My Big Fat Greek Festival

Immerse yourself in Greek culture at the Kansas City Greek Festival this weekend.

September 03, 2024

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Introducing the Heartland Tea, Coffee, & Chocolate Festival! Join us for a weekend with artisanal experts in all three treats. Enjoy tastings, in-depth classes, lectures, and afternoon tea & coffee seatings. More information and tickets can be found HERE. 

Events

The 62nd Annual Kansas City Greek Festival Takes Place This Weekend

Kansas City Greek Festival

Get ready to celebrate Greek culture at the Kansas City Greek Festival this weekend at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church (12001 Wornall Rd) in south KC.

  • Big Fat Greek Festival: The event returns for it’s 62nd year on September 6-8, and features Greek cuisine, live music and dance, cultural activities, and a Greek Market.

  • Bringing Athens Home: The schedule of events kicks off Friday at 6 pm, lasting through Sunday at 4 pm. For the first time, the festival will feature Greek wine tastings and cooking demonstrations inside of The Marketplace.

Admission and parking at the Kansas City Greek festival is free, and the event is completely cashless.

Last Call to Party Like a Grown Up at Eat, Drink, Play!

Wonderscope Children’s Museum

Eat, Drink, Play is almost here at the Regnier Family Wonderscope Children’s Museum, and you won’t want to miss this year’s event!

  • All in Good Fun: Eat Drink Play is a part of Wonderscope’s Wonder of It All! 2024 Event Series. All proceeds from the spectacular evening benefit Wonder Fund, which allows under-served and under-resourced families the opportunity to experience Wonderscope.

  • Childlike Wonder: The all-inclusive event features open bars, tasty eats, fun-filled auction packages, and dancing under the stars to Kansas City’s party band KC Flo. This year’s event will be hosted by FOX4 favorite Matt Stewart.

Get your tickets for Eat, Drink, Play! HERE. 

Entertainment

Director of Saw Movies Brings a New Horror Experience to Kansas City This Fall

Exiled KC

Kansas City’s own horror mastermind, Darren Lynn Bousman, is partnering with Bonner Springs’ EXILED to bring a new horror experience to Kansas City this fall.

  • Lights, Camera, Scream!: Bousman, who has directed films such as Saw II, II, and IV, has teamed up with one of the areas best haunted houses to bring EXILED: Crooked Rose Woods. Bousman states that this experience will be a living and breathing experience, going beyond your traditional haunted house scares. 

  • Terror on the Trail: Although much of the experience is being kept under wraps, we do know that guests can choose their horror level experience. Level one is called Torment, lasting one hour and being rated PG-13. Level two is called Anguish, lasting two hours and being rated R. And Level three called Annihilation lasts three hours and is also rated R.

The grand opening of the experience is September 21st, and tickets can be purchased HERE. 

Events

The Children’s Place Introduces Taste at the Place on September 12th

The Children’s Place

The Children’s Place ‘Brews and Bites’ event has a new name! Taste at the Place takes place on Thursday, September 12th.

  • Local Tastes: The event features a huge selection of samples from local restaurants, food trucks, distilleries, breweries, coffee shops, and more all in one place. Vendors include Hawaiian Bros, Hemma Hemma, High Hopes, Drastic Measures, Lifted Spirits, and many more!

  • Taste Good, Spread Good: The event serves as a fundraiser for The Children’s Place, which is a nonprofit that offers specialized trauma treatment and mental health services to local children. The center at 6401 Rockhill Road has been serving local youth since 1978.

Tickets to Taste at the Place start at $60, and the event is 21+.

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In Other News…

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  • 🎉 Check Out This Party: Make it this far into the newsletter and still thinking about getting tickets to Eat, Drink, Play? Check out this highlight reel to see the fun from last year’s event!*

  • 🏟️ The Big House: Kansas City-based architecture firm Populous has been busy. Now, the firm is designing one of the world’s largest stadiums in Casablanca, Morocco.

  • 🚧 Out with the Old: Drake Development has officially broken ground on Cocina 47 on the Country Club Plaza. The new development at 47th and Pennsylvania will serve as the home of multiple new fine dining concepts.

  • 🎂 Birthday Dinner: Brittany Mahomes celebrated her 29th birthday this past weekend at one of our favorite restaurants in Kansas City. Can you guess the spot based on the pictures? (hint hint: the huge ceramic pots…)

  • 🏠 New Pads: Kansas City developer Edward Franklin Building Co. will build 84 new homes on a vacant lot in Columbus Park. The development will feature a mix of townhomes and single-family homes, with prices ranging from $500,000-700,000.

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