Uptown Theater (Kansas City)

The Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, is a historic venue located at 3700 Broadway, originally opened in January 1928 as an atmospheric movie palace. Designed by architect Robert Gornall, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and underwent a significant $15 million restoration in the 1990s, restoring its original splendor

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Royel Otis at Uptown Theater, Kansas City MO (2025-10-03)

Australian guitar-pop sensations duo Royel Otis played a crowded Uptown Theater (after being brought indoors and upgraded from GrindersKC) in midtown Kansas City, in support of their second full-length, hickey, released in August (via Ourness/Capitol Records). Explaining the album title, the pair has said "…because love bites harder than any other emotion in the world."