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“What are you doing this weekend?” If you don’t have an answer to this question, here are a few good ideas:

🛻 The T-Mobile Center will be roaring with Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live! Three shows are scheduled throughout Saturday and Sunday.

🌶️ The 38th Annual Lenexa Chili Challenge is back in Old Town Lenexa! Friday features live music, face painters, and balloon artists, while Satruday features the chili contest with 200+ teams competing.

💀 Boulevard Brewing Co. hosts ¡Oktoberfiesta! in the Beer Hall, a mashup of Oktoberfest and Día de los Muertos benefitting the Mattie Rhodes Center.

🎭 Grab dinner and a show at the New Theatre & Restaurant in Overland Park. On stage Friday through Sunday: Alone Together featuring Cathy Barnett.

🥐 Celebrate the grand opening of Morning Rounds Bakery in the Crossroads with contests, giveaways, live music, and a portion of Sunday’s proceeds supporting Children’s Mercy!

📚 The Kansas City Public Library hosts the Heartland Book Festival at the Central Library in downtown KCMO from 9am-4pm. The event features authors, panels, vendors, food trucks, and more!

🙉 Brew at the Zoo returns to the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium, featuring 30+ local breweries & wineries, food trucks, and access to GloWild: Time Traveler.

🚶‍♀️ Fall in love with Kansas City during a FREE walking tour from Cowtown Tours. The guided, 1.5-hour tours start in the City Market and will take you through some of KC’s most iconic landmarks.

🎃 KCMO Parks is hosting Trunk or Treat at Lakeside Nature Center from 3-5pm. This drive-thru event features stops for treats, education, and animal ambassadors.

🇮🇹 The Carl J. DiCapo Italian Heritage Festival is happening at Italian Gardens Pizzeria in the Crossroads. The event celebrates Italian-American Heritage Month with music, food, a 50/50 raffle, and more.

🍁 The 33rd Annual Waldo Fall Festival will fill the parking lots at the intersection of Gregory Blvd. and Brookside Road with local vendors, family-friendly activities, food trucks, and more.

🎤 The Folly Theater hosts The Phil Collins Experience, a multi-media production paying tribute to the legendary music of Phil Collins and Genesis.

🏈 Catch every play of KC vs. Detroit on the biggest screen in the city at Coca-Cola Game Day at KC Live! Block. Expect DJ entertainment, contests, trivia, giveaways, and food and drink specials starting at 5pm.*

⛳️ Mulligan’s Country Club, the vintage golf brand and shop, is throwing a grand re-opening party from 10am-5pm to celebrate the expansion of their shop in Westwood.

🏟️ The Chiefs host the Detroit Lions for Sunday Night Football on NBC at Arrowhead Stadium at 7:20, as the team looks to get back to .500.

🛍️ Crossroads Flea returns to Mildred’s in the Crossroads (19th and Wyandotte) from 9am-2pm. Expect vintage makers and artists, a farmers market, food & drink, and more!

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Still patiently waiting for a reservation at 1587 Prime to get your hands on the dazzling, Taylor Swift-inspired The Alchemy cocktail? Same. In the meantime, here are five local bars that you should check out this weekend (or any weekend):

There are so many great bars in the Kansas City area, so maybe we will come up with a random Kansas City bar generator. Could be fun. 🤷

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