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There are more concert venues, theater stages, performing arts stages, art galleries and studios, museums than anywhere else in the region. Plus, it boasts of the coolest, state-of-the-art movie theater in the world (AMC Mainstreet).
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AMC Mainstreet Theatre
Type: Movie Theaters | Location: Downtown Area

We're taking food and entertainment to new levels with the opening of AMC Mainstreet in the Kansas City Power and Light District. Featuring Cinema Suites, a premium dining and entertainment option, AM...
American Jazz Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area
American Jazz Museum has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- American Jazz Museum has a Video

The sights and sounds of a uniquely American art form come alive at the American Jazz Museum. The Museum includes interactive exhibits and educational programs as well as the Blue Room, a working jazz...
American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo
Type: Sports Attractions | Location: Downtown Area
American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- American Royal Livestock, Horse Show and Rodeo has a Video

The American Royal, one of Kansas City's premier fall vents, is full of unexpected adventures.
The season kicks-off in September with the annual parade and continues through the end of November wi...
American Royal Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area

Focusing on the role of agribusiness in our lives.
Participate in tours led by trained, museum docents.
Try out the new equine exhibit and learn about different gaits.
Gain insight into the...
Arabia Steamboat Museum
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area
Arabia Steamboat Museum has been rated 5 out of 5 stars

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is home to a true time capsule of frontier life in the 1800s. The Arabia was headed up the Missouri River in the fall of 1856 when she struck a tree snag and sank just nort...
Beast Haunted House, The
Type: Haunted Houses | Location: Downtown Area
Beast Haunted House, The has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- Beast Haunted House, The has a Video

Why The Beast is known as the "The Most Elaborate"
Established in 1991, The Beast is known throughout the industry for it's elaborate scenes and attention to detail. The Beast pioneered the "open f...
Boulevard Brewing Co.
Type: Attractions | Location: Crown Center Area
Boulevard Brewing Co. has been rated 3 out of 5 stars
- Boulevard Brewing Co. has a Video

Founded in 1989, Boulevard Brewing Company has grown to become the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest. Our mission is simple -- to produce fresh, flavorful beers using the finest traditional ingr...
Broadway Across America
Type: Performing Arts | Location: Downtown Area
- Broadway Across America has a Video

Broadway entertainment in Kansas City is bigger, better and more popular then ever before! The Kansas City Music Hall welcomes you to another tremendous season of Broadway shows direct from New York t...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area

In 1833, a French missionary, Father Benedict Roux, arrived with instructions to form a permanent parish. At 11th and Broadway, the community built a log cabin church in 1835.
Father Bernard Donnell...
Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe Haunted House, The
Type: Haunted Houses | Location: Downtown/Crossroad

Can you face the madness? Witness the dark writings, haunted tales, and poems come to life in the haunted Chambers of Edgar Allan Poe. Be a part of your favorite nightmarish tales like The Raven, The ...
Chip's Chocolate Factory
Type: Ice Cream & Sweets | Location: Crown Center Area
Chip's Chocolate Factory has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
Kansas City's richest, most creamy fudge and mouth-watering chocolates are made fresh by hand before your very eyes. Visit the factory to watch (and smell!) as we turn the finest ingredients into the ...
Chouteau Society's "Old French Kansas City"
Type: History | Location: Southwest

Commemorates old French heritage of KC with series of large bilingual (French-English) historical markers located in Downtown, Westport and Loose Park areas. Tour guide pamphlets available at Kansas C...
City Extreme Screen Theater
Type: Movie Theaters | Location: Crown Center Area

Five stories tall and more than 75 feet wide, this giant silver screen shows 2D and 3D film, using state-of-the-art technology to let you not just watch a movie, but experience it. This is the only 3D...
City Hall Observation Deck
Type: Free Admission | Location: Downtown Area
City Hall Observation Deck has been rated 2 out of 5 stars

View the city from the 30th floor of City Hall. City Hall is the third tallest building in the city. It measures 443 feet from the sidewalk at the north door to the top of the building. Since it's on ...
Crown Center
Type: Shopping Centers & Malls | Location: Crown Center Area
Crown Center has been rated 4 out of 5 stars
- Crown Center has a Video

Home to the international headquarters of Hallmark Cards, Crown Center offers something for everyone.
The three-level Crown Center Shops feature more than 60 shops and restaurants. Eating options ...
Edge of Hell Haunted House, The
Type: Haunted Houses | Location: Downtown Area
Edge of Hell Haunted House, The has been rated 5 out of 5 stars
- Edge of Hell Haunted House, The has a Video

KC's nationally known haunted houses. The Edge of Hell, celebrating 30+ years of frightening family fun. The Beast, America's largest with an "open format" that engages you in every elaborate scene. T...
Folly Theater
Type: Performing Arts | Location: Downtown Area

The historic Folly Theater, which is Kansas City's oldest theater, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the "Grand Lady of 12th street" presents and hosts a wide range of quality events...
Gangster Tour
Type: Tour Guides | Location: Crown Center Area
- Gangster Tour has a Video

Our Gangster Tour features an interactive look at the Pendergast era from 1920 to 1945. “Gangster TV” highlights this wild and wooly era with historical film and photographs from the period. You’ll ...
Garrison Community Center
Type: Recreation Centers | Location: Downtown Area

Garrison Community Center is a Historical Landmark located on the northeast end of downtown Kansas City, just east of the City Market on Fifth Street. The center offers a variety of fun activities and...
Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral
Type: History | Location: Downtown Area

Norman-Gothic downtown structure, seats 600, across from Convention Center. Reception hall seats 250 at dinner, up to 500 with theater seating. Facility available 8am-11pm, Mon.-Sat. Office open 9am-5...
Greater Kansas City Attractions Association
Type: Associations | Location: Downtown Area

The Greater Kansas City Attractions Association (GKCAA) is an association consisting of 50+ member attractions located throughout the Kansas City area.
For more information about attractions, memb...
Gregg Community Center and Arrington Klice Fitness Center
Type: Recreation Centers | Location: Crown Center Area

We have a fully equipped fitness center and pool available for use on a per visit basis or with a membership...
Hallmark Visitors Center
Type: Visitor Centers | Location: Crown Center Area
Hallmark Visitors Center has been rated 4 out of 5 stars

See one of the world's most creative companies come to life. Located in Kansas City's Crown Center complex, the Hallmark Visitors Center celebrates the Hallmark story in a display of 14 remarkable exh...
Horace M. Peterson III Visitors Center
Type: Museums | Location: Downtown Area
- Horace M. Peterson III Visitors Center has a Video

Through the moving documentary film "A People’s Journey," visitors are introduced to the everyday heroes in Kansas City’s 18th & Vine neighborhood whose social, cultural and economic contributions pro...
Kaleidoscope
Type: Just for Kids | Location: Crown Center Area
Kaleidoscope has been rated 5 out of 5 stars

Kaleidoscope is a magical art studio where children can be creative and feel good about their own special ideas. Creating with bows, cardboard, jazzy junk, making puzzles and painting with melted cra...