This week in KC: Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest,’ plus Pridefest, Juneteenth, Future Stages

The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival will present “The Tempest” for its 31st season of free outdoor theater in the park starting next week.

Featuring a shipwreck, romance and magic, “The Tempest” will run nightly except Mondays June 13-July 2 at Southmoreland Park near The Nelson-Atkins Museum. Sidonie Garrett, executive artistic director of the festival, will direct.

Reserved seats are available for $25-$35. More information at kcshakes.org.

More theater

▪ “The Snow Queen,” The Culture House, 2 and 7 p.m. June 9-10, Yardley Hall ($15-$21). jccc.edu/midwest-trust-center/events.

▪ “You’ve Got a Friend,” opens 7:30 p.m. June 9; runs through July 2, Quality Hill Playhouse ($42-$45). qualityhillplayhouse.com.

▪ “Princess and the Pea,” Theatre for Young America, opens 10 a.m. June 13; runs through July 1, City Stage ($10-$12). unionstation.org.

Festivals

▪ Kansas City Caribbean American Cultural Extravaganza, 3-9 p.m. June 9, First Baptist Church (free). eventbrite.com.

▪ Greek Festival, 5-10 p.m. June 9, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. June 10, St. Dionysios Greek Orthodox Christian Church (free). stdionysios.org.

▪ KC Pridefest, 5-10 p.m. June 9, noon-10 p.m. June 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. June 11 (parade 11 a.m. June 10), Theis Park ($5). kcpridealliance.org.

▪ Sugar Creek Slavic Festival, 5-11 p.m. June 9, noon-11 p.m. June 10, Sugar Creek ($5). slavicfest.com.

▪ Brick Fest Live, 9 a.m. June 10, 10 a.m. June 11, KCI Expo Center ($16.99-$37.99). brickfestlive.com.

▪ Juneteenth, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. June 10, Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center (free). jcprd.com.

▪ Kansas City International Dragon Boat Festival, 9:45 a.m. June 10, Brush Creek on Country Club Plaza (free). kcparks.org.

▪ Juneteenth Celebration, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 10, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (free). nelson-atkins.org.

▪ Wine Festival, 2-8 p.m. June 10, Downtown Excelsior Springs ($10-$130). visitexcelsior.com.

More entertainment

▪ The exhibition “Bespoke Bodies: The Design & Craft of Prosthetics” will open at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 8 ($6-$10; $4 with museum admission). theworldwar.org.

▪ Stars from holiday movies will be the main attraction during Christmas Con at the Overland Park Convention Center, 2-8 p.m. June 9, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. June 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. June 11 ($15-$65; additional cost for autographs and selfies). thats4entertainment.com/christmasconks.

▪ Marlon Wayans, of “White Chicks” and “Scary Movie” fame, will bring his stand-up comedy act to the Kansas City Improv, 7:30 and 10:15 p.m. June 9, 7 and 9:45 p.m. June 10, 7 p.m. June 11 ($54-$65). improvkc.com.

▪ Emerging comedian Taylor Tomlinson, star of two Netflix specials, will appear at the Midland, 7 and 9:30 p.m. June 10, 7 p.m. June 11 ($29.75-$69.75). midlandkc.com.

▪ More than 650 young artists from around the area will perform on four stages at the Kauffman Center during the Future Stages Festival, noon-5 p.m. June 11 (free). kauffmancenter.org.

▪ Area residents can have their old flags officially retired during an observance of National Flag Day that will include patriotic music and a ceremony at the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington Square Park, 9:30 a.m. June 14 (free). kcparks.org.

Classical music

▪ Opus 76 Quartet, “Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro,” 6:45 and 8:30 p.m. June 8, and “Mozart’s Don Giovanni,” 6:45 and 8:30 p.m. June 9, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ($30-$60). opus76.org.

▪ Bach Aria Soloists, “An Evening of Fierce Women,” 6 p.m. June 9, Atkins Auditorium, Nelson-Atkins Museum ($20-$40). bachariasoloists.com.

▪ Kansas City Symphony, Symphony in the Flint Hills, 1 p.m. June 10 (concert 6:30 p.m.), Wabaunsee County ($50-$95). symphonyintheflinthills.org.

▪ NewEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, “Musical Spectrum of Color,” 1:30 p.m. June 10, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (free). kemperart.org.

More music

▪ Illenium, 8 p.m. June 8, Azura Amphitheater ($39.50-$110.50). azuraamp.com.

▪ Luke Combs with Riley Green, Lainey Wilson, Flatland Cavalry and Brent Cobb, 5:45 p.m. June 10, Arrowhead ($54.50-$277). ticketmaster.com.

▪ Louis Tomlinson, 7 p.m. June 10, Starlight ($35-$99.50). kcstarlight.com.

▪ Barenaked Ladies, 7 p.m. June 11, Starlight ($29.50-$125). kcstarlight.com.

▪ Weezer with Modest Mouse and Momma ($35-$244.50), 7 p.m. June 11, Azura Amphitheater. azuraamp.com.

▪ Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, 7:30 p.m. June 12, Kauffman Center ($50.50-$80.50). kauffmancenter.org.

▪ Nickel Creek with Gaby Moreno, 7:30 p.m. June 13, Kauffman Center ($57.50-$77.50). kauffmancenter.org.

▪ The Doobie Brothers, 7:30 p.m. June 14, Starlight ($36-$176). kcstarlight.com.