more at the bars and entertainment venues of Kansas City Live! Tickets ($40-$65) are available at powerandlightdistrict.com.
The Ship in the West Bottoms will provide a smaller celebration — the KC Carnival Ball, 8 p.m. Feb. 26, featuring Mardi Gras krewes, music, food and drink. Tickets ($40-$50) are available at theshipkc.com.
Music
▪ Crash Test Dummies, 8 p.m. Feb. 24, Madrid ($45.50-$79.50). facebook.com/themadridtheatre.
▪ Lane 8, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, The Truman ($29.50-$55). thetrumankc.com.
▪ Randy Rogers Band, 7 p.m. Feb. 25, Uptown ($25-$39). uptowntheater.com.
▪ Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, 8 p.m. Feb. 25, Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland ($29.50-$99.50). arvestbanktheatre.com.
▪ Louis Tomlinson, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Uptown (sold out). uptowntheater.com.
▪ Mid-America Freedom Band, 2 p.m. Feb. 27, National WWI Museum (free). theworldwar.org.
▪ A-Flat Youth Orchestra, 3 p.m. Feb. 27, First Baptist Church of Kansas City (free). fbckcmo.net.
▪ K.Flay, 7:30 p.m. March 1, The Truman ($21.50-$43). thetrumankc.com.
▪ Polish Wieniawski Philharmonic, 7:30 p.m. March 1, Lied Center ($19-$50). lied.ku.edu.
▪ Ben Sayevich and Lolita Lisovskaya-Sayevich, 7:30 p.m. March 2, 1900 Building ($10-$30). icm.park.edu.
More entertainment
▪ The Fishtank Theatre will present “Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties” at the Black Box in the West Bottoms, opens 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24; runs through March 13 ($25). fishtanktheatre.com.
▪ Terry Fator, an “America’s Got Talent” winner who combines ventriloquism, singing, comedy and impressions, will appear at the Ameristar, 8:30 p.m. Feb. 25 ($62-$125). ameristarkansascity.com.
▪ Mike Epps, Sommore, Gary Owen, Lavell Crawford and Earthquake will come to Municipal Auditorium for the No Remorse Comedy Tour, 7 p.m. Feb. 26 ($61-$252). ticketmaster.com.
▪ The Bach Aria Soloists and Wylliams-Henry Contemporary Dance Company will collaborate for an evening of music and dance at the MTH Theater at Crown Center, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26. ($20-$40). wylliams-henry.org.
▪ Giant puppets will explore a mysterious cave in search of ancient Aztec treasure in the StoneLion Puppet Theatre’s “The Lost Treasure” at Yardley Hall, 7 p.m. March 2, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 3 ($6-$16). jccc.edu/midwest-trust-center/events.
