Voodoo Lounge

Please harrah’s or voodoo lounge or whoever makes these decisions you have to listen to me. Please market your concerts more often. You have a good space for live music. The tickets are affordable and the staff is friendly. So why hide it from the rest of KC?
When i was there you had a Tool tribute band and a Rage Against the Machine tribute band. For $ 15 they put on one helluva show. However there was only about 100 people in attendance. Why didn’t more people know about this show?
It was pretty cool to have a private concert like this but you guys really need to get the word out on the street.
Idea — host an elite Unilocal event there :) we’ll tell everyone for you.

I am only writing this to give compliments to a manager named DUSTIN. He went over and above to accommodate me and my family when our table that we paid $ 359 for 4 tickets was not satisfactory to our party. He is an asset to the Voo Doo Lounge and deserves a raise. The table that we purchased sat only 4 as we knew but what we did not know since this was our first time coming to this lounge was that being upstairs only 2 of us were able to see the show which was over the glass balcony. We would have had to stand to see and we are all over 60 years of age. I will NEVER, if I come back, buy seats at a table again. But again, DUSTIN THE MANAGER, reseated us and we were very happy after that.

Nice venue with STRONG chocolatinis! I highly recommend paying the bottle service fee and getting a VIP table to watch the show.

Voodoo needs some new juju! The venue is fantastic. The management is in need of an overhaul.
I love the intimacy created by the stage size and the structural design is perfect. The lights and audio tech are perfectly executed. Also, I’ve never had to wait for the restroom.
We purchased tickets for our whole family to see Liverpool. The tickets were chosen carefully based on the seating chart published by Voodoo Lounge. We had an older adult who needed to be on an aisle seat so we purchased nearly an entire row which was pictured as having an aisle between it and the preceeding row. It looked like plenty of room and we should have been able to stand up and walk straight to the bar or restroom.
Unfortunately when we arrived the rows were pushed together and there was no aisle. In fact, there was less than 5 inches between the fronts of our seats and the backs of those directly in front of us. No exaggeration. We had to ask the people in front and behind to adjust their seats to allow is access to sit down.
Adding to the feeling of congestion, the temperature was uncomfortably high. An older adult sitting directly behind us got overheated and collapsed. We had to move our chairs and stand to the side to allow emergency crews to attend to the man. The venue does not provide free water, in fact disallows service staff to give water to patrons. This is unacceptable. Water is a bar tenders best friend. It helps with managing intoxication and is generally the drink of choice for designated drivers. Charging for it is a mistake.
A few policy changes and improved event management could make this one of the greatest venues in KC. There is nothing like seeing a band or comedian up close and personal. Don’t let poor execution get in the way of a great time!

A pleasant surprise!
When I think about seeing music at a casino, several negative connotations come to mind. Odds are that we are seeing somebody washed up or on the decline. Most likely, the venue will be thrown together poorly, and the sound and presentation will be mediocre at best. Voodoo Lounge at Harrah’s Casino North Kansas City was definitely above my expectations.
My friend and I went to KC to see Stone Temple Pilots, a band that sadly fits the description above. Once an arena rock band, STP was forced to fire the original lead singer and scale down the venues. Hence, our trip to the casino.
Voodoo Lounge is split into three sections: general admission floor, side lounge areas, and a set of «bleachers» in the balcony. We had seats in the balcony, which was a good view, but opted to stand in front of the stage.
Before the fine fans of KC trashed the floor, the venue was actually pretty clean, and my depiction of «casino venue eyesore» was busted when we entered. It was actually a pretty neat looking place.
As for the bar, the bartenders were surprisingly nice to us. Beer was a flat five dollars, which I thought was strange. Boulevard and other craft beer was the same price as Bud and Coors. I found that pricing odd.
Ultimately, I would have probably rather been downtown for a concert, but Voodoo Lounge was pretty cool. I wouldn’t be against coming to another show there.

The Voodoo Lounge could be the best venue in Kansas City. Really. It’s constructed the perfect layout complete with a state of the art sound and lighting system that nobody in town can match.
Unfortunately, the Voodoo has severely fallen off its game.
The schedule used to be filled with a wide variety of cutting edge acts and events. Any more the acts are mostly corporate or radio events with a hot act every once in a great while.
And not only has the talent lagged, so has the hospitality. I went to see a friend’s cover band recently and got a quick introduction to the venue’s so called security staff. A small group was at a couch behind the soundboard and stood up to take a picture of themselves with the stage and the lighting in the background. A couple of the guys leaned up against the wall. A security guard yelled something at them, but nobody could understand him because of the sound so they went back to their picture. Enraged, the security guard had the whole couple kicked out of the club. I asked management why and was told that the group was too drunk and rowdy. The band was on their third song and this group was nowhere near too intoxicated. It was an embarrassing show of authority. Later the band tried to invite somebody in the crowd to sing. The security staff wouldn’t let that person on stage so he stood on the floor and sang his song.
Enough is enough. If there’s a show I have to see I’ll come and see it, but until the Voodoo Lounge puts somebody in charge who knows how to run a venue and a security staff then I’ll find some place else to see my friends’ cover band perform. Preferably one that doesn’t charge $ 6 for a Miller Lite.

Making a come back on sat night!

Place is DEAD! Went a couple of weeks ago for a girls night out.. . thank goodness ladies get in free because at 11:30pm we were the only four people in the entire place? We promptly left and I won’t be back.

I’m reviewing the Nightclub, as I’ve never been to an event (they do concerts, comedians, sporting events, etc) at VooDoo.
As far as I’m concerned this is the only real «club» in KC. It’s huge, so you aren’t pressed up against sweaty strangers all night-​unless you want to be ;-) I’ll admit the only times I’ve gone we’ve been VIP, so that will effect my experience, but the music is the same for everyone and the music is the big pull here. That and it’s a safe club, and it’s big, and I like the casino, and there is a really nice mix of people, and… and…and… :-) Short story, I love this place. If my people are trying to get out and «club» (which I’ll admit is rare, cause we’re getting old), but when we do, my preference is VooDoo.
I like the music (mostly hip hop and rap, with some pop and a little string of house at some point of the night — this is when I put my feet up and cool off from the dance floor)
The only thing keeping VooDoo from being 5 stars is that the cost is high. I don’t know what normal drinks cost, but the cheapest bottle in VIP is $ 200 + 18% = $ 236. They have you purchase a bottle for every fourth person in our group. So, for 4 – 7 people the bottle minimum is one. If you had 8 – 11 people the bottle minimum would be two, etc… VIP gets you:
— Admission
— Front of the line access and full access to VIP
— Your bottle (s) of premium alcohol with two mixers (free refills on mixers) and 4 Red Bulls for each bottle purchased
— A server to pour your first round of drinks
— A table and roped off area
Without VIP the cover is only $ 5 on most nights and I can’t tell you drink prices unfortunately. Oh, and the line can get ridiculous long too since they frisk every person that comes in, another advantage to being VIP, skip right to the front of that line. I complain about the cost, cause I’m cheap, but honestly VIP is the way to go here. And let’s say you fell into the best case scenario sweet spot of the cheapest bottle and 7 people, you get out for less than $ 34 a person. It’s not horrible, I’m just «frugal».

Rating a venue with as diverse events as MMA and mainstream comedy is almost as effective as rating a flight based solely on the seat but I’ll be careful here. I won’t even tell you why I was at VooDoo Lounge.
VooDoo Lounge has a lot going for it. It’s a great space, it was relatively clean, didn’t smell like cigarettes or stale alcohol, there were restrooms nearby and service was clearly available. Lighting was good and the overall décor was comfortable.
There were a couple not so perfect things though:
— The seats were kinda flimsy, the seat backs were wobbly and I felt like they were unstable
— I can’t really blame VooDoo for this but will anyway, the bartenders didn’t really pay attention to the order of people approaching the bar so there were a couple jerks that stood next to me while I was waiting to order a drink and ordered a drink themselves. Yeah, I could have called them out but I was in relax mode
— There were servers wandering around but I don’t know if they were only helping certain people or groups, they never asked me or anyone near me if we needed anything — I had to get up and go to the bar for a drink.
— 4 drinks cost me $ 40. That two scotches and 2 bourbons and they weren’t well but this is a casino — $ 8 + tip for a Makers is tolerable but at the upper end
— and finally, unless I missed it, VooDoo Lounge isn’t clearly marked from the outside so you have to go through the hotel or (more likely) through the casino to get to it. I felt gamed

I went to check out Cover Wars (a battle of bands for cover bands).
$ 10 to check out cover bands is a bit steep, but then again we’re isolated in a casino/​hotel which happens to have a concert venue inside. It’s no different than what I would expect to happen at the Hard Rock @ Universal Orlando or the House of Blues @ Downtown Disney. One cool thing… if you wanted to go up to your room and have a drink between bands, they did allow re-​entry. That is unheard of at a concert venue… very cool. It saved us a few bucks, because drinking here was also what you would expect at a concert venue… pricey as hell.
The bartender was cool. The stage and sound were great. The drinks were stiff. The atmosphere was a good time. So good that I’ll being going back this Sunday to do it again. I book bands for a club in Kansas City… cover bands none-​the-​less. The quality of bands that were brought to the stage was enough to get my attention.
If you want to hang with the big dogs, you have to pay the big dog price. We had a good time, and were surprised how big the venue was when we got inside. I wish they held more national act concerts here… cool spot!

This place has a cool layout and seems like it would be a fun place to party and drink but Friday when I was there they had some mma fights there, which we pretty entertaining, but the. Ring announcer sounds like a moron, and wouldn’t shut the f+ck up during the fights.
The other thing that bothered me was where are the servers /​waitress? Com’on

I made the mistake of ordering bottle service and actually expecting service. Instead I felt like I was in a school from hell, maybe a prison would be a better comparison, because they watched me like a hawk and gave absolutely nothing except rules. This was my experience from last year when I went to watch Cherry Bomb, one of my favorite bands. (Please notice who is writing this. I am not a crazy 21 year old hard drinking man but a 51 year old woman who is only slightly wilder than she looks.)
This year, New Years Eve to be exact, a friend made the same mistake that I did. He ordered bottle service so that he could reserve a table for he and his friends. When a couple of them decided they wanted to leave to go into the casino for a short while, they were told «no, you can’t leave and return.» Then things got worse rapidly when he made the mistake of offering money to the doorman to let them back in. Then they were kicked out of the entire establishment. Oh, not just them, but their entire party!
I will go back to the VooDoo, when and if, they have a good band, but I won’t spend the extra money for bottle service.
I understand that they are under stricter rules because of the gaming commission but they need to learn a better way to inform and serve their customers instead of making their customers feel like they are in prison or worse.
Bottle service always looks so cool on tv. Boy, bottle service isn’t fun here in Kansas City at the VooDoo Lounge!

Absolutely THE BEST Night Club and LIVE Music Club in Kansas City!!!
With 2 level seating for 1300 people, 2 full length bars plus a 3^rd on upper level with 7 full service bartenders and several VIP servers to meet your needs, a state of the art sound/​light system, exclusive VIP seating, top notch security, and the largest dance floor in the city… VooDoo Lounge can’t be beat:)
Weekdays are filled with comedy performances, LIVE local and Top 40 shows in Rock, R&B, Country shows as well as Classic Artists, specialty acts like Quixotic, fashion shows and even Sports Venues Boxing Matches.
Saturday nights are completely booked for the Club-​Hip/​Hop Scene like NO other in the city.
Holidays are filled with Halloween Themed Parties, White Linen Events, Christmas Parties, and the infamous New Years Celebration!
I visit weekly… to see what there is to see. Check online to keep you informed on the latest happenings so you’ll never miss out:)