Kansas at F&M Bank Amphitheater in Long Beach: guitarist with long hair and a beard, wearing a denim vest, playing a white electric guitar on stage.

Kansas at F&M Bank Amphitheater, Long Beach

Concert photography of Kansas performing live at the Farmers & Merchants Bank Amphitheater in Long Beach, California on September 11, 2026, for The 824 Journal. This editorial photo gallery documents Kansas onstage during the band’s set on a co-headlining bill with Deep Purple, including the violin and guitar interplay, stage lighting, individual performers, and the audience. Kansas is known for the classic rock songs “Carry On Wayward Son,” “Dust in the Wind,” and “Point of Know Return,” and has toured for more than fifty years since forming in Topeka, Kansas.

Read the concert review

Full coverage of the night, including Deep Purple’s set and the crowd that filled the amphitheater: A Night with Rock Legends: Deep Purple & Kansas at Farmers & Merchants Bank Long Beach Amphitheater.

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Watch: Carry On Wayward Son

About Kansas

Kansas formed in Topeka, Kansas, in the early 1970s and released its self‑titled debut album in 1974. The band set hard rock guitar against violin and layered keyboards, an approach that separated it from most American arena acts of the era.

Its commercial peak came with Leftoverture (1976) and Point of Know Return (1977), which produced “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind.” Both songs remain radio staples and have reached new listeners through film, television, and streaming. Guitarist Richard Williams has anchored the lineup since the beginning, and the band continues to record and tour.

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