recordBar is where you go to see live music up-close and personal in Kansas City
recordBar was born in a strip mall in Kansas City in August of 2005. 15+ years later and in a new location, recordBar has hosted thousands of local, regional, national, and international bands, weddings, retirement parties, celebrations of life, charity events, and community fundraisers. It has become a second home, a church even, to music fans. It is respected and lauded by musicians and fans the world over. It's where you go to see live music up-close and personal in Kansas City.
What people are saying.
“RecordBar has helped foster a community for local musicians and fans. Allowing artists to get their start on a professional stage and bringing in touring groups from all over the musical spectrum.”
— Michelle Bacon, 90.9 The Bridge
“The recordBar has been one of the key places for me to get know the Kansas City’s Music Scene: the vibrance, purity, and inspiration it offers. This is where decades long friendships have been created. I walk in and I smile. No matter what kind of day I have had before entry.”
— Todd Zimmer, Rock’N’Roll Photographer
“The first show I booked at the recordBar in 2005 was The National the last band I booked booked by me in 2020 was Surf Curse. There have been hundreds of bands, thousands of fans, and millions of memories in between these shows. Because every page in the fifteen year anthology of the recordBar is worth a listen.”
— Jacki Becker, Promoter, Up To Eleven
recordBar
1520 Grand Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 753-5207
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