Big Slick weekend has always come to Kansas City in June. Next time is different
The surprise celebrity guests are still a surprise.
So, too, are the ticket prices for the party and show. Last year:$75-$375.
What is sure is that the date for the 15th annual Big Slick Celebrity Weekend fundraiser, which last year raised $3.5 million for Children’s Mercy Hospital, keeps sliding earlier in the calendar year.
Organizers announced Wednesday that next year’s event will be held on May 31 and June 1. (This year’s event was June 2-3, and the year before it was June 24-25).
Also certain is that it will be hosted by Kansas City’s pedigreed movie and television celebrities: founders Jason Sudeikis, Paul Rudd and Rob Riggle, plus Eric Stonestreet, David Koechner and Heidi Gardner. Gardner, of “Saturday Night Live” fame, last year became the event’s first female host.
As for celebrity guests, one can hope for Taylor Swift, as her new boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (and, oh, yeah, likely future Pro Football Hall of Fame candidate), was a guest last year, along with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
The schedule:
▪ The Big Slick Celebrity Classic Softball Game at Kauffman Stadium on Friday, May 31, before the Kansas City Royals play the San Diego Padres. Buy a Royals game ticket and the softball game is included.
▪ The Big Slick Party & Show, the weekend’s main event, at T-Mobile Center, 1407 Grand Blvd., the evening of Saturday, June 1.
Previous celebrity guests have included musician Sheryl Crow from Kennet, Missouri, actor Jon Hamm from St. Louis, actress and singer Selena Gomez and comedian Will Ferrell.
Last year’s invited celebrity guests were: Becky Ann Baker, actress, “Freaks and Geeks” and “Girls”; Dylan Baker, actor, Amazon’s “Hunters” and “Happiness”; Aisling Bea, actress, “Living With Yourself”; Philip Bowen, musician, TikTok fiddler; Sarah Chalke, actress, “Firefly Lane,” “Scrubs”; Richard Christy, radio personality, musician/drummer; David Cook, Blue Springs native, musician and “American Idol” winner; Dustin Colquitt, former Kansas City Chiefs punter; Baron Corbin, wrestler, WWE; David Dastmalchian of Overland Park, actor, “Ant-Man,” “The Last Voyage of the Demeter”; Chris Daughtry, musician; Sean Evans, YouTuber, “Hot Ones” host; Jonathan Fernandez, actor/comedian, “Gossip Girl,” “Lethal Weapon”; Will Forte, actor, “MacGruber,” “The Last Man on Earth,” “The Great North”; Ginger Gonzaga, CBS’ “True Lies,” “She-Hulk” and “Attorney at Law’”; Tim Heidecker, comedian, Showtime’s “Moonbase 8”; Seth Herzog, comedian; Anthony Hill, actor, “Grey’s Anatomy”; Creed Humphrey, Kansas City Chiefs center; Bradley James, actor, BBC’s “Merlin” and Netflix’s “Vikings: Valhalla”; Punkie Johnson, actress/comedian, “Saturday Night Live”; Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs tight end; Samm Levine, “Raven’s Home” and “Freaks and Geeks”; Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback; Katherine McNamara of Lee’s Summit, actress, CW’s “Walker: Independence,” “Shadowhunters”; Logan Mize, country singer from Clearwater, Kansas; Rashida Olayiwola, actress, “Ironheart,” “Jury Duty”; Kevin Pollak, actor, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; The Potash Twins, musicians and TV personalities; Kevin Rahm, actor, “Madam Secretary,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Mad Men”; Al Roker, TV personality, NBC “Today” show; Peter Schrager, Fox Sports; Darius Rucker, musician; Jake Tapper, CNN anchor; Charissa Thompson, Fox Sports; Sarah Tiana, comedian, “Lights Out With David Spade”; Joe Lo Truglio, actor, “Reno 911!,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”; Blake Vogt, magician; Taylor Williamson, comedian, “America’s Got Talent”; Finn Wolfhard, actor, “Stranger Things,” “It,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”; Al Yankovic, musician.
