

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: HONORS AWARDS 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: 🌹 HONORS AWARDS 2026

Presented by the 18th &amp; Vine Arts Festival Foundation

📍 Gem Theater
Historic 18th &amp; Vine Jazz District
🗓 May 24, 2026
🎟 Red Carpet: 6:00–7:00 PM
🎭 Awards Program: 7:00–9:00 PM (Hard Stop)

A Red-Carpet Celebration of Kansas City’s Cultural Builders

Kansas City’s culture didn’t happen by accident.

It was built by musicians.
By storytellers.
By dancers.
By poets.
By cultural leaders who dedicated their lives to the craft.

The Honors Awards is a live, high-energy celebration recognizing the living legends who shaped our city’s artistic foundation.

This night is not about who’s trending.
It’s about legacy.

🎤 HOST &amp; OPENING CEREMONY

Opening Welcome &amp; Ceremony

City Proclamations presented by:
Councilwoman Melissa Patterson Hazley

Opening Performance:
Quez &amp; Kimology

🌟 2026 HONOREES

🎶 Gospel Honor
Isaac Cates

🎷 Jazz Honor
Lonnie McFadden

🌎 Latin Honor
Pablo Sanhueza

🎭 Theatre &amp; Film Honor
Shawn Edwards

🎨 Visual Art Honor
J. Leroy Beasley

💃 Dance Honor
ICE Studios School of Dance
(Founder: Isha “Ice” Williams)

✍🏽 Poetry Honor
Mary Moore (“Mother Mary”)

🗣 Spoken Word Honor
Simeon Taylor

🔥 R&amp;B Male Honor
LeVelle Crawford

🎤 Icon Living Award
Sean Tyler

🎼 Music Director Recognition
Jason Betts

🎶 TRIBUTE PERFORMERS &amp; PARTICIPANTS

🎭 Theatre Tribute Performance
Piaget Long

🎷 Jazz Tribute Performance
Chloe (Mr. Bojangles)

🌎 Latin Tribute Performance
Pablo Sanhueza

🎶 Gospel Tribute Performance
Chrystal Rucker

✍🏽 Live Poetry Tributes
Ashley Brewer
JaySol
Delynia Jannell
Charmelle Colfield

🗣 Spoken Word Tribute
Kim Keys

🔥 R&amp;B Tribute Duet
Marcus J
Willis Blunt

⭐ Icon Living Tribute Performance
Anthony Saunders

🎬 WHAT TO EXPECT

✔ Cinematic video tributes for each honoree
✔ Live 3-minute tribute performances (no drawn-out segments)
✔ Official City Proclamations
✔ A tightly curated 2-hour program (Hard Stop at 9:00 PM)
✔ Elegant rose-themed stage design
✔ Red carpet experience with step-and-repeat backdrop
✔ The Rose Lounge open throughout the evening

No long speeches.
No dead air.
A celebration measured in meaning — not minutes.

🎟 TICKET OPTIONS

🎟 $15 Presale Tickets (available for 30 days)
🎟 $30 General Admission
⭐ $50 VIP Experience
• Reserved premium seating
• Catered meal
• Exclusive VIP gift bag
• Priority red-carpet access

Secure your tickets now at:
👉 18thandVineArtsFestival.com

🌹 WHY THIS NIGHT MATTERS

The 18th &amp; Vine Jazz District is one of the most historic Black cultural districts in America.

The Honors Awards exists to:

• Celebrate living artists
• Preserve Black cultural excellence
• Provide official City recognition
• Build a premier arts awards tradition rooted in 18th &amp; Vine

You’ve heard them.
You’ve learned from them.
You’ve stood on what they built.

Now we honor them — while they can still receive their flowers.

🎟 Get your tickets at 18thandVineArtsFestival.com

#HonorsAwards2026 #18thAndVine #KansasCityArts #GiveFlowers #KCCulture
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- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, music, literary-art, theatre, performances, festivals, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 129

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029713577023?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kansas+city-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Gem Theater
- **lat**: 39.09091
- **long**: -94.56261
- **full address**: The Gem Theater, 1615 E 18th St,Kansas City, Missouri, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: 18th & Vine Arts Festival (https://allevents.in/org/18th-and-vine-arts-festival/23664848)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Gem Theater, 1615 E 18th St,Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** 18th & Vine Arts Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, entertainment, music, literary-art, theatre, performances, festivals, spoken-word
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about HONORS AWARDS 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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