This Weekend at the Blue Room — Stacy & The Band, Duck Warner & a Fourth of July Lineup
Roger Wilder Trio at noon Thursday, Norman Liggins opens Indigo Friday, Stacy headlines Friday, Duck Warner sings the Fourth, and Owen Pirch leads Monday's jam.
This Weekend at the Blue Room
July 2–6, 2026
The Blue Room celebrates Independence Day the only way we know how — live on the bandstand, all weekend long, on the corner that put Kansas City jazz on the map. Two free shows to start, KC blues on the eve of the Fourth, a veteran voice singing the holiday itself, and a Monday jam to close it out. Here’s what’s on July 2–6.
This Weekend’s Lineup
Thursday, July 2
Jazz @ Noon: Roger Wilder Trio — 12 pm (free)
Friday, July 3
Indigo Hour: Norman Liggins Band — 5:30 pm (free)
Stacy & The Band — 8:30 pm & 10 pm
Saturday, July 4
Duck Warner — 8:30 pm & 10 pm
Monday, July 6
Monday Night Jam Session: Owen Pirch — 7 pm ($5 cover)
Jazz @ Noon: Roger Wilder Trio — Thursday, 12 pm
Jazz @ Noon is the Blue Room’s free midday set — an hour of live music to break up the workday at 18th & Vine. This week, pianist Roger Wilder brings his trio. Wilder is a fixture of the Kansas City jazz piano scene — a tasteful, swinging player equally at home backing the city’s finest singers and leading his own groups. In the trio format the focus narrows to the essentials: piano, bass, and drums in close conversation, the way the music was built to be played.
Free admission. Come early and grab a seat.
Indigo Hour: Norman Liggins Band — Friday, 5:30 pm
The Indigo Hour is how the Blue Room does happy hour: live music on the bandstand starting at five-thirty, the week left at the door. This week the Norman Liggins Band takes the stage — a familiar presence on the Kansas City live-music circuit, bringing the kind of grooving, crowd-connecting set built for a Friday evening. Come early, grab a drink, and let the holiday weekend officially begin.
Free admission. Doors at 5 pm.
Stacy & The Band — Friday, 8:30 pm & 10 pm
Stacy has been lighting up Kansas City stages this summer with a blues voice that doesn’t bother to apologize for taking up space. Performing as Stacy & The Band, she brings classic blues grit and contemporary soul to every room she plays — the kind of music that sounds like it belongs in a room with a good drink and a Friday night to spare. On the eve of Independence Day, she headlines two full sets on 18th & Vine, the historic corner that has been the address of American jazz and blues for a century. There are worse ways to get the holiday weekend started.
$10 for one show, $15 for both.
Duck Warner — Saturday, July 4, 8:30 pm & 10 pm
There’s no more fitting place to spend the Fourth of July than the room where the music never stopped. Lester “Duck” Warner is a veteran Kansas City vocalist whose rich, soulful voice and decades on the bandstand have made him one of the most respected presences on the city’s jazz scene. A familiar face at 18th & Vine and a Blue Room regular, Duck brings the warmth, phrasing, and musical wisdom that only come from a lifetime in the music.
This Independence Day he headlines two sets — the kind of unhurried, deeply felt jazz singing that reminds you why a voice and a band in a small room never go out of style. Fireworks later. Jazz first.
$10 for one show, $15 for both.
Monday Night Jam Session: Owen Pirch — Monday, 7 pm
Some Monday nights you get a jam. This one opens with saxophonist Owen Pirch and a band of sharp young players digging into the hard-bop tradition — think Freddie Hubbard burners — with exactly the kind of energy that makes the Monday jam the proving ground it is. After the featured set, the Blue Room bandstand opens up: bring your horn, your voice, or just your ears. The Monday Night Jam is where Kansas City’s players — veterans and the next generation both — come to stretch out.
$5 cover. Featured set starts at 7 pm; sign up at the door to sit in.
Come See Us
The Blue Room is the American Jazz Museum’s living jazz club — the music never stopped at 18th & Vine.
The Blue Room 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108
Full calendar and tickets: americanjazzmuseum.org/blue-room