{"id":83673,"date":"2025-10-20T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=83673"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:06:56","slug":"djo-at-grinders-kc-concert-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2025\/10\/20\/djo-at-grinders-kc-concert-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Djo at Grinders KC Concert Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article and photos by Lillian Hammer<\/em><\/p>\n

Djo took the Grinder\u2019s stage in Kansas City on October 7th. Getting there not much earlier than the start of the opener\u2019s set, I spent the time between Post Animal and Djo\u2019s set in the photo pit in front of the barricade talking to fans. Some had lined up as early as 8 in the morning, a majority of them had homemade gifts for the band, and everyone was overwhelmingly happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

I spent the rest of the show on the balcony of a coffee shop that neighbors the pizza restaurant the venue is nestled in the backyard of. There were two other girls on the balcony with me, one in a beautiful white dress dancing atop a bench the entire night, and the other taking videos of her and occasionally accompanying her dancing. It was like stepping into a story that wasn\u2019t mine, but I felt like I belonged anyway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s how I felt most of the night. I\u2019m not entirely familiar with Djo\u2019s music, but he put on a killer set. I knew a few songs off of his earlier albums but was still able to appreciate the rest of the show. It helped that all of the interactions I had with different fans at the show made me feel totally at home\u2013under the open sky and city lights, surrounded by strangers who somehow felt like friends.<\/span><\/p>\n