Kansas City

The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its fourteen counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (nine counties) and Kansas (five counties). The 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) 2024 estimated census calculated a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

Joywave with little image at The Truman, Kansas City MO (2025-04-26)

That turned out to be the case as the pride of Rochester NY, electro alt-pop rockers Joywave returned to Kansas City on their “Here to Perform Tour” at The Truman downtown, in support of last May’s “Permanent Pleasure” album (via Cultco, their own imprint on Hollywood Records).

We♥KC! April 25-27, 2025 Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence KS)

Let’s take look at the Kansas City / Lawrence KS metro musical happenings for the upcoming weekend from April 25th to 27th.