Kansas City Symphony: Bugs Bunny At The Symphony

Kansas City Symphony: Bugs Bunny At The Symphony at Helzberg Hall - Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Bugs Bunny and orchestral music have always made an entertaining pair. On May 22, 2027, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony brings Looney Tunes cartoons and live music from the Kansas City Symphony together at Helzberg Hall in Kansas City. It's an invitation to enjoy cartoon mischief with an orchestra as part of the action.

The advertised shorts include The Rabbit of Seville, What's Opera, Doc? and A Corny Concerto, with the Kansas City Symphony performing orchestral music live alongside the cartoons. Adults who grew up with Looney Tunes can revisit familiar favorites in a concert setting. Children discovering the shorts get both animated comedy and a live orchestra to take in. The pairing is the pleasure: operatic parody, cartoon timing and music all have a place in the outing.

Long-Haired Hare and Skyscraper Scrap with Tweety and Sylvester round out the advertised classics. George Daugherty and David Ka Lik Wong created this concert, which lets those well-known cartoons share the bill with live orchestral music. For someone who knows the shorts, the orchestra adds another reason to revisit them; for a newcomer, the variety offers several ways into Looney Tunes.

Bugs Bunny turns 86 this year, and a brand-new short joins the program—fresh chaos for longtime fans. The familiar classics offer recognition, while the advertised new short gives returning fans something else to discover.

Helzberg Hall hosts the collision May 22, 2027. Get tickets for May 22 to see Bugs Bunny's classics and birthday short with the Kansas City Symphony.