Johnnie's Jazz Bar & Grille Liberty

About Johnnie's Jazz Bar & Grille Liberty

Johnnie's is the Northland's jazz room — a bar, grille and piano lounge tucked inside Liberty Cinema 12 in Liberty, Missouri, and the only room of its kind on that side of the river. LiveJazzKC's clubs guide credits it with keeping the music going in Liberty for years, and it does it the supper-club way: dinner, cocktails and a band, Thursday through Saturday nights.

The room carries a genuine piece of Kansas City entertainment history. It is dedicated to Johnnie Genevieve (Miller) Bills, who played piano for the silent movies at the very first B&B Theatres in 1924 — and her original piano, restored, sits on the Johnnie's stage today. The cocktail list nods to the music (a Charlie Parker, an 18th & Vine), the bar pours some 70 bourbons, and the kitchen serves a full American menu.

It is also more relaxed than the downtown rooms: a kid-friendly Family Hour runs every weekday until 6:30, and weeknights rotate trivia, music bingo and karaoke around the jazz weekends. For Liberty and the Northland, this is the local night out — no drive downtown required.

Standing gigs

Live jazz Thursday–Saturday nights.

Family Hour — weekdays until 6:30 p.m.

More Kansas City jazz rooms

Browse the full directory of Kansas City jazz venues, compare the city's clubs in our Kansas City jazz clubs guide, or see who's playing tonight. More rooms to know: The 1909 Club, The Majestic and The Phoenix.