Kansas City-area artists are coming together at Lemonade Park to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine and stand in solidarity with peace and resolution. The evening will include live music, spoken word, dance, improvisation, poetry-on-demand, and a curated gallery of visual art projected on a screen between performances. The line-up of artists includes Julia Othmer, Ivory Blue, Havilah Bruders, Johnny Hamil, dance artists Courtney Collado and Alexis Borth, spoken word artist José Faus, Demand Poet Elizabeth Howard, and a smudge ceremony with Theresa Goodman of Harvest Moon Botanica. Several guest artists will be performing as well.

Alongside Brockett Parsons (Lady Gaga) and boogie-woogie master Henri Herbert. Also featuring blues phenom Whitney Shay!

Here's how they describe it:

"THE PIANO-PLAYING SONGSTRESS WITH Piatt Pund - Come see one of the most charismatic performers today! Julia Othmer is a talent rarely seen. Come see Julia in this beautiful intimate venue. The first 2 rows will be VIP seating. Tickets will be $40 for VIP and $30 for general admission seating. Seeing is believing."

alongside Lilli Lewis and the Black Creatures!

An evening under the stars featuring spoken word artists Jen Harris and Vanessa Aricco, myself and the transcendent Kelly Hunt. Bring yourself a nice lawn chair and let's howl at the almost-full moon together.

doors open at 9AM (yes 9 AMMMMMM) - and we will cruise into our weekend - hosted by the Heartland Song Network

An online benefit - all donations will go to Rescue International and the International Red Cross. Let's come together to support of Ukraine and her people.

also performing Ernest James Zydeco Band & speakers from the Midwest Innocence Project. Evening will include a raffle and silent auction highlighting the work of many local artists!

doors at 9am (YES 9 AM) music begins at 10am solo acoustic - a house concert in a bar setting - limited breakfast menu available -

a unique music experience featuring myself, Whitney Shay, and Taylor John Williams.

Featuring Katy Guillen and the Drive, Sons of Great Dane, Nathan Corsi and the Perfect Strangers, and Jass.

"Our annual benefit concert was founded in response to Kansas City musician Abigail Henderson’s cancer diagnosis, which prompted her friends and fellow musicians to raise money for her healthcare expenses. The first concert marked the birth of the Midwest Music Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting musicians who lack proper access to health care. The event features live performances by notable Kansas City-area bands as a donation of their time and talents to their community; local businesses and artisans donate products and services to the event for auction. All monies raised during Apocalypse Meow go directly to Abby’s Fund for Musician’s Health Care and the production costs of Apocalypse Meow. Performances, business donations, and services are purely voluntary."