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Best of the week: Color Run, Reverend Horton Heat, KC Roller Warriors

The Color Run comes to Arrowhead Stadium.

The Reverend Horton Heat

Aurelien Collin (facing camera) got a hug from C.J. Sapong after Collin fired a header into the goal for Sporting Kansas City's first score against the Colorado Rapids on Tuesday, June 6, 2012, at Livestrong Sporting Park.

The Kansas City Roller Warriors.

More outdoors

27-July 15 : Heart of America Shakespeare Festival @ Southmoreland Park

July 3-8: The Addams Family @ Starlight Theatre

July 8: MLB All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run @ TBA

July 13: RedRock KC @ CrossroadsKC

July 17: Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival featuring Slipknot, Slayer and Anthrax @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

July 17-19: Ethnic Enrichment Festival @ Swope Park

More music

July 8: Death Cab for Cutie @ CrossroadsKC

July 9: Vans Warped Tour @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

July 12: Halestorm @ Midland

July 12: American Idol LIVE! 2012 @ Sprint Center

July 13: Brandi Carlile @ Uptown Theater

July 14: Back in the Swing Cookbook Party featuring Sheryl Crow @ Johnson County Community College’s Carlsen Center

July 14: O.A.R.@ CrossroadsKC

More sports

27: KC Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays @ Kauffman Stadium

July 6-10: Major League Baseball All-Star Week

July 7: KC Command vs. Iowa Barnstormers @ Sprint Center

July 13-15: KC Royals vs. Chicago White Sox @ Kauffman Stadium

July 14: KC Command vs. Spokane Shock @ Sprint Center

July 16-19: KC Royals vs. Seattle Mariners @ Kauffman Stadium

More entertainment

27: Fashion Group International Kansas City presents “Focus on Beauty: A Night With Mitsu Sato” @ Mitsu Sato Hair Academy

July 6 : First Friday @ Crossroads Arts District

July 7: Jay Mohr @ Midland

July 7: Screenland Slams “The Birds” (1963) @ Screenland Crown Center

July 10-15: “Memphis” @ Starlight Theatre

July 19-29: KC Fringe Festival

EVEN MORE EVENTS

JUNE

27-July 15 — Heart of America Shakespeare Festival @ Southmoreland Park

27-28 — Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film Festival @ Tivoli Cinemas

27KC Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays @ Kauffman Stadium

27 — Fashion Group International Kansas City presents “Focus on Beauty: A Night with Mitsu Sato” @ Mitsu Sato Hair Academy

29 — Sporting KC vs. Chicago @ Livestrong Sporting Park

30KC Roller Warriors @ Municipal Auditorium

30-July 1 — Color Run Kansas City @ Arrowhead Stadium

JULY

3-4KC Riverfest @ Richard L. Berkley Park

3-8 — The Addams Family @ Starlight Theatre

4 — Independence Day

6 — First Friday @ Crossroads Arts District

6-10 — Major League Baseball All-Star Week

7 — Jay Mohr @ Midland

7 — Screenland Slams “The Birds” (1963) @ Screenland Crown Center

7KC Command vs. Iowa Barnstormers @ Sprint Center

8MLB All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run @ TBA

8 — Death Cab for Cutie @ CrossroadsKC

9 — Vans Warped Tour @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

10-15 — “Memphis” @ Starlight Theatre

12 — Halestorm @ Midland

12 — American Idol LIVE! 2012 @ Sprint Center

13 — Brandi Carlile @ Uptown Theater

13 — RedRock KC benefitting American Red Cross @ CrossroadsKC

13-15KC Royals vs. Chicago White Sox @ Kauffman Stadium

14 — Back in the Swing Cookbook Party featuring Sheryl Crow @ Johnson County Community College’s Carlsen Center

14O.A.R.@ CrossroadsKC

14KC Command vs. Spokane Shock @ Sprint Center

14 — Reel Big Fish @ Beaumont Club

15 — Ledisi with Eric Benet @ Midland

16-19KC Royals vs. Seattle Mariners @ Kauffman Stadium

17 — Fiona Apple @ Midland

17 — Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival featuring Slipknot, Slayer and Anthrax @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

17-19 — Ethnic Enrichment Festival @ Swope Park

18 — Kaskade @ Uptown Theater

19 — Josh Ritter @ CrossroadsKC

19-29KC Fringe Festival

20 — Chicago and The Doobie Brothers @ Starlight Theatre

20-21 — Global Dance Festival @ Midland

20-22KC Royals vs. Minnesota Twins @ Kauffman Stadium

21 — James Taylor @ Starlight Theatre

24 — Tenacious D @ Uptown Theater

24-29 — “Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan” @ Starlight Theatre

25 — Childish Gambino @ Beaumont Club

26 — The Avett Brothers @ CrossroadsKC

27 — Big Time Rush @ Sprint Center

27-29 — Brush Creek Art Walk @ Brush Creek Trail

28KC Roller Warriors @ Municipal Auditorium

31-Aug. 2KC Royals vs. Cleveland Indians @ Kauffman Stadium

AUGUST

1-5 — UniverSoul Circus @ Swope Park

3 — First Friday @ Crossroads Arts District

3-5KC Royals vs. Texas Rangers @ Kauffman Stadium

3-12 — Elton John & Tim Rice’s “AIDA” @ Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

4 — Screenland Slams “Legend” (1985) @ Screenland Crown Center

11 — Quixotic with Emancipator and The Floozies @ CrossroadsKC

14 — Yanni @ Midland

14-16KC Royals vs. Oakland Athletics @ Kauffman Stadium

16 — Il Divo @ Starlight Theatre

17-19KC Royals vs. Chicago White Sox @ Kauffman Stadium

18KC Roller Warriors @ Municipal Auditorium

18 — Summerdaze Festival @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

22 — Phish @ Starlight Theatre

24 — Tech N9ne @ Crossroads KC

25 — Dawes @ CrossroadsKC

27 — John Hiatt @ Uptown Theater

28-30KC Royals vs. Detroit Tigers @ Kauffman Stadium

28-Sept. 2 — “La Cage Aux Folles” @ Starlight Theatre

30 — Umphreys McGee @ CrossroadsKC

31-Sept. 2KC Royals vs. Minnesota Twins @ Kauffman Stadium

SEPTEMBER

3 — Labor Day

3-6KC Royals vs. Texas Rangers @ Kauffman Stadium

5-30 — “The Motherf**ker with the Hat” @ Unicorn Theatre

7 — Boston with Night Ranger and Starship @ Starlight Theatre

7 — Cover Wars @ VooDoo Lounge

8-9 — Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival @ Crown Center

12 — Jason Mraz @ Starlight Theatre

13 — Powerman 5000 @ Beaumont Club

14-15 — Quixotic presents “Surfaces” @ Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

14-16KC Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels @ Kauffman Stadium

15-23 — Lyric Opera presents “Madame Butterfly” @ Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

15KC Roller Warriors @ Municipal Auditorium

16AVICII @ Midland

18-20KC Royals vs. Chicago White Sox @ Kauffman Stadium

21 — Jason Boland and the Stragglers @ Beaumont Club

21-23KC Royals vs. Cleveland Indians @ Kauffman Stadium

23 — Awolnation @ Uptown Theater

25 — The Head & The Heart @ Uptown Theater

28 — Comedian John Caparulo @ Midland

29 — Blues Traveler @ Crossroads KC

29 — The Fab Four @ Midland

OCTOBER

1 — Florence + the Machine @ Starlight Theatre

1-3KC Royals vs. Detroit Tigers @ Kauffman Stadium

5 — First Friday @ Crossroads Arts District

6 — Screenland Slams “I Know Who Killed Me” (2007) @ Screenland Crown Center

6 — Mike Birbiglia @ Midland

6 — Citizen Cope @ Crossroads KC

6 — Kansas @ Uptown Theater

8 — Columbus Day

10-Nov. 2 — “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” @ Unicorn Theatre

12-13 — 2012 College Hockey Ice Breaker Tournament @ Sprint Center

13 — Norah Jones @ Midland

20NASCAR Nationwide Series Kansas Lottery 300 @ Kansas Speedway

21NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase for the Sprint Cup Hollywood Casino 400 @ Kansas Speedway

24NBA basketball: Washington Wizards vs. Miami Heat @ Sprint Center

25 — Grace Potter @ Uptown Theater

26 — Justin Bieber @ Sprint Center

27 — Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Sprint Center

30 — Madonna @ Sprint Center

31 — Halloween

NOVEMBER

1 — All Saints’ Day

2 — First Friday @ Crossroads Arts District

3 — Screenland Slams “Barb Wire” (1996) @ Screenland Crown Center

3-11 — Lyric Opera presents “Il Trovatore” @ Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

4 — Daylight Saving Time ends

6 — Election Day

11 — Veterans Day

19-20 — College Basketball Experience Classic @ Sprint Center

22 — Thanksgiving

22 — Plaza Lighting Ceremony @ Country Club Plaza

23 — Black Friday

28-Dec. 23 — “Inspecting Carol” @ Unicorn Theatre

DECEMBER

1 — Chris Isaak @ Uptown Theater

15 — Carrie Underwood @ Sprint Center

24 — Christmas Eve

25 — Christmas Day

26 — Kwanzaa begins

31 — New Year’s Eve

Ink

Color Run

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

This three-mile run gained national popularity in recent months thanks in part to Twitter and Facebook, where elaborate videos of past races can be found. Kansas City is one of more than 30 stops on the Color Run’s 2012 schedule. After the event filled its allotted number of slots within 24 hours of opening registration, race officials added not only additional slots but also an entire second race. The Kansas City runs will be Saturday and Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Both begin at 8:30 a.m. and require runners to arrive at the starting line wearing white shirts that will be doused in colorful dust along the way. Individual and team registrations are still available. Race fees range from $50-$55. Details at thecolorrun.com.

Reverend Horton Heat

SATURDAY

Neither florid nor fashionable, Saturday’s lineup at Crossroads KC is a triple -bill of homespun roots-rock. Reverend Horton Heat, the evening’s headliner, is a wildly eclectic trio that careens between rockabilly, honky-tonk, punk and blues. After more than 25 years of house-rocking, the Texans have perfected their act. An outlaw bluegrass band from Arkansas, Mountain Sprout plays similarly offbeat music. Tennessee’s Lucero, the most critically acclaimed of the evening’s acts, evokes a ragged version of Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band.

Tickets to the 8 p.m. show range from $21.50 to $61.50.

Sporting KC vs. Chicago Fire

FRIDAY

As expected, Sporting KC has emerged as one of Major League Soccer’s top teams this season, shooting to a 9-4-2 start and third place in the league’s Eastern Conference through Monday. Midfielder Graham Zusi and forwards Kei Kamara and C.J. Sapong have been instrumental in the team’s early success, which included a 7-0 run to start the season. The team has also gone 4-1-1 in its past six matches and will look to keep things going when it plays host to the Chicago Fire at 7 p.m. at Livestrong Sporting Park in a battle of Eastern Conference rivals. Tickets range from $20-$67 at sportingkc.com. The game will also be aired on NBC Sports.

KC Roller Warriors

SATURDAY

The women of the Black Eye Susans, Dreadnought Dorothys, Knockouts and Victory Vixens have been doing battle since the league’s inception in 2004, and this summer’s schedule is packed with the requisite bone-crunching action. The group of about 80 members and owners has four home dates this season at Municipal Auditorium: Saturday, July 28, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15. Tickets to Saturday’s 7 p.m. event are $13 at kcrollerwarriors.com or by calling 816.513.5000.

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