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Lake Street Dive
Morton Amphitheater — Kansas City, MO
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About Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive is a Boston-based funk and soul band that somehow keeps getting better instead of calcifying into nostalgia. They started in the mid-2000s as a street busking group, which explains why their sound has this infectious, go-anywhere energy that doesn't care about genre lanes. Their 2013 album Bad Self Portraits introduced them to a wider audience, but it was 2015's Side Pony that made them unavoidable—tracks like 'Good as Hell' became the kind of song people who don't normally listen to funk actually sought out. Ssinger Rachael Price has a voice that can shift from breathy and intimate to absolutely commanding without breaking a sweat. The band treats every song like it's a negotiation with the listener, building grooves instead of just playing them, making arrangements that breathe and shift. They're serious musicians who refuse to sound serious about it.

Shows feel like a really good party where the musicians somehow have more fun than the audience, which is impossible but they manage it anyway. Price commands the stage without trying. Crowds move without being told to.

Known for Good as Hell, It Happened to Me, Bad Self Portraits, Side Pony, What Would a Wise Man Do

Lake Street Dive + Kansas City

Lake Street Dive rolled through Kansas City on a September night at Starlight Theater, delivering the kind of set that feels like a conversation with old friends. They opened with 'Good Together' and spent the evening weaving between their catalog with confidence—pulling deep cuts like 'Gertrude' and 'Call Off Your Dogs' alongside the crowd-pleasers. The band closed things out with '(I've Had) The Time of My Life,' which felt less like an obvious finale and more like the actual sentiment of the room. Twenty-three songs in, they'd covered enough ground to remind you why their live shows matter.

Lake Street Dive in Kansas City News

Live Music in Kansas City

Kansas City's music DNA is rhythm-first—blues, jazz, and R&B shaped everything that came after. That history means the city still values pocket and feel over flash, which is basically Lake Street Dive's entire project. They're doing that modern funk thing with real horn arrangements and locked-in grooves, and that should play well in a town where people know the difference between a solid beat and just noise.

Kansas City road trip to see Lake Street Dive?

Stay in Midtown, where the neighborhood has a real rhythm to it beyond just the venue. Hit up Betty Rae's for upscale barbecue that actually justifies the hype, then walk it off exploring the galleries and vintage shops along Baltimore. Catch a show at the Truman or Liberty Hall depending on the size, but leave time to visit Union Station—it's legitimately one of the finest Beaux-Arts buildings in the country, and worth seeing even if you're just passing through. The Power and Light District is there if you want drinks after, but Midtown's got better bones.

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