Roe Kapara returns to recordBar three years after his last KC visit

The Epitaph songwriter plays the same 399-capacity room on Tuesday, Nov. 17, his first Kansas City show since November 2023.

Almost exactly three years ago, Roe Kapara played recordBar. On Tuesday, Nov. 17, he's back on the same stage, with another record's worth of songs since that first visit.

Roe Kapara plays recordBar in Kansas City on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are through OpenDate. The date was announced Oct. 20. It's his first Kansas City show since Nov. 2, 2023, when he played the same room, which holds 399.

If you missed the first time around, here's the short version of how he got here. Kapara signed to Epitaph in early 2023 and, as BroadwayWorld reported that March, announced his debut EP, *I Hope Hell Isn't Real*, with the lead single "Preacher." That EP was the record he was carrying when he first came through Kansas City in November 2023.

He followed it with a second EP, *Big Cigars and Satin Shorts*, released on Epitaph on Aug. 23, 2024. Somewhere in between, FLOOD filmed him playing "Everyone's Dying (Grandma's Drunk Again)" in Los Angeles for its *Neighborhoods* series, a song title that tells you a lot about where he finds his material: family, dark humor and the kind of honesty that lands best in a small room.

So the Kansas City show this time is a chance to hear two EPs' worth of songs live, in a room that already knows him. That matters. When an artist books the same club on a second visit, it usually means the first night went well enough that both sides wanted to do it again.

recordBar is the right place for it. At 399 capacity, it's built for this exact stage of a career, an artist with a devoted following who can fill a club without needing a theater. It's the kind of room where you can get close to the stage, hear every word, and still have space to move. For songs as lyric-driven as Kapara's, that's the point.

What to know before you go: it's a Tuesday with a 7:30 p.m. start, so it's an easy weeknight show that won't keep you out too late. No opener is listed, so check the OpenDate page for support and set times. And with fewer than 400 tickets for the whole night, waiting until the day of is a gamble.

Two EPs' worth of songs, in a room that already knows him.

Three years is long enough. Go see what he's been writing.

Sources: OpenDate – Roe Kapara, Nov. 17, 2026, recordBar (app.opendate.io); BroadwayWorld – Roe Kapara Announces Debut EP, Drops Lead Single 'Preacher' (china.broadwayworld.com); Epitaph Records – Roe Kapara, Big Cigars and Satin Shorts (epitaph.com); FLOOD – Watch Roe Kapara play 'Everyone's Dying (Grandma's Drunk Again)' in LA for 'Neighborhoods' (floodmagazine.com); JamBase listing (jambase.com)