Cozy: musicbyskippy's heartwarming holiday experience

Tell me about the live show experience, Cozy.

Note: All ticket types serve as general admission.The venue is non-assigned/open seating. Arrive early for the best seating!

Cozy includes acoustic versions from musicbyskippy's discography, Broadway, pop, and holiday song covers, beatboxing, musicbyskippy merchandise for "pay what you can" pricing, a serenade raffle, accompanist Neal Long, and special musical guests only revealed at the show.

Drinks will be available for purchase. The first 21 folks get $5 cash if they wear/bring a blanket! The venue, The Arts Asylum, is located at Rockhill Rd and East Meyer Blvd. It is in a shared building with A to Z Theatricals. When arriving to the main parking lot, continue driving past A to Z Theatricals to see a banner for "The Arts Asylum."

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 more about the music featured in Cozy.

Cozy is the namesake of musicyskippy's 4-song music release from January 2025. These compositions strip down to piano loops and vocals, similar to his 2023 release called Poems. Today musicbyskippy's discography contains over 70 songs. This experience features acoustic versions of his own hits, original covers from holiday, pop, and musical theater, and other repertoire capturing the essence of finding warmth in the winter time.

Below are two videos. The first is "Cozy," musicbyskippy's holiday song. The second is musicbyskippy's cover of "Bring Him Home," a classic musical theater hit from the Broadway show Les Miserables.

Tell me about the artist, musicbyskippy

Luke “Skippy” Harbur is a performer, producer, and educator whose business, musicbyskippy, creates arts experiences for multigenerational audiences. Through beatboxing and other artistic skills, his work celebrates authenticity and combats social isolation.

Since starting full-time freelancing in November 2021, he’s written, produced, and published over 70 songs, sold over 1,200 tickets to original productions, and secured over $14,000 through grants and crowdfunding. Currently based in Kansas City, Missouri, fellowships include being a 2024 Librettist Fellow with Lyric Opera of Kansas City & No Divide KC, 2024 Heartland Arts Fellow with Starlight Theatre & Heartland Arts KC, and a 2024 cohort member of Music To Life, a training program for musicians focused on social change. 

Commissions include but are not limited to Boulevardia, the Ewing Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and Cornell University. As an educator he’s hosted workshops and classes focused on motivation, personal branding, marketing, beatboxing, and entrepreneurship.

Receiving a liver transplant at 11 months and open heart surgery at 29 years old motivates him daily, making performances, productions, and educational opportunities testaments to how he’s living his life to the fullest. He thanks friends and family who continue supporting his journey. Follow @musicbyskippy to see what’s next!

Tell me about the venue, The Arts Asylum

In early August of 2021, The Arts Asylum made the decision to cease operations at 1000 E 9th street and make the move to Brookside East in to The A to Z Theatrical Campus at 824 Meyer Blvd.

Meyer will bring together a new collective of partners who will drive our programming and theatrical endeavors under the guidance of Korey Childs, Artistic Director. The Arts Asylum along with Faust Theatre, The City of Fountains Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and Pop Culture Sculptures will produce shows, events, and programs that will continue enriching our communities the same way we always have.

Continuing our current partnerships at The South Kansas City Performing Arts Academy, ArtsBlock, Craft & Sage Financial Partners, School of Economics and The Real World Learning Initiative, programs like theatre classes, artist critiques, gallery displays, curation guidance, and community engagement is the backbone of our mission.

With the addition of programs such as Drag Queen Story Time, , Parallels: A docu-series, production support of local playwrights and many more in the works, The Arts Asylum will create a more robust foundation on which to support our mission and theatrical works.

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