Good Music, Not Too Far

Though I’d love to be living in a much larger city, I don’t have too many complaints most days. But I’ve decided that in order to fulfill my desires to see live bands, Wichita needs to become more attractive to these touring groups. I randomly will look up some of my favorite bands to see where they’re traveling and, like most college students, I don’t have money just sitting around that I can blow all the time.
I hope that someday Kansas becomes a little more, not necessarily trendy, but at least more acceptable to travel through. I know if bands thought they’d have a crowd, I’m sure they’d come. I despise the fact that the only time any really awesome bands come through it’s only because they happen to be on Warped Tour or something like that, but this year they’re not even coming to Kansas. They’re passing through to head to Kansas City, Mo.

Considering everyone’s music taste differs in some way or another and knowing you may not agree with what I say is good, I’m going to list off a few concerts I’m aware of that are coming up within the next few months.

• Meg and Dia, April 4 at the Kings of Club in Claremore, Ok


• William Fitzsimmons, April 8 at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, Ks


• Fireflight, April 11 at the WL White Auditorium in Emporia, Ks


• The Morning Light, April 15 at the Waiting room in Omaha, Na


• Backseat Goodbye, April 17 at the Main St Cafe in Kansas City, Mo


• Bayside, May 7 at the Granada Theatre in Lawrence, Ks

Obviously, these are just a few of the concerts that are going to be anywhere near us. I’m pretty stoked about the Meg and Dia show, but I am hoping to go to Warped Tour, which is pretty stacked this year with some pretty awesome bands. Anyways, there are my picks to what I think are going to be some pretty bomb shows.

- by Rachel Hoeffner