This Weekend in KC
Weekdays are for recovering after a busy weekend. What are you going to do this weekend? Here’s our list of the top events happening in Kansas City this weekend.
Festivals & Fairs
![Celebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/2a68330a-70eb-46c2-9d92-3d41bf260f25.png)
Aug 1
FestivalsCelebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival
Concourse Park in the Historic Northeast Neighborhood of KC
Concerts & Live Music
![Darius Rucker at Starlight – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/02/82f13c27-912f-4406-8c69-a5467d923783-800x419.jpg)
![Lenexa Community Orchestra – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/5ad021f0-db98-4dc2-afe6-390e8009b9e0.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)
![Shaun Munday – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/1ccf8d40-1278-49dd-bc6a-70b8fed0515c-800x533.png)
![3BallMTY – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/93434a11-10da-4f9a-b8db-512171e01cbc.png)
![Free Open Jam Hosted by Billy Ebeling – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/2cc00c7d-d899-47ed-971d-8ec62567a630-800x600.jpg)
![Young The Giant with Cold War Kids at Starlight – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/02/b65809d1-4756-4227-b12a-97f281b10d43-800x419.jpg)
Free Events
![Alchemy of Knowledge: Science and Mystery from Shakespeare to AI (March 13-Oct 9) – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/819de6ec-eb0c-4d2c-ae89-6e55a8abe7ad.png)
![Beat the Heat – Belger Arts Exhibition – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/4a07d04e-152e-450a-9336-f4ec3c89d965.jpg)
![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)
![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)
Aug 1
FestivalsCelebrate AMERI’KANA Music & Arts Festival
Concourse Park in the Historic Northeast Neighborhood of KC
![Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/03/223cf4fb-18cf-408e-8be7-fc7eb6c19313.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/2026/04/0f87d8eb-2d2b-43b4-beb5-0f7e2913b573-800x800.png)
![Live Music Saturdays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/ab2acfe3-09cd-4dd3-b25a-56862a7a7507-800x800.png)
![Overland Park Farmers Market – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/d35ec7d0-a0cd-4ae0-9882-5412ee0a2f8a.png)
![Free Sunday Jam Hosted by Levee Town – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/009d468d-42e8-4aed-ab7b-5d6c7b72dc42-800x534.jpg)
![Game On. Lunch Is Served. – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/6b3b7cc9-cc3f-4ba4-a467-c52af0627ff8-533x800.jpg)
![Houston Dynamo FC at Sporting Kansas City – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/e4e9f4ad-012d-4306-bd45-e560a6a22522-800x420.jpg)
Theatre & Performing Arts
![Bell Road Barn Players presents: All My Sons by Arthur Miller – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/75482dcc-8c52-49dd-9d1f-f614b3130475.png)
![High School Musical Jr. presented by First Act Theatre Arts – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/725ff5ea-b005-42c3-9ae5-0d7b89a22dff-800x451.png)
Jul 31
TheatreHigh School Musical Jr. presented by First Act Theatre Arts
Bell Cultural Events Center
Aug 1
TheatreHigh School Musical Jr. presented by First Act Theatre Arts
Bell Cultural Events Center
Dining & Nightlife
![$5 Fridays At KC Wine Co – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/06/3a6241d0-034f-498d-b429-5b284a776f4c-800x418.png)
![Lobster Fridays – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/a0c2cc2b-053f-4e62-8593-b4fce01e67d4-800x510.png)
![MINSKY’S + JOE’S KC BBQ PIZZA IS BACK! – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/7762bcfc-b6c7-47ab-b1b2-ac3aa33d42d7.jpg)
![Open For Lunch on Fridays | Through Aug 21 – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/366ed99c-1cef-475c-bca5-31f25891ac7d-800x600.jpg)
![Sip Into Summer Nostalgia – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/b9292d18-7582-485d-8baf-8ea964d63582.jpg)
![Saturday Brunch – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/400022f8-bd09-4139-a55b-2857c0cc8589.jpg)
![Saturday Brunch – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/d99d49f0-3672-43a3-bc7e-99ba6eb26508.jpg)
![Sunday Brunch – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/87d99623-24b1-48e0-8076-28d6cae29bbc-800x671.jpg)
![Sunday Brunch – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/a330d90d-b075-4d2a-ae04-04d7f3bafe10-800x671.jpg)
Family-Friendly
![“The Science of You” in Science City – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/b009b98e-794d-49fd-86fe-04236418d874-800x800.jpg)
![Kids Summer Art Camp – Week Three – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/74c68dc3-8914-4055-963c-4cea9aad516d.jpg)
![One Sky Project at the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/07/5ff1a214-3698-400b-9dfb-b667f31f8e22-800x512.jpg)
![Play Times for Kids at Bump City – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/de90ac0a-8460-48d9-bf15-eb25bafefe7d.png)
![Preschool Age Play Times at Bump City – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/07192c48-1bfc-42df-ab3d-bdd6972fdbd3.png)
![Bingo & Benefit – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2025/08/4f95dea0-136c-42c8-b6b0-2c52992a67f0-800x450.png)
Exhibits
![The Berlin Wall. A World Divided. Exhibition at Union Station – May 29-Dec. 13, 2026 – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/04/636e8b29-4886-42c2-ad2c-9451a2fa7a62-800x800.jpg)
![A Beautiful Disruption: Impressions of Light & Sound – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/979418e5-e37b-46e5-91ae-b675e21ba2b1.png)
![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)
![Dragons and Fantastic Beasts – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/82ffe6f2-608d-49d4-b129-239106533762.jpg)
![Native Arts in Miniature – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/bdb9494f-98b7-4ee6-a1b1-6e27b3d63be6.jpg)
![Special Festival of Butterflies Events – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/06/184d887a-08a6-4bda-84e0-c812ec1812fc.jpg)
![Take a Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour in Kansas City – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/839c211b-e73e-42d1-872a-77ace82be7e0-800x259.png)
![West Bottoms Urban Hike – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/01/b96ee8e8-3355-4d6a-b789-6f9679cfef76-800x733.jpg)
![New! Westport Urban Hike – Event_Image [EVENT]](https://www.visitkc.com/uploads/2026/05/16975fc5-d4bc-4a07-82bc-e9a36a9cd3f8-562x800.jpeg)