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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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The Berlin Wall. A World Divided. Exhibition at Union Station – May 29-Dec. 13, 2026 – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 2
Exhibits

The Berlin Wall. A World Divided. Exhibition

Union Station Kansas City

The Center of Summer Soccer – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 2
Festivals

The Center of Summer Soccer

Crown Center

Celebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival – Event_Image [EVENT]
Aug 1
Festivals

Celebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival

Concourse Park in the Historic Northeast Neighborhood of KC

Dragons and Fantastic Beasts – Event_Image [EVENT]
Sep 25
Festivals

Dragons and Fantastic Beasts

Powell Gardens

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Neighborhood

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Bank of America Celebrates America 250: Museums on US® Offers FREE Admission July 4-5 – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Bank of America Celebrates America 250: Museums on US® Offers FREE Admission July 4-5

National World War I Museum

Beat the Heat – Belger Arts Exhibition – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Exhibits

Beat the Heat – Belger Arts Exhibition

Belger Arts Center

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Jul 4
Festivals

Community Days Parade

City of Lenexa, Kansas

Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market

Downtown Lee’s Summit

Free Montgomery Gentry Concert and Fireworks – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Concerts

Free Montgomery Gentry Concert and Fireworks

Happy Rock Park

Free Open Jam Hosted by Billy Ebeling – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Concerts

Free Open Jam Hosted by Billy Ebeling

Knuckleheads

Gladstone Freedom Fest – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Concerts

Gladstone Freedom Fest

Happy Rock Park

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Jul 4
Free Events

Independence Day Parade

Tomahawk Creek Parkway

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Jul 4
Free Events

Independence Farmers Market

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Jul 4
Exhibits

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

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Live Jazz at Chaz – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Concerts

Live Jazz at Chaz

Raphael Hotel

Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Live Music Saturdays

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Lee’s Summit

Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Live Music Saturdays

Iron Horse Bar & Grill – Leawood

Overland Park Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Overland Park Farmers Market

Overland Park Farmers Market

Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Exhibits

Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit

Westport Historical Society

Proximity and Practice: Belger Arts’ Thirteenth Annual Resident Exhibition – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Exhibits

Proximity and Practice: Belger Arts’ Thirteenth Annual Resident Exhibition

Belger Arts Center

Red, White & Boom in the Bottoms – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Red, White & Boom in the Bottoms

West Bottoms Historic Entertainment District

Soccer Games at Casual Animal – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Free Events

Soccer Games at Casual Animal

Casual Animal Brewing Company

Stars and Stripes Picnic – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Festivals

Stars and Stripes Picnic

National WWI Museum and Memorial

The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 4
Exhibits

The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit

Crown Center

Sunday, July 5, 2026

The Center of Summer Soccer – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Festivals

The Center of Summer Soccer

Crown Center

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Jul 5
Exhibits

Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures – on view through Dec. 22, 2026

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Bank of America Celebrates America 250: Museums on US® Offers FREE Admission July 4-5 – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Free Events

Bank of America Celebrates America 250: Museums on US® Offers FREE Admission July 4-5

National World War I Museum

Free Sunday Jam Hosted by Levee Town – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Free Events

Free Sunday Jam Hosted by Levee Town

Knuckleheads

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Jul 5
Exhibits

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

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Live Jazz at Chaz – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Concerts

Live Jazz at Chaz

Raphael Hotel

Live Music at Bourgmont Winery – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Concerts

Live Music at Bourgmont Winery

Bourgmont Winery

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Jul 5
Concerts

Merriam Flags 4 Freedom

Merriam Visitors Bureau

Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Exhibits

Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit

Westport Historical Society

Red, White & Boom in the Bottoms – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Free Events

Red, White & Boom in the Bottoms

West Bottoms Historic Entertainment District

Soccer Games at Casual Animal – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Free Events

Soccer Games at Casual Animal

Casual Animal Brewing Company

The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 5
Exhibits

The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit

Crown Center

Monday, July 6, 2026

The Center of Summer Soccer – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Festivals

The Center of Summer Soccer

Crown Center

Alchemy of Knowledge: Science and Mystery from Shakespeare to AI – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Exhibits

Alchemy of Knowledge: Science and Mystery from Shakespeare to AI (March 13-Oct 9)

Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology

Current Landing Riverfront Watch Parties – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Free Events

Current Landing Riverfront Watch Parties

Kansas City Current

Live Jazz at Chaz – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Concerts

Live Jazz at Chaz

Raphael Hotel

Monday Story Time – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Free Events

Monday Story Time

PH Coffee/Public House

Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Exhibits

Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit

Westport Historical Society

Soccer Games at Casual Animal – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Free Events

Soccer Games at Casual Animal

Casual Animal Brewing Company

The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]
Jul 6
Exhibits

The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit

Crown Center

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