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Events in Kansas City

There’s always a chance to celebrate in KC. Browse the region’s full lineup of events happening today, this week and throughout the season.

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Hospital Hill Run

Experience the “thrill of the hill” at Crown Center during the 53rd annual Hospital Hill Run.

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Events in Kansas City Today

This Weekend in Kansas City

Discover the top events happening in Kansas City this weekend.

This Weekend in KC

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2026's Top Events in Kansas City

From craft beer festivals to holiday celebrations and everything in between, mark your calendar with Kansas City’s largest events.

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Shaken, Not Stirred: A 007 Jazz Gala – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 30
Concerts

Shaken, Not Stirred: A 007 Jazz Gala

Zhou B Art Center and Gem Theater

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Neighborhood

Saturday, May 16, 2026

COFFEE URBAN HIKE – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Exhibits

Coffee Urban Hike with Murals

Urban Hikes Kansas City

Cupcake Decorating – Sweet Night at Frost – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Food & Specialty Dinners

Cupcake Decorating – Sweet Night at Frost

Frost Frozen Bar

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May 16
Concerts

Darren Dowler

VOO Lounge

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May 16
Free Events

Design Your Own Historic Building Cookies

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Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony with the Kansas City Symphony – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Concerts

Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony with the Kansas City Symphony

Kansas City Symphony

Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Free Events

Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market

Downtown Lee’s Summit

Dueling Pianos – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Music & Dance

Dueling Pianos

Hammers Dueling Piano Bar

Food on the Missouri Frontier – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Festivals

Food on the Missouri Frontier

Ft. Osage National Historic Landmark & Education Center

Hospital Hill Run – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Health & Wellness

Hospital Hill Run

Crown Center

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May 16
Free Events

Independence Farmers Market

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May 16
Exhibits

Julie Buffalohead: Stories of Becoming- March 19-July 26

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

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May 16
Special Events

KC Boxing Event May 16 2026 – The Return | Kansas City

Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple

KC Northern Miniature Railroad Truck and Train Day – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Exhibits

KC Northern Miniature Railroad Truck and Train Day

Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad

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May 16
Music & Dance

Late Night with Trib

Uptown Lounge

LEGO® F1® – themed ‘Build the Thrill Event’ at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City at Crown Center – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Special Events

LEGO® F1® – themed ‘Build the Thrill Event’ at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City at Crown Center

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City

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May 16
Food & Specialty Dinners

Lenexa Farmers Market – Saturdays

City of Lenexa, Kansas

Let It Be: The Music of The Beatles – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Music & Dance

Let It Be: The Music of The Beatles

Music Theater Heritage

Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Free Events

Live Music Saturdays

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Leawood

Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Free Events

Live Music Saturdays

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Lee’s Summit

Live Polka with Bram Wijnands – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Music & Dance

Live Polka with Bram Wijnands

Kansas City Bier Company

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May 16
Special Events

National Train Day

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May 16
Exhibits

Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art Timeless Mucha

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Neon Hearts: A 90s Prom – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Special Events

Neon Hearts: A 90s Prom

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Opening the Vault: The Story of US – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Exhibits

Opening the Vault: The Story of US

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

Plein Air Morning Coffee & Sketch – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Free Events

Plein Air Morning Coffee & Sketch

Liberty Courtyard

Quindaro Ruins Urban Hike – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Outdoors

Quindaro Ruins Urban Hike

Urban Hikes Kansas City

Saturday Brunch – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Food & Specialty Dinners

Saturday Brunch

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Lee’s Summit

Saturday Brunch – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Food & Specialty Dinners

Saturday Brunch

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Leawood

Savanna Chestnut Duo – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Music & Dance

Savanna Chestnut Duo

Paola Community Center

StoneLion Puppet Theatre presents ‘1,000 Cranes and the Tree of Wishes’ – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Kid-Centric

StoneLion Puppet Theatre presents ‘1,000 Cranes and the Tree of Wishes’

Midwest Trust Center

The Strawberry Swing’s West Bottom’s Heritage Days Pop-Up! – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Festivals

The Strawberry Swing’s West Bottom’s Heritage Days Pop-Up!

Strawberry Swing

THE WIZARD OF OZ – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Theatre

THE WIZARD OF OZ

Kansas City Repertory Theatre

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May 16
Exhibits

Third Friday Artwalk

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Tour de Lakes – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Health & Wellness

Tour de Lakes

Longview Community Center

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May 16
Exhibits

Trespassers Beware! Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

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May 16
Festivals

Turkey Creek Festival

Merriam Visitors Bureau

West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque: BACKYARD BBQ – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Festivals

West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque: BACKYARD BBQ

Liberty Lot

World Whiskey Day at Frost – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 16
Free Events

World Whiskey Day at Frost

Frost Frozen Bar

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Painted Garden – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 17
Exhibits

Painted Garden

Powell Gardens

“Images in Time” A Photography Exhibit Featuring Artworks by Jason Piggie at the Black Archives of Mid-America – Event_Image [EVENT]
May 17
Exhibits

“Images in Time” A Photography Exhibit Featuring Artworks by Jason Piggie at the Black Archives of Mid-America

Black Archives of Mid-America, Inc.

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