Free Things to Do in Kansas City
For sightseers in search of inexpensive adventures, Kansas City is full of so many free things to see and do.
Explore Free Things to Do in KC
Find the right choice for your itinerary with these guides to KC’s free things to do.
Upcoming Free Events
![Alchemy of Knowledge: Science and Mystery from Shakespeare to AI – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/03/cfd525e9-636f-4ba9-b7a7-1055c7de4ddc.png)
![Beat the Heat – Belger Arts Exhibition – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/4a07d04e-152e-450a-9336-f4ec3c89d965.jpg)
![Futbol Friday- Kickin’ It on Route 66 – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/cd50ad07-667a-4342-bdb3-585c29d5f464-800x618.png)
![Ladies Night at Frost With DJ Monse – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/a4a0cb21-54cc-426f-a41e-35ed016b145f-800x600.jpg)
![Live Jazz at Chaz – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/9c83c188-548f-4027-a2d5-72fa433c15de-800x533.jpg)
![Live Music at Bourgmont Winery – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/d70d4bf4-3bdb-4ccb-b127-2dcd448eb4d6.png)
![Patriotism in America – 250th Birthday Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/9b809676-52e7-4c92-8cc5-734f66850569-800x600.jpeg)
![Proximity and Practice: Belger Arts’ Thirteenth Annual Resident Exhibition – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/cb36841c-6128-4290-a901-793ffd204e7a.jpg)
![Second Fridays Open Studios | ZHOU B ART CENTER KC – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/d084c3d5-7f98-400f-9b85-e12c4ffd47bb.png)
![Small Shop: Belger Resident Artists’ Pop-Up – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/73910ea1-b9e0-4a0c-aec6-89d144040554.jpg)
![Soccer Games at Casual Animal – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/7878ab92-9c8c-407e-9d81-32a069a3180e.png)
![The Center of Summer Soccer – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/d1d52fdd-d76d-4d10-9e40-5c2b1161c427.png)
![The Pigeon Comes to Kansas City: A Mo Willems Exhibit – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/64c6c7fe-f0cd-43cf-b3de-0a975010503f.png)
![Children’s Garden Day – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/a2c91b00-91ef-46c8-a7fc-c2b40a7d6d82-800x671.jpg)
![Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/03/223cf4fb-18cf-408e-8be7-fc7eb6c19313.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)
![Historic Downtown Liberty Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/9978ca24-4437-4fc3-95ad-9dff2bc06ba0-800x671.jpg)
![Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/ab2acfe3-09cd-4dd3-b25a-56862a7a7507-800x800.png)
![Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/0f87d8eb-2d2b-43b4-beb5-0f7e2913b573-800x800.png)
![Overland Park Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/d35ec7d0-a0cd-4ae0-9882-5412ee0a2f8a.png)
![Pitch Lenexa Watch Party – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/5373c423-d446-412a-b1e9-bb2d5e683800.png)
![Raytown LIVE Community Concert – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/7c0dfd1d-5c3b-4c99-9774-df450b71e7e2-800x800.jpg)
![Score Lawrence Soccer Celebration: Quarter-Final – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/6afc24cb-7248-4f1c-90c1-107c778e60ef.jpg)
![Soccer Summer Celebration – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/94175fc6-39b2-4be4-995e-7b38beabe755.png)
![Wild Edibles of the Blue River – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/7b54fe21-8ac0-41a9-b1c6-ce2121600f88.png)
![Chess Club at PH Coffee – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/6901a010-9754-4072-8ef1-05299e8c47db-800x418.jpg)
![Craft Day at Frost – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/6e9377d0-38e4-4783-8676-c74aceb71b75-800x600.jpg)
![Free Sunday Jam Hosted by Levee Town – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/009d468d-42e8-4aed-ab7b-5d6c7b72dc42-800x534.jpg)
![Afterword Presents: Open Mic Night – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/02/910def33-f2f3-469f-898d-2069d6d74cde-640x800.jpg)
![Monday Story Time – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/a94701e2-53d1-4853-8056-b05413edc1ea-800x418.jpg)
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Hammer's Dueling Piano Bar
![Cocktail Chronicles at Frost – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/acbae6c3-fad2-4700-bcbb-ff97664520df.jpg)
![Current Landing Riverfront Watch Parties – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/134395cf-82e2-4e08-be7f-66b9188db53f.png)
![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)
![Music Bingo – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/7721d0f7-24e1-4f66-a375-391a0f286ee8.jpg)
![Overland Park Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/2e38e7cf-31c8-4044-b44f-14fc86a60f9e.png)
![Songwriter’s Sanctuary at PH Coffee – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/2636925a-7b63-4850-bd61-d12149bd6f39-800x450.jpg)
![Karaoke Night – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/54ceb4d5-97e2-44cc-99bf-96177f0e3206-800x671.jpg)
![Live Music Thursdays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/77a822d3-29cd-44c7-8735-8a98d756a282-800x800.png)
![Stratgazer Karaoke – Thursdays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/02/bca377d3-a713-4d1b-ab68-bbc6a6a13bd5-640x800.jpg)
![Book Social: A Reading Party – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/5c1b1ff1-a3b1-4d07-921b-fc52b3f01bbb.png)
![Off the Wall: Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/99d77987-2623-486f-a61a-5e9f10c2f184.jpg)
![Christmas In July at the Historic Downtown Liberty Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/a11dd28d-2d51-4e8c-9c49-d1d31dd16646-800x800.png)
![Current Landing Riverfront Watch Parties – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/a2f1c8ef-bdfd-4a4c-8b0c-2b0275039047.png)
![Free Artist Talk with Visiting Resident Hayun Surl – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/8ad26c81-996f-4e70-9051-38cfcc15390d-800x537.jpg)
![FREE Movie On The Water – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/93757ba9-1785-4bb4-b2ab-3029a19929d5-640x800.png)
![Lenexa Community Orchestra – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/5ad021f0-db98-4dc2-afe6-390e8009b9e0.jpg)
![Current Landing Riverfront Watch Parties – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/e6750c05-b931-43bb-b3ef-75919e968462.png)
![Soccer Summer Celebration – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/78ce483a-3733-466f-870d-815b4a4be7f7.png)
![Teen Open Mic Night at The Lawn Party – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/09df202c-6353-47d9-a3b8-c6a3b9a9b077.png)
![Yappy Hour at Frost – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/c7d85b58-6a44-434f-b984-2ac930a54662-800x800.jpg)
![Hell and High Water: The 1951 Kansas City Flood – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/9af7bdf8-4498-47be-b8c2-f62b3e8c27ae.jpg)
![This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/ff8a1f65-e2aa-49d5-b2c9-91d6356703ab.jpg)
![Shelf Life: Team – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/ff58bf0f-105a-4553-a046-6ba677e5c0df.jpg)
![Christmas in July at Frost – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/062f52f3-75d6-41cc-b7e5-1d93d1661fcd-800x600.jpg)
![Dragonfly Days – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/fc01430d-bb02-47aa-b8b6-3ec7a0f9a351-800x533.jpg)
![Fourth Fridays Art Walk in Downtown LS – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/03/c8491d14-d8c9-42a5-acde-1140bcbcb778.jpg)
![Boulevard Brewing Co. – Image_1 [LISTING]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/03/d6d7ffef-9c03-4b01-9375-6cb0fe633cc5.jpg)
![City Market – Image_1 [LISTING]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/02/5949a406-a8e3-464c-ac34-9df56a924422.png)
Horace M. Peterson III Visitors Center
1616 E 18th St. American Jazz Museum 18th and Vine
![Johnson County Museum – Image_1 [LISTING]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/10/86bb0eee-ea5d-4681-bb25-7f908156c564.jpg)
Shoal Creek Living History Museum
7000 NE Barry Rd. Located in Hodge Park The Northland & Airport District![The Money Museum at Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Image_1 [LISTING]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/dc6be8ab-dd64-4b3b-9502-55d490425456-800x450.jpg)
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