February 20, 2014 – Our Thursday night showcase stage at the 26th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City, Missouri was brimming with wonderful talent. Thanks to Mick Byrd, Bill Abernathy, Chad Abernathy, Bohemian Highway and Aaron Fowler and Laura Dungan for making the evening so musically pleasurable.
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February 20, 2014 – Our Private Showcase at the 26th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City opened with a wonderful lineup of new and returning KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists. Our thanks to Bohemian Highway, Mick Byrd, Richard Paul Thomas, Jefferson Fox, Josh Harty, and Shane Lamb for providing the music.
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February 19, 2014 – Opening night at the 26th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference introduced Kansas City to conference attendees with a “KC Extravaganza,” a sampling of the Kansas City music scene. KC Cafe Radio was honored to host one of the 9 venues of music. Among the performers onstage that night were KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists Kasey Rausch, Johnathan Fleig, Jefferson Fox, Mick Byrd, Conner Leimer, Dylan Russell, Brendan MacNaughton, Sky Smeed, Andrew Foshee, and The Buttermilk Boys.
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Join KC Cafe Radio at the beautiful Westin Crown Center Hotel in downtown Kansas City Thursday, February 20, as we begin our live coverage of the 26th annual Folk Alliance International Conference and Music Camp.
Tune in to KC Cafe Radio Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with live performances from our private showcase room at the conference beginning at 2PM and 10:30PM Central Time each day.
If you miss any of our live coverage, check back here at the website, as we will offer archived recordings of each performance.
KC Cafe Radio Stage at the Roanoke Room
(This event will not broadcast live over KC Cafe Radio, however we will offer archived recordings of the performances on the website following the show)
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All times are Central Time
Live from our private showcase room
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All times are Central Time
Live from our private showcase room
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All times are Central Time
Live from our private showcase room
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All times are Central Time
January 26, 2014 – KC Cafe Radio will host one of the 9 music venues opening the 26th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference and Music Camp, on Wednesday, February 19. The conference runs through February 24th, at the Westin Crown Center hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Performances begin at 8 PM (Central Time) in the Roanoke room, featuring the music of Kasey Rausch (8:00), Jonathan Fleig (8:20), Jefferson Fox (8:40), Mick Byrd (9:00), Conner Leimer (9:20), Dylan Russel (9:40), Brendan MacNaughton (10:00), Sky Smeed (10:20), Andrew Foshee (10:40), The Buttermilk Boys (11:00), Brody Buster Trio (11:20), and Molly Gene (11:40).
In addition to the KC Extravaganza Showcase on Wednesday night, public showcase events will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the conference. A total of 200 juried performances will be available across 4 evenings.
The Showcase is a charity fundraiser and all ticket purchases are 100% donations to the Folk Alliance Scholarship Fund, Midwest Music Foundation, and the Casey Bill Weldon Headstone Fund. A limited number of tickets are available, ranging from $25 for a single night, to $85 for all four nights of performances. Tickets may be purchased from Eventbrite here.
The Folk Alliance Music Showcase is part of the annual International Folk Alliance Conference and Winter Music Camp taking place that week at the Westin and Sheraton Hotels in downtown Kansas City. This is the first year that Kansas City is hosting the conference and camp, since Folk Alliance International moved its headquarters last summer from Memphis, Tennessee. to Kansas City, Missouri.