We turn our attention to Make Music Day. Every year on June 21 Make Music Day is celebrated in 700+ cities in 120 countries. On Friday, June 21 just here in Kansas City, there are 100+ performances around the KC Metro. Music will be everywhere from downtown to South JOCO, up to the Kansas City International Airport, KCK to the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.

On the radio show, we'll hear music from (hopefully) a dozen of the acts that are part of Make Music Day KC:

• The Barton Street Band, playing at 2PM at The Zoo and 6PM Merriam Community Center

• Say That Again, playing at Lemonade Park

• Jass, playing FOUR sets: 11AM at Ilus Davis Park, 12:30 at PH Coffee, 2PM at KCI, 5PM at Town Fork Creek Park

• Lydia Alem, playing at Ilus Davis Park

• JaySol, playing twice, noon at Town Fork Creek Park, 1PM at KCI

• Amanda Hughey, playing at Blind Box BBQ at Village West

• Deanna Ray, playing THREE times, noon at Lakeside Nature Center of KC, 5PM at Ward Parkway Presbyterian Church, and 8PM at Bar K

• Carlo Z, playing at 7PM at Crossroads Hotel at the Percheron Rooftop Bar

• Jonah Blu, playing THREE times, 2:15PM at Town Fork Creek Park, 4PM at KCI, 6PM at BarK

• Talking Backwards at noon at KKFI 90.1 FM (livestream only) and 4PM at Union Station at the KC Streetcar stop

• Kierra Rae, playing at 6PM at Kansas City Bier Company

• Les Izmore, playing at 7PM at miniBar

A massive tip of the hat to Heidi Lynn Markle of Kansas City Parks and Recreation on organizing an amazing day of music! For more info head to Make Music Day KC's website or find them on social media. All of the shows listed there are FREE and several are all-ages and family-friendly.

We welcome into our studio one of KC’s busiest musicians, Kadesh Flow. Kadesh Flow is one of over 60 acts that will be performing on one of the five stages at Boulevardia this weekend in downtown Kansas City around Crown Center (where parking is FREE for this weekend). He’s hustling and working on so many projects that he will actually play on three of the five stages as he’s in a lot of projects.

Armed with his trusty trombone and some tight lyrics, Kadesh Flow’s schedule for Boulevardia 2024 looks like this:

• Friday at 7PM Kadesh Flow on The Holladay Hill Stage

• Saturday at 1:15PM with Tiki Brawlers on The Elevate Stage

• Saturday at 2:25PM with The Phantastics on The Visit Missouri Stage

On the show we’ll hear music from each of this projects, we’ll talk about Boulevardia, we’ll talk about him representing Kansas City at SXSW this past March, we’ll talk about him charting on Billboard, we’ll talk about his recent performance at Kelce Jam with his buddies in Back Alley Brass Band, and we’ll try and figure out how he manages his time between all of these projects. It should be a fun show hanging out with Kadesh in our studio, and Sarah Bradshaw will be along for the ride, producing the show.

Boulevardia 2024 is coming up in two weekends, June 14 and 15 at Crown Center.

On the show, we’ll dive into things BEYOND just the music happening at the fest. We’ll talk about parking, ticketing options, food trucks, the maker village, a roller skating party, and so much more.

Did you know that the bars at Boulevardia are staffed by some of KC’s hardest-working charities? As you walk around the fest you’ll see amazing people from Midwest Music Foundation, WIN for KC, SocialHeart, KC Pet Project, Cultivate KC, Head For The Cure, Lead to Read KC, Missouri Pit Bull Rescue, and more.

We’ll also inform you of a few late additions to the Boulevardia lineup including Bobby Watson, Tiberias, Tiki Brawlers, and Infinity/Paranoid.

Oh yeah, and we’ll play some music too, all NEW music from several acts on the lineup. We’ll hear new music from some of the headliners: Milky Chance, Thundercat, and Paul Cauthen. From KC acts, we’ll play new stuff from Lava Dreams, Jamogi, Kate Cosentino, JINGRAM, Asia Tsion, Kadesh Flow, and Kemet Coleman.

We’ll also hear a new single from Infinity/Paranoid and I’ll tell you a story and probably get sentimental about why I’m so excited to have them on the lineup.

First up, did you know Mark Manning’s birthday is coming up? On Thursday, June 6 join in the celebration for Mark Manning as well as celebrating PRIDE week in downtown Kansas City at Nighthawk below Hotel Kansas City - Pride Showcase at Nighthawk + Mark Manning B-day Bash with Zava, Zee + Kat King on Thurs., June 6 The evening will feature three acts and will be hosted by Mark Manning AND he'll be doing stand-up comedy between sets! On the Eight One Sixty we’ll hear music from two of the acts on the lineup, ZAVA and Zee Underscore. Kat King is also on the lineup, and we played music from her catalog last week.

After the Mark Manning love, we’ll jump into a pile of new releases from KC bands and musicians. We’ve got some great stuff planned for you, including two contenders for TOP TEN songs of the year from The Freedom Affair and Clarks in Space (featuring Clarke Wyatt and Betse Ellis).

We’ll also hear great new music from these acts with upcoming gigs:

• Danny McGaw - Friday, June 7 at Blind Box BBQ at Village West

• Amble Haunt - Saturday, June 8 at Howdy

• IVORY BLUE - Saturday, June 15 at Boulevardia

• ASPN - Saturday, June 22 at The RINO

• MellowPhobia - June 24 at The Bottleneck and June 25 at recordBar

• The Greeting Committee - Saturday, August 17 at The Midland

The sixth annual event, Manor Fest 6 begins this Thursday and runs over the next two weeks, running Thursday to Saturday, May 23 to May 25, and then May 30 to June 1. Over those six days, 60 bands will play in 20 venues in six different areas/neighborhoods of Kansas City. A massive tip of the hat to Shaun Crowley and his team and volunteers at Manor Records for pulling this off.

We’ll play music from some of our favorite acts on the lineup, as well as some acts that we know nothing about. We’ll sneak in some of our favorite songs from 2023 and some possible contenders for favorite songs of 2024 as well. During the broadcast, we will play music from Liney Blu, Thimastr, Jolson and the Fear of Snakes, Daniel Gum, Supermoto, EBONY TUSKS, PURE XTC, Fritz Hutchison, Frogpond, Kat King, and Honeybee.