It’s that time of year again when tickets are plentiful. Enter as many contests as you like. Winners will be drawn Thursday morning, Aug. 18, and notified by email. Good luck.
KC Renaissance Festival, September 3-October 16
Travel back in time and partake in a Kansas City tradition since 1977. Thrill to the exploits of jousting knights on thundering steeds, roam the village shops for unique crafts, delight in comedy, music, magic and more on their 20 stages of non-stop entertainment and feast on delicious food and drinks from the far reaches of the globe! New in 2016: wizard’s flight school zip line, daily craft beer tastings, chocolate and mead wine tastings, live unicorn, fairy time treats, 50 free children activities and living history quest.
Dave Nachmanoff, Saturday, August 20, in Topeka
Last Minute Folk presents Dave Nachmanoff who, over the course of a dozen albums and countless tours, has shared the stage with the likes of Alison Krauss, Cheryl Wheeler, Steve Forbert, Firefall, and John Wesley Harding (among many others), at venues ranging from The Bottom Line to the Glastonbury Festival. He’s also paid his dues in myriad classrooms across the United States, sharing his talents and nurturing the next generation of budding troubadours. Performance at Unitarian Fellowship of Topeka, 4775 SW 21st St. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa78ef00000Cinema a Go-Go, Two Movies - One Title, Friday, August 26, in Lawrence
The Retro Cocktail Hour’s Cinema a Go-Go journeys to lost worlds next time, with two movies that share the same title. In 1951’s Lost Continent, a military expedition led by Cesar Romero crash lands on a strange uncharted island, a lost world full of prehistoric dinosaurs. And there’s something for everyone in 1968’s Lost Continent, when a tramp steamer gets lost in the Sargasso Sea, which is apparently Grand Central Station for monsters, including killer seaweed, prehistoric sharks, monster crustaceans, a giant octopus plus a bunch of bad-tempered descendants of Spanish Conquistadores. Showtime is 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence.