Cozy: musicbyskippy's EP release and holiday show

Tell me about the live show experience, Cozy.

Note: all ticket types classify General Admission to the show and each ticket purchaser will have a seat available! The venue is non-assigned/open seating.

The live show experience for Cozy includes live versions of the 4 songs featured on the project by a live accompianist, holiday song covers, beatboxing, musicbyskippy merchandise for purchase, a serenade raffle, and other surprises revealed only at the show. This show is the first listen of the project!

To feel warm and welcome from the winter time food and drinks will be available for purchase, and the first 20 folks get $5 cash if they wear/bring a blanket! The venue, Westport Bowery, rests behind the Westport Flea Market.

Doors open at 1:30 pm. The show starts at 2:00 pm and runs approximately 90 minutes with a 10-minute intermission in between music sets. The end time (around 3:30 pm) accommodates travel and social plans to watch the Chiefs game starting at 7:20 pm.

Tell me about the EP, Cozy.

Cozy is a 4 song singer/songwriter EP of musicbyskippy. Similar to his 2023 EP "Poems," these compositions strip down to piano loops and vocals. Inspiration for the EP’s creation include Francis and the Lights, Tim Minchin, and Simon & Garfunkel.

Below are two videos. The first is the second song from Poems, "Teen Arthritis," showcasing a similar sound to what might be heard at the live experience of Cozy. The second is musicbyskippy's cover of the Broadway hit "Bring Him Home," showcased at Westport Bowery, the venue the show will be produced in.

The EP will be available under "musicbyskippy" on all song-purchasing & streaming platforms, including YouTube and Spotify, starting December 29, 2024.

Tell me about the artist, musicbyskippy

Luke “Skippy” Harbur is a multidisciplinary artist whose project, musicbyskippy, curates custom arts experiences for multigenerational audiences. Through songwriting, beatboxing, and various sound producing skills, he tells stories celebrating identity and combating isolation.

The Overland Park, Kansas native is based out of Kansas City, Missouri to express his mission: performances promote safe havens for authenticity. Since 2022 he’s written, produced, and published almost 70 songs and sold over 1,000 tickets to 10 original productions. He is a 2024 Librettist Fellow for Lyric Opera of Kansas City & No Divide KC, a 2024 Heartland Arts Fellow for Starlight Theatre & Heartland Arts KC, and a Fall 2024 cohort member of Music To Life, a national training program for musicians focused on making social change. Past collaborative commissions include but are not limited to Boulevardia, Ewing Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, KC Fringe, Quixotic, Cornell University, Kansas City Art Institute, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and NATS Mid-Atlantic Region.

Each opportunity to perform is rooted in a deeper story. At 5 months he was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare liver disease. 6 months later he received a life-saving liver transplant from an 8-year-old boy named Aaron Drake, who passed away while on a camping trip with his family at The Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Harbur’s motivation is driven by his second chance to make performances a testament to sharing life and near-death experiences.

Tell me about the venue, Westport Bowery

The Westport Bowery is a dream event space for anyone wanting to create lasting memories for family, friends & fans! The venue is located behind Westport Flea Market, with a bar available at the venue and food available for purchase at the Market.

If you are in need of ADA accomodations, there is a flat floor from the entrance of the Westport Flea Market to get to the back of the building, where the Westport Bowery is located.

Detailed parking infomration can be found here.

Host or Publisher musicbyskippy