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Music Schedule

Activations Schedule

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • A: Celebrate AMERI’KANA is free to attend. However, you can purchase a VIP ticket and help Art as Mentorship sustain its free youth music programming. Visit https://bit.ly/4am8N6w to purchase a VIP ticket and learn about VIP perks.

  • A: VIP Includes:

    - Access to the Celebrate AMERI'KANA After-Party

    - Access to Band Aid Lounge - a private, air-conditioned lounge

    - Unlimited refreshments from KC’s finest breweries and distilleries

    - Celebrate AMERI’KANA 2024 VIP Bag, which will contain:

    *Limited Edition Festival Enamel Pin

    *Signed Festival Poster

    *Handwritten Thank You Letter from an AM Fellow

    *FREE music programs and festival for your community

  • A: Concourse Park - 200 Benton Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64123

  • The line-up includes Making Movies, Rubén Albarrán, Kevin Morby, AMERI’KANA All-Stars, Justus West, Renee Goust, Trap Jazz, Friendly Thieves, The Salvation Choir, Rebel Song Academy, and more!

  • A: You can park on Benton, Gladstone (south of the bridge), or Benton north of the roundabout (towards KC museum). However, we highly encourage festival goers to use methods of public transportation, such as: biking, walking, buses or rideshare apps to make it to the festival. Please be responsible with alcohol consumption.

  • A: If you would like to film or photograph the festival, please contact McKenzii Webster (mckenzii@artasmentorship.org). If you would like to interview an artist performing, please contact Erika Noguera (erika@artasmentorship.org).

  • A: The festival will be from 1pm-8pm

  • The following activities will be happening at the festival:

    *Chalk Walk (note this will start at 9am)

    *StoneLion Puppet Theatre

    *Sassabrass

    *Soccer with GlobalFC & Graham Zusi

    * Water Toys

    *Live Music

    *Zen Den

    *Bouncy House

    *Drum Safari

    *Colortura Painting & Music

    *360 Photo Booth by Your Unforgettable

  • A: We will be releasing a full list of vendors soon! If you are interested in being vendor, please fill out THIS FORM.

  • A: If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the volunteer form HERE.

  • A: Alcohol will be for sale provided by The Reiger. Alcoholic beverages must remain inside our Beer Garden fenced area. Guests are encouraged to bring their own non-alcoholic beverages to the park

  • A: Yes! A free KCWater Truck will be on the premises. Bring your own reusable water bottle!

  • A: There will be a few shade tents, with misters & fans, and the fountain at the park will be turned on and available for kids and adults alike to jump in to cool off! But all are welcome to bring their own umbrellas or any additional items to help beat the heat.

  • A: If you have a question that is not answered here, please contact Juliana Chi at juliana@artasmentorship.org.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CELEBRATE AMERI’KANA

Celebrate AMERI'KANA Music & Arts Festival is Kansas City's most vibrant and festive day of music, bringing together national, local, and youth performers and artisans to celebrate the BIPOC musicians and the diverse Kansas City arts community.
Following the migration of American music from the port cities of the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi river, Celebrate AMERI’KANA showcases the diversity and cross-pollinated nature of American music—the particular alchemy of blues, zydeco, gospel, rock ‘n’ roll, jazz, and son jarocho. The festival is both a celebration of our shared musical lineage and a reminder, in this time of division, that music transcends all barriers and boundaries. 
The festival builds upon the success of previous Carnaval and AMERI’KANA festivals. The 2023 festival is transitioning to a free event in Concourse Park in the Historic Northeast neighborhood, making Celebrate AMERI’KANA even more accessible in one of Kansas City’s most diverse communities. 
Celebrate AMERI'KANA supports Art as Mentorship, a Kansas City non-profit that empowers young artists to write their own success stories.
July 27, 2024, Celebrate AMERI’KANA joins 17 other cities in the Arts for Everybody campaign pushing this message to the nation. Read more about that in NY TImes Article - HERE.

Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.