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On the way (to Lone Jack): JJ Grey and Mofro

They will perform at the Dawg Daze of Summer Fest in Lone Jack on July 27, a Friday. Show time is 10:30 p.m. The festival is at the Lake Paradise Resort, 985 NW 1901st Road in Lone Jack. The three-day music lineup also includes Dirtfoot and the Dirty Dawgs, featuring Michael Kang (String Cheese Incident), Steve Molitz (Phil Lesh and Friends), Eric Gould (Particle) and local drum hero Brandon Draper (Quixotic). Several local bands/performers are also on the bill, including Hearts of Darkness. A three-day pass is $80 in advance. For more information on tickets and the music lineup, go here.

Your ticket-sale alert: Yo, Sam Baker fans

On sale Friday

• Steel Panther with Rocker Lips, July 26, Midland. $9.89
• Pretty Lights, Aug. 23, Midland. $33
• Circa Survive, Oct. 18, Granada. Price not available.

Review: Def Leppard, Poison

Most prominent classic-rock bands either disband or gravitate to the state and county fair circuit two decades after scoring their last big hit. Def Leppard and Poison, however, continue to perform in arenas after the majority of their fans stopped purchasing their latest releases.

KC bands to be part of All-Star Fan Fest

Hearts of Darkness will put the lumber (and brass) on fans at this year's All-Star Game Fan Fest. Photo by Forester Michael.

Viasitors to this year's Major Leage Baseball All-Star Game will get big a taste of Kansas City, from downtown and the Power and Light District to Kauffman Stadium. Those who attend this year's Fan Fest will also get a taste of our local music scene. Fourteen bands will perform at Ink's Music Stage in Bartle Hall over two days of the five-day All-Star Fan Fest, which begins July 6. For complete information on what Fan Fest is, go here. Tickets are $25 and $30. Children 2 and younger get in free. The music schedule is below.

Review: Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters' primary concept is audaciously simple.  Exaggerating the notorious excesses of the disco era has allowed the New York-based band to become one of the most interesting and entertaining acts of the past decade.  The quintet amplifies the dance music's throbbing beats, mutates the flamboyant fashion of the '70s into even more garish styles and embraces the genre's uninhibited sexuality with outlandish élan.

Review: Flaming Lips

Standing in Liberty Hall during a sold-out Flaming Lips concert was like being inside a kaleidoscope. In fact, the overwhelming number of balloons, confetti and streamers made things a little claustrophobic.

The Oklahoma City rock band brought so much firepower to its two-night stand in Lawrence that the show opened with a disclaimer from frontman Wayne Coyne: Don’t stare at the strobe lights, and be cool when the space bubble rolls out.

Keeping his own time: Richard Burgess is now singing songs he wrote

Richard Burgess has been part of the local music scene for more than a decade. His resume includes work in some of Kansas City’s best roots-rock bands, starting with the long-gone but still-revered Hadacol and including Pendergast and the Expassionates.

Review: Steve Martin

Steve Martin (right) played bluegrass with Graham Sharp and the Steep Canyon Rangers on Thursday evening at the Midland Theatre. Photo by DAVID EULITT/The Star

It’s hard to tell if Thursday night’s performance by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers was a comedy show hijacked by bluegrass music or the other way around. Either way, it was a success.

Your Enrique/J-Lo pre-sale

It's on now, until 10 p.m. Go here. The password is STEAMY. Prices: $29.50 to $129.50. The show is Aug. 4 at the Sprint Center.

On the way: Ghostface Killah

He's coming to the Riot Room on Sept. 10, a Monday. Also on the bill: Sheek Louch and Saigon. Tickets are $25. It's a 21-and-older show.