Jason Riley’s Funky Folk Band will perform this Saturday for the 2nd annual “Blue Grass Battles Hunger”, a charity event to benefit Northwest Missouri’s Second Harvest Food Bank. This 2-day event takes place at the Coleman Hawkins Park in St. Joseph, MO and will include local, regional and national artists all weekend long. Jason and Co. take to the Gazebo stage at 5pm to warm up for the evening’s headliner, the celebrated Sierra Hull and Highway 111. Funster Bassist, Craig Kew had this to say about Sierra…

“Y’all better plan on sticking around to get your faces melted off by a fetching 19 year-old with the voice of a Appalachian angel and her nuclear mandolin.” Say no more. Come out for a great cause. Nay, the greatest cause.

Soca Jukebox returns for a few KC area dates to finish out the month. This weekend the boys of Island steel will be on stage at the Argosy Casino both Friday and Saturday at 9pm. Friday, Sept. 30 you can catch them at Odowd’s Little Dublin in NKC. Ah.. the emerald isle and her reggae rhythms! Aloha? Wait, that’s all wrong.