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Live This Week: April 26 - May 2, 2026

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Locked Shut. Photo by Anthony Ryan Tripoli.

We're excited to be helping present a few very cool shows in Kansas City and Lawrence this week. First off tonight (Sunday), Locked Shut (hardcore from Columbia, Missouri) headlines The Bottleneck after selling out their last Kansas City gig and playing one of the craziest opening sets I've seen in a while when they opened for High Vis on the same stage last year. Tickets are still available as of the time of this post! If you're in Kansas City this evening, Only Echoes (instrumental post-metal from Denver, Colorado) headlines a bill at Farewell that includes Drifter, Piltdown, and Bail. Then on Saturday, Panchiko plays (from what I can tell) their first ever Kansas show at The Granada with Sundots. That show is already sold out, so best of luck grabbing tickets -- maybe look out on our social media for a ticket contest this week.

Other acts worth catching this week include Paprika, Frozen Soul, Pentagram, Dead Butterflies, Claymore, Shiner, AFI, Trauma Ray, Jenny Don't & The Spurs, The Toasters, Bill Callahan, and Militarie Gun.

Find ticket links, show details, and more gigs below. See beyond this week on our full calendar here.

Sunday

Locked Shut w/ Lower Heaven, Yeah Right!, and Unity Ticket

April 26 @ The Bottleneck (Lawrence)

Shuttlecock & Farewell present: Only Echoes w/ Drifter, Piltdown, and Bail

April 26 @ Farewell (KC)

Music at 8pm - $15 (PWYC) - 21+ unless with parent/legal guardian

The Devon Allman Blues Summit w/ Ghalia Volt

April 26 @ Knuckleheads (KC)

Dead Meadow w/ Cory Shane and Goliath Grooper

April 26 @ recordBar (KC)

The Icks w/ DTA and Crash

April 26 @ Howdy (KC)

8pm - All Ages

Mosaic w/ Poets Mortis, Gaming, and Flatline

April 26 @ Ecumenical Campus Ministries - KU (Lawrence)

All Ages - $5-10 (PWYC) - 6:30pm

Monday

Cataphract

April 27 @ Hillsiders (KCK)

21+ - Free - 7pm

Bumpin' Uglies w/ Ballyhoo! and The Quasi Kings

April 27 @ Knuckleheads (KC)

Tuesday

Buckethead

April 28 @ Madrid Theatre (KC)

Paprika w/ P.S.Y.W.A.R., Desire Path, and Class Act

April 28 @ Studio Skate Supply (KCK)

All Ages - $10

Avatar w/ Fleshgod Apocalypse and Frozen Soul

April 28 @ Liberty Hall (Lawrence)

Dead Butterflies w/ As We Were Before, At A Loss, and Figure 8s

April 28 @ Howdy (KC)

8pm - All Ages - $15 (PWYC)

Still Ill w/ Salad Gaze, Corners Of The Sky, and The Sleepy Cats

April 28 @ Sk8bar (KC)

8pm - $10 - 21+

Wednesday

Pentagram w/ Hooded Grave

April 29 @ recordBar (KC)

Claymore w/ Pact Of Violence, Thirty Aught Six, and Fabric Of Self

April 29 @ Howdy (KC)

8pm - $10-15 (PWYC) - All Ages

Ceremonial Abyss w/ Blanket Swimming, Juliette Frost, and T.

April 29 @ Raytown Records (Raytown)

7pm - $10-20 (PWYC)

Thursday

Shiner w/ Spotlights and Lafayette

April 30 @ recordBar (KC)

Louis Berry

April 30 @ The Rino (North KC)

SpineShank w/ (Hed) P.E., Primer 55, and Kissing Candice

April 30 @ The Bottleneck (Lawrence)

Othering w/ Jorge Arana Trio and House Of Transgressor

April 30 @ miniBar (KC)

Friday

AFI w/ Choir Boy

May 1 @ The Truman (KC)

Trauma Ray w/ Glixen, Keep, and Money

May 1 @ The Bottleneck (Lawrence)

The Toasters w/ The Uncouth and The Eradicats

May 1 @ miniBar (KC)

Puscifer w/ Dave Hill

May 1 @ The Midland Theatre (KC)

Nathan Dixey w/ C.S. Luxem

May 1 @ Northside Social (Lawrence)

8pm

Color Code w/ Flake, Parent's Room, and Willoh

May 1 @ Warehouse On Broadway (KC)

Catsitter w/ DJ Esterdiol, Localuva, Atemporal, and The Real Roya

May 1 @ 1317 Union Ave. (KC)

21+ - $10-15 - 10pm

Dressy Bessy w/ The Tammy Shine and Thimastr

May 1 @ Replay Lounge (Lawrence)

10pm - $5 - 21+

Saturday

Joyce Manor w/ Militarie Gun, Teen Mortgage, and Combat

May 2 @ Liberty Hall (Lawrence)

Panchiko w/ Sundots

May 2 @ The Granada (Lawrence)

Bill Callahan w/ Jana Horn

May 2 @ recordBar (KC)

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol w/ American Sharks and Pink Fuzz

May 2 @ The Bottleneck (Lawrence)

Jenny Don't & The Spurs

May 2 @ Lucia (Lawrence)

All Ages - Free - 6pm

Unwed Sailor w/ Pool Culture, Hoaxes, and Bobcat Attack

May 2 @ miniBar (KC)

Jeffrey Martin

May 2 @ Knuckleheads (KC)

The Creepy Jingles w/ Kamera 9 and Juliette Frost

May 2 @ Lemonade Park (KC)

Yae w/ Flash Floods and Bad Alaskan

May 2 @ Replay Lounge (Lawrence)

10pm - $3 - 21+