Tag: Ameri’kana Music and Arts Festival

Federal arts funding cuts hit AMERI’KANA festival in KC’s northeast; organizer says the show will go on

By Tommy Felts / June 12, 2025

Creating space for healing and connection in Kansas City’s historic northeast is too critical to abandon, said Enrique Chi, whose nonprofit — and a popular music and arts festival — faces federal funding cuts targeting heritage-related initiatives that don’t align with the priorities of President Trump. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently rescinded $85,000…

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It’s science: Music moves young minds, says singer-turned-nonprofit leader; festival to showcase how diversity of song shapes community

By Tommy Felts / August 9, 2023

A Kansas City non-profit’s punk rock move to improve teens’ mental wellness through song is getting an extra jolt from a $100,000 gift — funds that support the organization as it plans an upcoming music and arts festival in the city’s Northeast, as well as promotes scientific efforts to show how rock and roll impacts…

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