Slice of My Heart Emo Night

Pizza Bar is hosting Slice of My Heart Emo Night on Friday, October 16, with DJ Joey Donut on the decks. It's an emo night in the middle of the Power and Light District, and the focus is exactly what the title suggests: classic emo and pop-punk anthems from the era when those two sounds were practically the same thing. If you spent your teenage years with a CD binder full of My Chemical Romance, The Used, and Fall Out Boy, this is the kind of night you'll recognize immediately.

DJ Joey Donut is the one running the night, and he's keeping the set centered on those mid-2000s staples. The whole point of an emo night like this is the shared experience—the kind of songs that everyone in the room knows by heart, where the crowd ends up doing a good chunk of the singing themselves. It's less about discovering something new and more about hearing the tracks you haven't thought about in years played loud enough to sing along to.

Pizza Bar is located at 1320 Grand Blvd in Kansas City, right in the heart of the Power and Light District, so it's easy to get to and easy to find. The night kicks off at 9 PM on Friday, October 16, and since it's a DJ-led set, it's the kind of thing you can roll into whenever you're ready. If you're coming from work or meeting up with friends first, you've got plenty of room to work around that start time.