Events

Events

Brush Creek Film Festival

Theis Park

Thursday, May 9, 2024 7:30-9:30 p.m. Theis Park Amphitheatre, Oak & Cleaver Blvd. Watch a series of short films and animation submitted by the Kansas City community at the the 6th annual Brush Creek Film Festival. The mission of this event is to entertain, share ideas, and build community through creative and visionary short films […]

KC Parks Board Meeting

Kansas City Parks and Recreation Administration Building 4600 E. 63rd St., Kansas City, MO, United States

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 5 p.m. KC Parks Administration, 4600 East 63rd Street Trafficway KC Parks is governed by a volunteer five-member Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners who are appointed by the Mayor. The Board of Parks and Recreation holds public meetings twice a month on Tuesday at the Parks and Recreation Department headquarters in Swope […]

Garment District Grooves: May

Wednesday, May 15 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Garment District Place, 8th & Broadway Join us for the 2024 season kickoff!  Grab some lunch and listen to live bands in this quaint downtown park! Third Wednesday of the month through October. #AFoodTruckAndABand FOOD TRUCK: Street Style Tacos from the Sugar Skull Grill BAND: Brothers, Payton and Finn, […]

Celebrating Urban Birds

Lakeside Nature Center 4701 E. Gregory Blvd., Kansas City, MO

Saturday, May 18, 2024 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Lakeside Nature Center in Swope Park, 4701 E. Gregory Blvd. Free Visitors participate in scheduled hike. Inside the center, info tables give information about the 15 species of interest to Cornell. People will be encouraged to participate in Cornell Lab of Ornathology Citizen Science Survey. There […]

Truck & Train Day

Saturday, May 18, 2024 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Train runs until 6 p.m. Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad, 6060 NW Waukomis Dr., KCMO Some cool trucks will be on-site from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  

Kids to Parks Day: Hike Fox Hollow with a Naturalist

Lakeside Nature Center 4701 E. Gregory Blvd., Kansas City, MO

Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:30 a.m. – Habitats Lakeside Nature Center in Swope Park, 4701 E. Gregory Blvd. Celebrate Kids to Parks Day with a hike in Swope Park! The hike begins at 10:30 AM.  Please gather outside the main doors of Lakeside Nature Center, 4701 E Gregory Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64132.  There the […]

Mobile Music Box Concert

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 6 p.m. Gillham Park, East 41st St. and Gillham Road Spend a beautiful evening with the Kansas City Symphony. Bring a picnic and a lawn chair and listen to a performance on the Mobile Music Box stage. 

Bank of America Celebration at the Station

Union Station 30 West Pershing Rd., Kansas City, MO, United States

Sunday, May 26, 2024 5 p.m. Union Station and The National WWI Museum and Memorial Kansas City’s favorite Memorial Day tradition! Join the Kansas City Symphony for Bank of America Celebration at the Station. The Symphony’s FREE concert event takes place Sunday, May 26, 2024 on the South Plaza of Union Station Kansas City and the North […]

The Cher Show

Starlight Theatre 4600 Starlight Rd., Kansas City, MO, United States

May 28 - June 2, 2024 8 p.m. Starlight Theatre in Swope Park Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture-breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. The Cher Show is the Tony Award®-winning musical […]

Mother Nature Reads

Lakeside Nature Center 4701 E. Gregory Blvd., Kansas City, MO

First Saturday of the Month 10am Lakeside Nature Center, 4701 E Gregory Blvd Bring your children for a fun morning to hear Mother Nature read stories. Make a craft and take it home. You may also get a chance to meet one of our education animals.  

Fox Hollow Fest – Celebrating Trees and Trails

Lakeside Nature Center 4701 E. Gregory Blvd., Kansas City, MO

Sunday, June 2, 2024 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Lakeside Nature Center in Swope Park, 4701 E. Gregory Blvd. Free In celebration of National Trails Day (June1), Fox Hollow Fest has been moved to Sunday, June 2.  Come out and enjoy guided hikes, make crafts, buy cool merch and play your luck with our raffle, […]

“First Sundays” Free Concerts

Theis Park

Sunday, June 3, 2024 (RAIN DATE: June 9) 1-4 p.m. Theis Park, 47th & Oak (across from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) The return of "First Sundays" free concerts in Theis (formerly Volker) Park the first Sunday of the month through September!

Splish Splash Out of School Bash

Mary Williams-Neal Community Center 3801 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd., Kansas City, MO, United States

Friday, June 7, 2024 6 – 9 p.m. Mary Williams-Neal Community Center, 3801 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64130 Age: 13 - 17 $10 per person School has ended and it’s time to party.  Let’s celebrate with a pool party.  Live DJ and raffle prizes.  

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