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Thursday, August 28
Obama Acceptance Speech Watch Party
6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Liberty Hall (Free)
Saturday, August 30
The Life and Times / The Dactyls / The Noise FM
10 p.m., The Bottleneck ($5 - $7)
Sunday, August 31
Ratatat / Panther / E*Rock / Quincy Quartz
8 p.m., The Granada ($13 - $15)
Monday, September 1
Red Lefty / Tyler Jack Anderson / Naomi What? / Rooftop Vigilantes / DJ Nick Ray
PONY UP!: A Horse Benefit
8 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($5 - $7)
Friday, September 5
Lymbyc Systym / This Will Destroy You / Black Christmas
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($5 - $7)
Saturday, September 6
Crossroads Music Fest
4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Six venues, KCMO ($10 - $15)
Red Balloon To Do 6
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Downtown Lawrence (Free)
Opening reception for "All Aboard For Everything"
in conjunction with the Red Balloon To Do
5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wonder Fair: Art Gallery & How! (Free)
Ad Astra Per Aspera / Fourth of July / Boo and Boo Too / Coat Party
9 p.m., The Granada ($7)
Wanda Jackson
with Off the Record / Miss Major and Her Minor Mood Swings
10 p.m., Knuckleheads ($18)
Tuesday, September 9
Cartune Xprez & Hooliganship
8 p.m., Wonder Fair: Art Gallery & How! ($5)
Tanner Walle / Andrew Morgan / Billy Wassung
9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Fatso's ($5)
Thursday, September 11
Vampire Weekend
with White Williams
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($18.50 - $20.50)
Friday, September 12
Laurie Anderson's "Homeland"
7:30 p.m., Lied Center ($13 - $35)
Okkervil River / Fourth of July / Suzannah Johannes
9 p.m., The Bottleneck ($11 - $12)
The Night Marchers / Colour Revolt
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10)
Saturday, September 13
4th annual Music for the Masses
Noon to 11 p.m., South Park (Free)
The Khrusty Brothers / The Klangs
8 p.m., The Bottleneck
Sunday, September 14
Ra Ra Riot / Walter Meego / Pepi Ginsberg / The Letter Division
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10)
Monday, September 15
Cut Copy / The Presets
9:30 p.m., The Record Bar ($17)
Tuesday, September 16
The Avett Brothers
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($19 - $20.50)
Wednesday, September 17
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Thursday, September 18
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Jenny Lewis
with Whispertown200 / Jonathan Wilson
7 p.m., The Granada ($14)
Artists talk: "Clouds Are Easy to Love"
Meditations on the sublime and turbulent Kansas sky / Cloud-watching field trip
7 p.m., The Lawrence Percolator (Free)
Friday, September 19
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Lorin Stein
Senior Editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux
3:30 p.m., Hall Center for the Humanities (Free)
John Gorka / Sonia
West Side Folk
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Unity Church ($23)
Junior Brown / The Calamity Cubes
8 p.m., The Bottleneck ($16)
Approach / Steddy P
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($5 - $7)
Saturday, September 20
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
The Life and Times / Love Like Fire / The Dactyls
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($3)
Sunday, September 21
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Monday, September 22
Rocket Summer / Phantom Planet / Secret Handshake / The Morning Light
7 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Tuesday, September 23
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
7 p.m., Starlight Theatre ($45 - $65)
The Bitter Spills
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2)
Wednesday, September 24
Eli Horowitz
Publisher of McSweeney's
7:30 p.m., Hall Center for the Humanities (Free)
Thursday, September 25
"What's Up With That?" featuring Branford Marsalis and Alexander String Quartet
7 p.m., Crystal Room in the Eldridge Hotel (Free)
Friday, September 26
Stars / Bell X1
7 p.m., The Granada ($15)
Alexander String Quartet and Branford Marsalis
7:30 p.m., Lied Center ($18 - $35)
Connie Dover / Skip Gorman
West Side Folk
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Unity Church ($22)
The Dandy Warhols / Darker My Love / The Upsidedown
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($16.50)
Jim Gaffigan
8 p.m., The Midland Theater ($42.75)
Saturday, September 27
River City Reading Festival
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library (Free)
Found-Object Art Contest
at the River City Reading Festival
10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library (Free)
Thomas Frank
in conjunction with the River City Reading Festival
5 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics (Free)
Brent Berry Band / Daddy Claxton
10 p.m., The Bottleneck
Sunday, September 28
J.J. Grey and Mofro / The North Mississippi Allstars Hill Country Revue
8 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Monday, September 29
Ani Difranco
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($29.50 - $35)
Beck / MGMT
8 p.m., Uptown Theater ($37.50)
Tuesday, September 30
Dr. Dog / Delta Spirit / Hacienda
9:30 p.m., The Record Bar ($12.50)
Wednesday, October 1
Sunset Rubdown
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($8)
Ruby Isle
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2)
Thursday, October 2
Del McCoury Band
7 p.m., The Crossroads KC ($26)
Saturday, October 4
Opening reception for MUNNY Art Show
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center (Free)
Bassnectar / The Egg / Orchard Lounge
9 p.m., The Granada ($16 - $20)
Sunday, October 5
Vinland One-Club Tourney
Noon, Vinland Natural Nine ($10)
Wednesday, October 8
Cory Morrow
9 p.m., The Granada ($12)
Thursday, October 9
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
8 p.m., Uptown Theater ($28.50 - $44.50)
Friday, October 10
Split Lip Rayfield
CD release parties for "I'll Be Around"
9 p.m., The Bottleneck ($13.50 - $15)
Saturday, October 11
Split Lip Rayfield
CD release parties for "I'll Be Around"
9 p.m., The Bottleneck ($13.50 - $15)
Football: KU vs. Colorado
Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($55)
Monday, October 13
Lawrence premier: "Watch Out," a film by Steve Balderson
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($10)
Thursday, October 16
Broken Social Scene / Land of Talk
8 p.m., Beaumont Club ($20)
Old 97's
8 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Friday, October 17
Deb Olin Unferth "Vacation" Reading
6:30 p.m., The Raven Bookstore (Free)
Sunday, October 19
David Byrne performs "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno"
7 p.m., Uptown Theater ($45 - $85)
Wednesday, October 22
Ben Folds
with Missy Higgins
7:30 p.m., Uptown Theater ($30)
Friday, October 24
Yonder Mountain String Band
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($24)
Jolie Holland
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10 - $12)
Saturday, October 25
Diplo / Abe Vigoda / Telepathe / Boy & Bit
9 p.m., The Granada ($15)
Football: KU vs. Texas Tech
Homecoming, Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($55)
Monday, October 27
MSTRKRFT / LA Riots / Felix Cartal
7 p.m., Liberty Hall
"What's Up With That?" featuring The Harlem Quartet
7 p.m., Crystal Room in the Eldridge Hotel (Free)
Michael Chabon "Conquering the Wilderness: Imaginative Imperalism and the Invasion of Legoland"
7:50 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Kansas Union (Free)
Wednesday, October 29
Jonathan Richman
8 p.m., The Bottleneck ($15 - $16)
Thursday, October 30
Electric Six / Local H / The Golden Dogs
8 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($12 - $14)
Friday, October 31
Danzig / Dimmu Borgir / Moonspell / Winds of Plague / Skeltonwitch
7 p.m., Uptown Theater ($27.50)
Ozomatli / DeLeon / Chali 2 Na
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($20.50)
Black Christmas / Drakkar Sauna / The Spook Lights / Stull
CD release
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($7 - $9)
Saturday, November 1
Girl Talk / CX KiDTRONiK / The Death Set
8 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Magnolia Electric Co. / Bottomless Pit / Tre Orsi
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($8 - $9)
Football: KU vs. Kansas State
Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($85)
Tuesday, November 4
Neil Young / Death Cab for Cutie
7 p.m., The Sprint Center
Wednesday, November 5
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks / Blitzen Trapper
7 p.m., Liberty Hall
Thursday, November 6
Atmosphere / Abstract Rude / Blue Print / DJ Rare Groove
9 p.m., The Granada ($20 - $22)
Sunday, November 9
Alice Russell / Meiko / Thao Nguyen
Hotel Cafe Tour
7 p.m., Liberty Hall
Thursday, November 13
Coldplay
7:30 p.m., The Sprint Center ($49.50 - $97.50)
Steel Train / Dear & The Headlights / Forgive Durden
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10 - $11)
Saturday, November 15
Of Montreal
with Sinkane
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($14)
Football: KU vs. Texas
Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($60)
Tuesday, November 18
Jeannette Walls "The Glass Castle; Hunting Demons and Other Life Lessons"
7:50 p.m. to 9 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium (Free)
Saturday, November 22
1st Annual Rock Chalk LAN
7:30 a.m. to midnight, The Kansas Union ($30)
Peter Mulvey
West Side Folk
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Unity Church ($20)
Saturday, November 29
Football: KU vs. Missouri
Time TBD
Time TBA, Arrowhead Stadium ($35 - $60)
Monday, December 8
Bowerbirds
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall
Tuesday, February 10
"What’s Up With That?" featuring Imanin Winds
7 p.m., Crystal Room in the Eldridge Hotel (Free)
Wednesday, April 1
"What's Up With That?" featuring Calder Quartet
7 p.m., Crystal Room in the Eldridge Hotel (Free)
Lights & Siren / Paper Owls / Aubrey :: This hard-rocking KC quintet is intently more upbeat and showy than singer Anna Cole’s former projects. The group’s newfound chemistry resonates proudly on its new album "Our Hands Make Waves" ... More info
- Obama Acceptance Speech Watch Party
- Artist Lecture: Gonkar Gyatso
- CANCELLED: "The Science of Clouds," by Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 meteorologist Jennifer Schack
