No Other Pub ★ 3.9
$$power-and-light{'monday': '16:00-00:00', 'tuesday': '16:00-00:00', 'wednesday': '16:00-00:00', 'thursday': '16:00-02:00', 'friday': '16:00-02:00', 'saturday': '12:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-22:00'}
No Other Pub in Kansas City's Power and Light District is the sports-bar dance hybrid with multiple floors, a rooftop, food service and DJ nights running until 02:00.
Tip: Game days are busiest; the rooftop is the move on warm evenings.
Besos y Abrazos ★ 3.8
$$power-and-light{'monday': 'Closed', 'tuesday': 'Closed', 'wednesday': '17:00-22:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-02:00', 'saturday': '12:00-02:00', 'sunday': '12:00-22:00'}
Besos y Abrazos in Kansas City's Power and Light District opened spring 2025 from the Cordish Companies, offering Latin-inspired cuisine with DJ nights and Latin music.
Tip: Latin nights run Thu-Sat with reggaeton and salsa; the cocktail list is the move.
The Phoenix Jazz Club ★ 4.5
$$downtown{'monday': 'Closed', 'tuesday': '11:00-01:30', 'wednesday': '11:00-01:30', 'thursday': '11:00-01:30', 'friday': '11:00-01:30', 'saturday': '16:00-01:30', 'sunday': '10:00-14:00'}
The Phoenix on 8th Street in downtown Kansas City is one of the city's oldest jazz and blues clubs, with live music nightly Tue through Sun and full food service from lunch.
Tip: Live music every night except Mon; brunch Saturday 10:00 to 14:00 with bloody mary bar.
Green Lady Lounge ★ 4.7
$$crossroads{'monday': '17:00-03:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-03:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-03:00', 'thursday': '17:00-03:00', 'friday': '14:00-03:00', 'saturday': '14:00-03:00', 'sunday': '17:00-03:00'}
Green Lady Lounge on Grand Boulevard in Kansas City's Crossroads District is an exclusively jazz lounge with live Kansas City jazz seven nights a week. No televisions, 2 stages, 2 levels.
Tip: Downstairs Orion Room runs trios led by Danny Embry; upstairs the Hammond organs anchor the late sets.
The Blue Room ★ 4.5
$$eighteenth-and-vine{'monday': '17:00-22:00', 'tuesday': 'Closed', 'wednesday': 'Closed', 'thursday': '17:00-22:00', 'friday': '17:00-00:00', 'saturday': '17:00-00:00', 'sunday': 'Closed'}
The Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City's 18th and Vine Jazz District runs live jazz four nights a week, anchoring the historic neighbourhood.
Tip: Open Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat with sets running through the evening. Walk to the Negro Leagues Museum across the courtyard.
Knuckleheads Saloon ★ 4.2
$$east-bottoms{'monday': 'Closed', 'tuesday': 'Closed', 'wednesday': '19:00-02:00', 'thursday': '19:00-02:00', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'Closed'}
Knuckleheads Saloon on Rochester Avenue in Kansas City's East Bottoms is the city's main mid-size live-music venue, with country, blues and rock acts on rotating stages.
Tip: Multiple stages run nights with different acts; the outdoor stage is the largest. Tickets through the website.