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Free Events in Kansas City

Find budget-friendly ways to make your time in the Heart of America more memorable. These favorite events can be enjoyed at no cost.

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Brick or Treat – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Holiday Activities

Brick or Treat

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City

Dark Forest – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Holiday Activities

Dark Forest

Powell Gardens

32nd Annual Dogtober Fest – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Festivals

32nd Annual Dogtober Fest

Jackson County Parks + Rec

Boo at the Zoo – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 24
Holiday Activities

Boo at the Zoo

Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium

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Saturday, October 17, 2026

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Exhibits

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Oct 17
Exhibits

American Veterans Traveling Tribute

Leavenworth Convention & Visitors Bureau

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Exhibits

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

CaféCITÓN: Día de los Muertos Block Party – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Concerts

CaféCITÓN: Día de los Muertos Block Party

Café Corazón-Crossroads

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Oct 17
Free Events

Downtown Grandview Farmers Market

Grandview Station

Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market

Downtown Lee’s Summit

Explore and Discover: Arboretum Tour – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Explore and Discover: Arboretum Tour

The Linda Hall: Science Library & Arboretum

Farmers Market at City Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Food & Drink Specials

Farmers Market at City Market

City Market

Free Open Jam Hosted by Billy Ebeling – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Concerts

Free Open Jam Hosted by Billy Ebeling

Knuckleheads

Free Weekend Fun: Bach to Nature – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Free Weekend Fun: Bach to Nature

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Oct 17
Exhibits

Go Green 2026 Environmental Fair

Powell Community Center

Historic Downtown Liberty Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Historic Downtown Liberty Farmers Market

Historic Downtown Liberty

Honk & Howl – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Honk & Howl

Metropolitan Community College - Maple Woods

KCAM Art Car Project Drop Off Event & Car Show – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

KCAM Art Car Project Drop Off Event & Car Show

Manual Career & Technical Center

Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Live Music Saturdays

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Lee’s Summit

Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Live Music Saturdays

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Leawood

Overland Park Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 17
Free Events

Overland Park Farmers Market

Overland Park Farmers Market

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Oct 17
Festivals

The Dub KC Rookie Year Reunion!

The Dub

Sunday, October 18, 2026

32nd Annual Dogtober Fest – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Free Events

32nd Annual Dogtober Fest

Kemper Outdoor Education Center

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Exhibits

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Visit KC
Oct 18
Exhibits

American Veterans Traveling Tribute

Leavenworth Convention & Visitors Bureau

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Exhibits

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Chiefs Watch Party at Casual Animal Brewing – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Free Events

Chiefs Watch Party at Casual Animal Brewing

Casual Animal Brewing Company

Farmers Market at City Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Food & Drink Specials

Farmers Market at City Market

City Market

Free Sunday Jam Hosted by Levee Town – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Free Events

Free Sunday Jam Hosted by Levee Town

Knuckleheads

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Oct 18
Free Events

Free Weekend Fun: Bach to Nature

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Mohawk Park – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Concerts

Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Mohawk Park

Kansas City Symphony

Live Music at Bourgmont Winery – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 18
Concerts

Live Music at Bourgmont Winery

Bourgmont Winery

Visit KC
Oct 18
Festivals

The Dub KC Rookie Year Reunion!

The Dub

Monday, October 19, 2026

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 19
Exhibits

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Monday Story Time – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 19
Free Events

Monday Story Time

PH Coffee/Public House

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 20
Exhibits

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 20
Exhibits

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Visit KC
Oct 20
Free Events

Beer Kitchen Music Bingo

Beer Kitchen

Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Kessler Park (KCMO) – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 20
Concerts

Kansas City Symphony’s Mobile Music Box at Kessler Park (KCMO)

Kansas City Symphony

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Oct 20
Free Events

Movies in the Park at Berkley Riverfront

Port KC

The Nature of Artificial Intelligence – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 20
Free Events

The Nature of Artificial Intelligence

The Linda Hall: Science Library & Arboretum

Thrive in Transition – a free Women’s Health Breakfast – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 20
Free Events

Thrive in Transition – a free Women’s Health Breakfast

Outreach International

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 21
Exhibits

American Prospects and Landscape Photography, 1839 to Today

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures – Event_Image [EVENT]
Oct 21
Exhibits

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

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