For a century, the Liberty Memorial has stood in Kansas City, growing from a community landmark to a nationally designated museum and global institution.
From hands-on museums to animal encounters, KC offers nonstop fun for families with kids of every age.
From crisp and flavorful burnt ends to Kansas City’s signature sauce, this community treats barbecue as a form of art. You’re in the right place to get a true taste of the Barbecue Capital of the World.
Practically every stop on the Kansas City Streetcar offers a free attraction or experience for visitors looking to save.
Here in KC, we find passion in each creative endeavor. Our love for the city is proudly our worst-kept secret, and we invite everyone to join in on the celebration. Years of practice make improvisation sound perfect. Hours in the smoker are worth minutes on the plate, and properly cheering for the team demands 142.2 record-breaking decibels. Welcome to Kansas City, where everything we do is from the heart.
KC always offers a full calendar of events and things to do. Here’s how to make the most of your weekend.
![Industry Night – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/09/b2153b27-fddf-4da6-8dbd-5b9dcefc3e42-3-800x800.png)
![[event] Midwest Wednesdays – Event_Image](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/04/bbe68b00-364f-4e12-98e7-516f2510309c-572x800.png)
![The Last Chance: An Interactive 1920s Murder Mystery – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/11e7fecf-616a-472e-86e9-a32a32b9063c-619x800.webp)
![Lobster Fridays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/a0c2cc2b-053f-4e62-8593-b4fce01e67d4-800x510.png)
![Caturday 2026: KATZ World Tour – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/10a28306-f9a8-42b0-b70e-ccce3b521979-800x800.jpg)
Get up-to-date guidance on new openings, upcoming events and major celebrations through the insider information on Visit KC’s blog.
With a thriving creative arts scene, robust craft brewing culture and die-hard sports—plus so much more—it’s no wonder why the center of the country is quickly becoming the center of attention.
Kansas City’s distinctive districts offer something new during every visit. Get to know the treasured destinations that define the KC landscape.
Looking for expert guidance as you build the perfect visit? Check out these tailor-made trip suggestions to make the most of every moment.
Consider this your go-to guide for Kansas City’s popular attractions, events and happenings.
Make your way to favorite neighborhoods, restaurants, hotels and more as you navigate the city.
![Brew at the Zoo – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/c6e6b518-7565-44b7-803d-1d9b3996e14a.png)
![Vaile Mansion Macabre Tours 2026 – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/3c5809e4-beaf-42f1-a35a-0de32f3affd2-800x800.jpg)
![End of Days Halloween Party – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/40147182-a8eb-4557-9e2a-69def64bb5c0.png)
![¡Taco Tuesday! – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/12/d6c4af84-2c18-4f9a-ba05-141d5752ca3b.jpg)
![$10 Rueben + Fries Tuesdays & Half-Price Bottled/Carafe Wine & Champagne – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/b2aa5b58-ad2c-4d67-a86e-11a62053df6c-800x671.jpg)
![$10 Rueben + Fries Tuesdays & Half-Price Bottled/Carafe Wine & Champagne – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/05b49732-57f5-4b59-ab3e-fdeadc13a1d9-800x671.jpg)
![Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/65cfd46e-2362-47c3-a50d-140596c68760.jpg)
![Betsabeé Romero: A Field with Roots (Un campo con raíces) – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/42bc2a75-42fc-48b1-a636-6238dd15a7a5.jpg)
![Carlos Rolón: ALL WE HAVE IS RIGHT NOW – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/5cfe4bde-c177-48e2-85e0-02127bae8e41.jpg)
![Ghost & True Crime Walking Tours – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/356f165a-270c-4a1f-9c27-f22444e01f00.jpg)
![Half Off Tuesdays at Atlas9 – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/656ed42a-f61a-4492-adc1-8c03aafea35b.png)
![Ibis Pizza Night at Black Dog Coffeehouse – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/4e4161c6-4431-4f32-a8ef-53ecd6de6adf-800x419.jpg)
![Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Meadowbrook Park – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/10531fd4-e022-4694-bb0c-7ea451e900e4-800x533.jpg)
![New Fall Flings Drinks at Minsky’s! – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/117c6730-70ed-4674-90ec-ca24e4f28245.png)
![New Jazz Order – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/cfb505ae-611a-441f-93bb-d3d3ec571237.jpg)
![Nicki White: Live Music Tuesdays at Sail Away Wine – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/9f6cddb9-456c-48a0-9483-ff035303bbad-800x600.jpg)
![Norman Akers Navigates the Space Between – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/d49ba960-e43e-4acd-a5a5-0b2b55635c5d.jpg)
![Sons of Legion – Soul to SØL – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/bca73b09-21b4-44c2-b0b3-635e5a95f3f4-800x600.jpg)
![Sport and Spectator – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/211c09b5-aff3-4d08-9493-ce607e58a3a3.jpg)
![The Comedy Vault: Stand-Up Open Mic at Hammers – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/1462ca24-cffd-47cf-87e8-52829a8b95e6-800x600.jpg)
![TNT Trivia at Hammers – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/e1f48bff-d7f7-4019-a28a-01961f70a34f-800x450.jpg)
![¡Oktoberfiesta! x The Early Show – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/60e319c2-e3e3-4aee-87cd-ebeb37b16f05-645x800.png)
![Art Bar at Casual Animal – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/fd65e0cc-613d-48a6-97e9-c47dae92acfd.png)
![Atlas9 Movie Nite: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/fa1c93fb-a94b-4406-8708-8cd135f8a528.png)
![Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/03/223cf4fb-18cf-408e-8be7-fc7eb6c19313.jpg)
![Dragons and Fantastic Beasts – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/6ecb7bf1-e5cd-4e60-90d6-c6de15ab910c-800x627.png)
![Flash Gordon – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/aba3c795-23b3-4c57-bdde-716eda3c20ac-800x422.jpg)
![Karaoke Night – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/cc531422-551e-45d5-b9f3-71ebd76186cb-800x800.jpg)
![Live Music Wednesdays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/c36f1644-8c72-4937-a146-cf60af1478f0-800x800.png)
![Mike Pagan Trio – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/9381c5fe-c41b-4f17-bd18-39d52bf0267b-800x533.jpg)
![Music Bingo – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/7721d0f7-24e1-4f66-a375-391a0f286ee8.jpg)
![$5 Fridays At KC Wine Co – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/06/3a6241d0-034f-498d-b429-5b284a776f4c-800x418.png)
![A Pirate’s Feast at GloWild – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/fa138740-528a-48d4-a9b1-130d02c8cb54.png)
![American Royal World Series of Barbecue – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/04f74dbb-fa66-416a-8276-e98eb069e8b2.jpg)
![Beast Haunted Attraction 2026 – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/3adeb276-175b-45c5-8893-1ae63e834adc-778x800.jpg)
![Beetlejuice: The Musical at Starlight – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/cd751316-f953-4f47-ae4e-e365a9be7a85-800x450.jpg)
![Behind the Walls: Kansas State Penitentiary Historical Tour – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/dddf8d1a-0b34-446f-af55-4a05f2ea97bb-533x800.jpg)
![DJ Night & Shot Specials – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/1b3861fb-d2c9-4faa-98e6-ca875a7eec90-800x800.jpg)
![DJ Night & Shot Specials – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/e816d02c-5c78-49b1-86f1-bf71584182a5-800x800.jpg)
![Dueling Pianos – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/39a06f67-0c95-4ad8-8033-fc70268229e6-800x450.jpg)
![Edge of Hell Haunted Attraction 2026 season – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/f27e1527-63a8-4793-9905-96b0107d7d90-800x533.jpg)
![Faulkner’s Ranch 28th Annual Pumpkin Festival – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/02a8c84f-b2b8-4206-bdf1-30d9340f212d-800x542.jpg)
![First Friday at Belger Arts – Exhibition Opening + Glass Pumpkin Patch & Glass Blowing Demo + Live Clay Demo + More! – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/837c3339-e99e-49e2-be25-b033d8f8ccd9.jpg)
![First Friday Musikshow – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/4ac594e8-fd1d-45a9-b84b-8847920b2855.jpg)
![KC Comedy Hub presents Hot Girls Telling Lies: 2 Truths and a Lie Firing Squad – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/02d784b2-ed84-4535-94df-a309619ebae1.png)
![KC Oktoberfest – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/992b7e38-c553-4c83-b4f6-c4c7abfb171e-800x572.jpg)
![KC Oktoberfest – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/caaac648-3cd6-430d-ba00-14182d2a3c62.png)
![Live at Lifted: Aiden Eilts – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/c22b8449-e5b5-4346-bc97-8485afc2fbb6.png)
![Make Your Own Glass Pumpkin on First Friday! – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/1ac74c6d-e5f8-4c44-bd4e-35f7d32a42b2.jpg)
![New Exhibiton: Symbiosis | Opening Reception – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/a4151e19-2c88-4758-8d07-1ee5650c7dd8.png)
![Pottery & Pinot Wheel Throwing Experience – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/0923ecc8-488b-4fef-b20f-d8a467b6b55e.png)
![Pottery Date Night at Belger Arts – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/12/88665a3b-6033-4b55-88c3-6a80df803655-800x571.jpg)
![The Kansas City Symphony Presents: The Rite of Spring – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/16b47e6c-19af-4d9d-a6b0-1412263c2865-800x800.webp)
![The Tranquilo Crunch is Back at Minsky’s! – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/2d8745e6-db4d-4f83-b16e-783123b76561.png)
![50th Annual Fall Festival of Arts, Crafts & Music – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/f2ab45e1-b2a8-47aa-a7b7-4aeb690d76f6-800x532.jpg)
![American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/09c32f9c-3d3d-4cc6-8de4-c9e0e1d295db-800x619.jpg)
![Backyard Movies: Casper – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/1bed394f-13ce-429d-bdd5-4bebeae1e88a-800x600.jpeg)
![Farmers Market at City Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/84a9132d-01d4-4272-9577-9fda6fda42df-800x533.jpg)
![Free Open Jam Hosted by Billy Ebeling – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/2cc00c7d-d899-47ed-971d-8ec62567a630-800x600.jpg)
![Free Weekend Fun: Bach to Nature – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/09/01d4dfef-23de-4659-8472-61312c37d90c-534x800.jpg)
![Halloween Haunt at Worlds of Fun – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/08/b149b6f4-7b96-4a15-8cfe-aebb1d7c34fd.jpg)
