The 2010 Lee's Summit Downtown Days...Street's Alive! Entertainment Schedule
This year's event will have more stages, more acts, and more music than ever before. With four stages to choose from, there will be something for everyone. Watch this page for updates right up to the last minute. Download a schedule and map here.
Main Stage: Friday June 4th
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The Jam Night All Stars: 8:00 P.M.
Kansas City’s longest running jam, Jerry’s Jam Night, is a forum where musicians and other artists gather to perform a high energy set of music ranging from classic to current rock, hip hop/rap, country, and blues.
Jerry’s Jam Night happens every Wednesday at Jerry’s Bait Shop in Old Towne Lenexa, Kansas from 9pm-1am, and every Thursday at Jerry’s Bait Shop in Downtown Lee’s Summit, Missouri from 9pm – 1am.
Jerry’s Jam Night will headline Lee’s Summit Downtown Days Friday June 4th, 2009 at 8:30pm. The show will feature the weekly hosts Justin Collet, Craig Summy, Scotty McBee, Bret Boule’, and Guy Hodson. Performing with them will be a stable of the Kansas City’s best musicians. Jerry’s Jam Night players have shared the stage with Eddie Money, Journey, Gavin DeGraw, Def Leppard, Lifehouse, Motley Crue, Counting Crows, Warrant, L.A. Guns, C.C. Deville, Jackyl, Tesla, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, and Aerosmith.
This ain’t gonna be yo mama’s jam!
Depot Stage: Friday June 4th
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Coles Whalen 8:00 P.M.
“soulful, powerful, straight from the heart” -Monica Younge, Indie Music Reviews
“the next big thing, mark my words”
–Kelly Ford, KYGO 98.5 FM - Denver’s New Country
Coles Whalen knows how to jumpstart a music career, literally. After independently releasing an EP in 2005, she bought a pick-up truck and camper and never looked back. She played over 600 shows in the US and Canada, released 2 follow up full length records and sold more than 10,000 CDs out of the back of that truck before landing back in her home town of Denver, CO in early 2009.
Not slowing down, Whalen added a band into the mix and continued conquering the road. She appeared at Hip Hop super star Akon’s Hitlab Showcase in Montreal, Canada and in support of Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Paula Cole, The John Butler Trio, Rufus Wainwright, Reckless Kelly and others.
“The Whistle Stop Road Record,” Whalen’s 3rd full length record was released in Oct 2009 and is enjoying strong regional radio play in 2nd and 3rd string country and AAA markets.
2010 looks promising for this young songwriter with her 4th CD set to be recorded in Nashville, TN with producer Michael Flanders (Casey Chambers, Mitsy Dawn) and appearances with Joan Jett and En Vogue already confirmed.
For more information, see the artist's MySpace Page
Noe Palma: 9:30 PM
It sure doesn’t hurt having a name like Noe. It’s very different, unique, and memorable. That is also what people have been saying about Noe’s music for the past eight years.
Growing up in the Kansas City metro area, Noe started singing when he heard his first Elvis Presley song “All Shook Up.” Raised in a very musical family, he was engulfed by different rythms and sounds. Both his parents were talented singers and his father played the guitar. Like many of his friends he tried out for his high school choir and made it. Unfortunately he came to realize that he didn’t want to sing that style of music so he had to move on.
“I felt like I really was not singing the way I wanted to sing.” At the age of 16 he taught himself to play guitar just by watching his dad and his favorite artists on television, but he didn’t start singing professionally until he graduated college in 1997. “If you were anywhere near my dorm room you could hear me clunking on my guitar jamming to Travis Tritt or Charlie Daniels.”
At the beginning of his career he tested the waters with a few bands & became very successful with Broken Cowboys, of which he was the founder & lead singer. They toured Missouri and all the surrounding states. They played every major venue there was possible and developed a healthy cult following. In 2001 Broken Cowboys took 2nd at the Colgate Country Music Showdown Midwest finals. They were even noticed by Tim McGraw’s manager Scott Siman of RPM Management.
Many doors were opened from this exciting relationship and lots was learned. Since splitting with the Broken Cowboys Noe has been pushing the limits of his shows and his band mates. “Hearing people say that my concert was just as much fun as the headliner or better puts a grin on my face from ear to ear!”
Noe is still working closely with his friends of Blue County to help his career move along the right path. “Some of my best learning experiences are when I went out on the road with them for a couple of weeks. Yeah we had tons of fun! We also made a ton of new fans.”
He continues to collect new material and write with his good friends in town and in Nashville. He also continues to polish his unique vocal style and hones his unmatched stage presence. Noe enjoys opening for most national acts that run through Kansas City. Whether he plays at his favorite club in a nice acoustic setting or he is rocking 15,000 people at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Noe Palma is going leave you with your jaw dropped!
For more information, see the artist's MySpace Page.
Douglas Stage: Friday June 4th
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Peanut Butter Hamster: 5:30 P.M.
PEANUT BUTTER HAMSTER is on a mission to promote fun, education, good behavior, friendship and positive life style choices through “Music You AND Your Kids Will Love!”
With their dramatized, interactive stage show and infectious music, kids of all ages will be having more fun than humans should be allowed. PEANUT BUTTER HAMSTER has their sights set on creating an international phenomenon, and is preparing to launch their fun and entertaining experience into the entertainment industry with their debut album, TV show, and interactive DVD available this Fall.
“Ta-ta, TeleTubbies, Buh-bye, Barney, and wiggle on over, Wiggles…PEANUT BUTTER HAMSTER is on the loose!”
For more information on this band, see thier website here.
What Machines Were: 7:30 P.M.
Hello! My name is Evan Tyler, I am a 19 year old musician/producer.
People always ask why I write music, so here is my answer: Have you ever put your headphones on, closed your eyes, and smiled the biggest smile while thinking to yourself, "This is it. This is the life" ? Well, that is the reason I do what I do. To know that at least one person is being moved by the art that I make and I can give that person a world of happiness, even if its just for one moment, means the world to me. It keeps me writing.
I believe each and every one of us should share the love and spread music. Music is our privilege, if you hear a good song that makes you happy, show someone and keep music alive.
For more information, see the artist's website here.
Caramel Carmela: 8:30 P.M.
Caramel Carmela, pronounced "Care-uh-mel Car-mel-uh", started on new years day of 2009 with the two original members Ryan Bratton (Guitar) and Jack Roberts (Vox).
The two set out to create a hybrid child between the techno world and the hardcore world, the result being a music of widespread influence and attraction. As time progressed, Sha Gipson (Bass) and Ryan Oliver (Drums), joined the project and pushed the band to its highest potential yet. In under a year the quartet has played along side of power houses such as Kill Paradise (Breaksilence Records) in the electronica world to more traditional bands like Artist Vs. Poet (Fearless Records) and Jonny Craig (Rise Records), just to name a few.
As the band looks forward to 2010, Caramel Carmela looks forward to releasing their debut E.P. called "Fleshlight" and continuing to spread their sound like wildfire across the U.S. Catch the group soon in your city as they tour or anytime on The energetic sounds of Caramel Carmela will rock your socks off.
Underclaire has been making music together for more than ten years. Consistently releasing albums and playing regionally, they have made a name for themselves as a Little Rock, AR mainstay.
After spending the better part of 2009 in the studio, they released MAKING SKY on January 1st 2010.
SAUCY JACK is a Kansas City based band. Each member has several years of experience playing in a wide variety of original and cover bands all over the United States. Saucy Jack specialize in dynamic performances of popular songs, uncommonly done by other bands, as well as frequently requested mainstream hits.
Their song list consists of songs from the 1970's, up to current day hits. They also have an extremely fun,and exciting stage show!
Influenced by classic 70's and 80's hard rock, The Knobs blend several diverse musical styles into pure, unadulterated rock n' roll.
These four members were raised listening to all of the rock giants. Their original music reaches out to people of all generations.
The Knobs put on an enticing, energetic stage show and have been praised for their fast-paced groove rock and the connection they make with the audience. The Knobs are rocking the way they want and it's great to see the crowds enjoy it, too.
For more information, see this band's MySpace Page
Wildstreet: 6:30 P.M.
Teased-up, and ‘sleazed up’ WILDSTREET is loud, flamboyant and full of attitude. Armed with big choruses, blazing guitar solos, and powerful melodies, WILDSTREET is a party-fueled rock n’ roll explosion beckoning the glory days of '80s arena rock. With their debut EP in tow and fans lining up worldwide, WILDSTREET is what today's stale music scene needs... a hard rock kickin party!!
WILDSTREET.. has recently signed with Retrospect Records and will be touring throughout the United States this spring and summer. They also will be performing alongside a ton of 80s Rock Legends at this years' Rocklahoma Festival. Break out your lighters, stone-washed jeans, and Aqua net; WILDSTREET has the pedal to the floor on the road to superstardom
"Best New Discovery" South By Southwest Music Festival 2008 - SPIN Magazine
"They combine rock, glam and garage for an a*!-kicking sound. No doubt, rock'n'roll is here to stay in '09." - Billboard
The Chicago based, The Last Vegas deliver hi-energy spectacles, with a deliciously trashy, roughed-up edge, eliciting the inner rock star in all of us. Armed with their unbridled, raw talent, The Last Vegas posses the ability to musically beat crowds into submission, leaving fans no choice but to beg for more. The band destroyed the competition as they outplayed close to 8,000 entrants for the Guitar Center On Stage contest, landing the chance to open for the world's most notorious rock band, Motley Crue, as well as record and management deals alongside the rock icons.
"The overall talent and energy of The Last Vegas surpassed our expectations," said Motley Crue's Vince Neil. "Motley Crue is excited to pass the torch on to these amazing musicians, just as Ozzy did for us over 25 years ago."
A whirlwind musical journey shortly ensued for The Last Vegas. After they were hand picked as winners by the members of Motley Crue, the band immediately went into the studio with acclaimed producers Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba and Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Mick Jagger and Buckcherry) to record their first single, "I'm Bad."
The single was premiered exclusively on AOL just two weeks after the competition. At midnight the following day, iTunes became the exclusive digital single retailer and notified their email list of over 40 million people that The Last Vegas' new single was available for download.
Although the band is just getting acclimated to their new digs, top Rock Label Eleven Seven Music, The Last Vegas are no strangers to hard work and success. They have independently sold over 10,000 records, tirelessly toured in 17 countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe, and are undoubtedly a top rock act in their hometown of Chicago. The band has been featured on Guitar Hero 2, Nascar.com, NBC Sports, UK's Kerrang Radio, MTV, MTV2, Fox, Fuel TV, Fearless TV/Radio, Q101, WLUP, The G-Hole, Camel Farm Program and was honored to be the official music of Kyle Busch Motor Sports. The first single, "I'm Bad" was also featured in the bed of national GuitarCenter radio spots.
This band is cocked and loaded, ready to rock, bringing back arena rock to the top where it belongs. Strap it on and turn it up.
For more information, see the band's MySpace Page.
Poison Overdose: 9:30 P.M.
Poison Overdose is a Poison tribute band based in St. Louis, MO. We eat, sleep, and breath Poison music and look forward to tearin' it up at every one of our shows. We're your ticket to all that wild, outrageous, hair slingin', sweat flingin', kick @$$, good times. Bret's outstanding vocal ability and stage presence, C.C.'s platinum blond hair and rippin' guitar solos, Rikki's flamboyant drum style and perfect rhythm, Bobby's thundering bass, schoolboyish smile and vocal harmonies from out of this world. Poison Overdose has it all!! The completely authentic look and sound is only the tip of the iceberg.
At a Poison Overdose show, huge visual effects adorn the stage as the state-of-the-art sound system builds to a bone crushing level. The band explodes, with the fury and attitude of that Poison melt down, we all miss. The smell of leather reeks, as clouds of scented fog roll over the vibrating stage. The pulsating crowd comes alive and cheers for more, More, MORE are overshadowed only by the thunder of the PA! A final salute of the confetti cannons, pay a well earned gesture of respect to Poison..... the ambassadors of glam-slam-rock-n-roll and the fans keeping their music alive. Silly string, beach balls, percussion cannons, confetti cannons, crowd participation......... Poison Overdose can bring it all your way.
Talk about party bands,.....this really is an unforgettable experience! See ya there! For more information, see this band's website.
Depot Stage: Saturday June 5th
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Joe Roberto and The Poverty Hash 7:00 P.M.
This Danbury-based band is a mix of Indie-Americana-roots and a carnival blues stomp. It's built on front man Joe Roberto’s 20-year history in rock and roll and his 300+ catalog of songs.
Watch him with bassist Jason Murray's distinctive upright tone, ubiquitous guitar player Jon Chapman and drummer Tim Brennan.
For more information, please visit the bands MySpace page
Derek and the Darling 8:30 P.M.
Derek Nicoletto cradles the six-inch chicken in the crook of his left arm as he hails a bus with his right. Sammi Garett slows the bus and lets him on board. Seconds later, the two are belting Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen.” Scene. Most New York City bands are formed from Craigslist ads or through mutual friends somewhere in Brooklyn. For Derek and the Darling, this improv scene in October 2009 was the true moment of formation, on a stage at the Upright Citizens Brigade, the improvisation school founded by Amy Poehler and her colleauges that now features weekly shows by students and current castmembers of 30 Rock alike. In this scene Derek and Sammi noticed how well their voices matched. In a conversation immediately following, they discovered that Derek had just finished a stint with an established indie rock band about the time Sammi graduated Berklee School of Music. So, as their classmates began to form improv troupes, Derek and Sammi started an electronica-inspired rock band, because it was “way less nerdy.” A month later, after some time with their keyboard and a guitar (compliments of a Wyclef Jean and Western Union), Derek and Sammi brought all their new material, whether individually or co-written, to producer Jamie Siegel (Whitney Houston, Kid Cudi, The Roots, Taking Back Sunday).
Enter musical director and veteran DJ Mike Fisher (Deep Dish) on guitars, Ableton and synths and British import Will Haywood Smith on drums. By February 2010, a new band had formed and their debut five-song EP, “Rockface,” was complete - including a cameo by Taking Back Sunday’s Matt Rubano on bass. The video for first single, “Hustler with a Rescue Plan,” will debut a few weeks before the EP’s April 27, 2010 release. “I wrote ‘Hustler’ in September about my own boundary-less ambition. I found Sammi at UCB a few weeks later and learned immediately that her drive to be a performing songwriter fit mine exactly, as reflected in the spirit of this song. It was like Match.com commercial, without the marriage at the end. Or the sex.” After the EP release, Derek and the Darling will begin to tour in Summer 2010, a lively show including a few moments during the set with audience interaction that will inspire musical improvisation.
Garett says, “Our live show will have our Derek and the Darling music as a foundation sprinkled with elements of our improv training and featuring Mike's DJ skills, resulting in a unique electronic rock show none of us have witnessed anywhere else on the music scene. In rehearsals, we’ve been laughing hard and rocking harder. By the way, if you do both at the same time, you’re bound to make your “Rockface.”
The Kansas City Drum Tribe is an amazing group of loving people that unite every Monday night and unleash rhythms that will shake your soul, as well as, the Earth you stand on! Dancers are welcome!
Join them at Downtown Days for a shot in the arm of boom-boom, ratta-tat boom. Fire performers will be jumping in the fun.
This Bridgeport-based band has just released its third disc, "Word to the Lourdes," in about a year and a half and the group continues to amaze.
Maybe because the group, led by the husband-and-wife team of singer Meredith DiMenna-Saunders and guitar whiz Keith "Touch" Saunders, makes itself right at home in whatever style it chooses.
Equally at home playing swinging jazz tunes as well as raunchy rock songs, the band's magic starts with DiMenna-Saunders, whose vocal talents allow her to make any song -- from any genre -- uniquely her own.
For more informationon, please see the bands MySpace page
Main Stage: Friday June 4th
Kansas City’s longest running jam, Jerry’s Jam Night, is a forum where musicians and other artists gather to perform a high energy set of music ranging from classic to current rock, hip hop/rap, country, and blues.
PEANUT BUTTER HAMSTER is on a mission to promote fun, education, good behavior, friendship and positive life style choices through “Music You AND Your Kids Will Love!”
Rock! Trash! Garage! Glam!
Poison Overdose is a Poison tribute band based in 
The Kansas City Drum Tribe is an amazing group of loving people that unite every Monday night and unleash rhythms that will shake your soul, as well as, the Earth you stand on! Dancers are welcome!
For more information, see the 
For more information, see the bands