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16 Sep 2022

Outer Reaches 2022 Announced!

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Outer Reaches Announces Boundary-Pushing Music Festival Week

KANSAS CITY, MO. – The organizers of Outer Reaches, an annual live music festival operating since 2012, have announced the official date for the 2022 events. Friday October 14 and Saturday October 15 at recordBar (1520 Grand Blvd) in Kansas City, Missouri will mark the date and location for the dual-stage festivities of the 10^th edition of Outer Reaches. Two bonus Outer Reaches Presents shows will precede the festival on Sunday October 9 and Tuesday October 11 at recordBar.

Outer Reaches is a music festival based in Kansas City that showcases ‘out there’, left-of-center artists pushing boundaries in their respective genre. Regional acts as well as national and international touring acts are a part of the festival’s spirit, celebrating the variety of freethinking music around the globe.

The music of Outer Reaches 2022 will be showcased over two stages at recordBar. The Friday lineup features a night of dark electronic music. Nebraska’s leather-clad industrial noise / body music project Plack Blague headlines the night, joined by Des Moines, Iowa Halloween-themed synth duo Night Stories. A quintuple of Kansas City artists round out the night: psychedelic synth group Monta at Odds; dark electronic / witchwave project Morgue VVitch; electronic “soulgaze” / “garage disco” outfit Collidescope; queer dark-pop group Boxknife; and downtempo electropop artist Loqsa. The Saturday lineup features two warhorses of the Midwest rock music scene; Chicago’s eclectic art rock band Cheer-Accident and Kansas City post-hardcore noise-rock band Season to Risk. Joining them on the night are Los Angeles’ experimental voodoo blues group Peculiar Pretzelmen and another quintuple of Kansas City artists: psychedelic pop group The Moose; twin sister sparkly witch-rock band The Black Mariah Theater; experimental psychedelic indie songwriter Jacob E.chord; looping vocal exorcist She Speaks in Tongues; and experimental dance project Composition of Dance. XO Blackwater provides the video projection / visuals for both evenings.

Preceding the 10^th Outer Reaches festival will be two bonus Outer Reaches Presents shows. Sunday October 9 at recordBar will feature MVTANT (San Antonio), Kris Baha (Berlin), New Obsessions, and Weaponize Chomsky. Tuesday October 11 at recordBar will feature Melt-Banana (Japan), HXXS, and The Bad Ideas.

Outer Reaches 2022 is made possible through backing from a variety of sponsors. Sponsors for this year’s fest include Tito’s Handmade Vodka, The Record Machine, Records with Merritt, 7^th Heaven, It’s a Beautiful Day, Sister Anne’s, Midwest Music Foundation, XO Blackwater, recordBar, Kosmic City, Haymaker Records and Print Time.

For more information on the festival, visit http://www.outerreachesfest.com. Updated information will be posted on the Facebook events for October 14 and October 15. The show is 18+ (Under 18 with a guardian) and has a ticket price of $15 each day. Doors will open at 7PM each night. Advanced ticket options are available at the recordBar location and website.

6 Aug 2019

Outer Reaches 2019 Announced!

by robotick | posted in: Concerts, Outer Reaches 2019, Photos, Press Release | 0

Outer Reaches Announces Eighth Annual Boundary-Pushing Music Festival

KANSAS CITY, MO. – The organizers of Outer Reaches, an annual live music festival in its eighth year, have announced the official date for the 2019 event. Saturday October 19 at recordBar (1520 Grand Blvd) in Kansas City, Missouri will mark the date and location for the dual-stage festivities of Outer Reaches 2019.

The music of Outer Reaches 2019 will be showcased over two stages at recordBar. The eighth annual lineup features two touring acts including space rock band Lumerians (Oakland, CA) and pop duo Thunder Jackson (Oklahoma / Wales). Kansas City bands featured at the festival this year include cosmic jazz legends BCR (Black Crack Revue), synthesizer-based psychedelic rock band Monta at Odds, space rock band Be/Non, experimental hip hop duo FACEFACE, and experimental music / performance artist Unicorns in the Snow. Accompanying live video projections will be provided by XO Blackwater.

Outer Reaches 2019 is a partnership between the festival and Midwest Music Foundation and has been made possible through a grant from the Kansas City Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund. Midwest Music Foundation (MMF), a nonprofit organization founded in 2008, provides health care assistance, education, and resources to the Kansas City music community, and receive proceeds from ticket sales from the event. Sponsors for this year’s fest include Records with Merritt, 7^th Heaven, It’s a Beautiful Day, recordBar, Seen Merch, XO Blackwater, Haymaker Records, Kosmic City, Crush Media, Boulevard Brewing Co., and Print Time.

For more information on the festival, visit http://www.outerreachesfest.com. The show is 18+ (Under 18 with a guardian) and has a ticket price of $15. Advanced ticket options are available at the recordBar location and through Eventbrite ticketing. Please review the Facebook event for updates on Outer Reaches 2019.