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Westport Coffee House

Westport, Kansas City

Westport's iconic neighbourhood music bar since 1994, presenting jazz, blues, and folk in an intimate 200-capacity venue that has been the social heart of Kansas City's most bohemian neighbourhood for three decades.

Founded

1994

Capacity

200

Hours

Monday–Saturday 7

Area

Westport

About Westport Coffee House

Westport Coffee House is one of Kansas City's most enduring and beloved small venues, a 200-capacity neighbourhood bar in Westport that has been presenting live jazz, blues, and folk music since 1994 with a consistency and community spirit that makes it irreplaceable. The venue's three-decade history has made it the social centre of Westport, Kansas City's most bohemian neighbourhood, attracting regulars who have been coming since the venue opened alongside new generations discovering the pleasures of live music in an intimate room. The coffee house origins of the space — daytime café, evening music bar — give it a warmth and accessibility that pure nightclubs often lack, and its pricing remains genuinely affordable, preserving the democratic character that is central to its identity.

History

Westport Coffee House opened in 1994 in the heart of Westport and became quickly woven into the neighbourhood's identity as a gathering point for Kansas City's creative and intellectual community. Its survival across three decades of the neighbourhood's evolution — through booms, busts, and the wholesale transformation of nearby districts — reflects the depth of community bond it has built.