# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Roger Wilder at the Blue Room
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm – Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 11:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The pianist Kansas City's bandleaders call first — Friday afternoons he plays KC jazz on the radio, Friday night he plays it live at 18th...About this EventEvery Friday afternoon, Roger Wilder gives Kansas City two hours of jazz on the radio — he's been KKFI's "Jazz Geek" since 2005, spinning the greats and championing the local players he believes in. This Friday, when the show wraps, he heads to 18th & Vine and does the thing he's really known for: two full sets at the piano, leading his own band on the Blue Room bandstand.Wilder is the pianist Kansas City's bandleaders call first. Since arriving in 2000 he's held the piano chair for Bobby Watson, anchored Stan Kessler's Sons of Brasil, driven the Adam Larson Quartet, and sat in with the Kansas City Symphony — all while teaching jazz piano at the UMKC Conservatory, where he's shaped a generation of KC players over nearly two decades. The pedigree runs deeper still: before choosing Kansas City, he backed Stanley Turrentine, Randy Brecker, and Chris Potter, with a University of Miami degree and five New York years along the way.He's a bandleader in his own right, too — his album Stretch put his writing on record, and his tune "Centeniology," penned for Charlie Parker's 100th birthday, ties his music straight to the neighborhood this club calls home. When his group played this room in 2024, Plastic Sax wrote that Wilder "may never have sounded better." The Blue Room brings that out of him.Two shows: 8:30 pm and 10 pm. Admission is $10 per show.The Blue Room, 1600 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108. Friday, August 21 — shows at 8:30 pm & 10 pm.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/kansas-city/roger-wilder-at-the-blue-room/100001998485011467
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, first-friday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 12.51, max: 12.51, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Blue Room
- **lat**: 39.0913361
- **long**: -94.5631167
- **full address**: Blue Room, 1600 East 18th Street, Kansas City, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Roger Wilder at the Blue Room being held?
  - **A:** Roger Wilder at the Blue Room takes place on Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm to Fri, 21 Aug, 2026 at 11:00 pm at Blue Room, 1600 East 18th Street, Kansas City, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Roger Wilder at the Blue Room?
  - **A:** Roger Wilder at the Blue Room is organized by The Blue Room.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Roger Wilder at the Blue Room is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Kansas City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Roger Wilder at the Blue Room sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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