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🌤️ 16 things to do this weekend

☕️ Tim Hortons to open two metro locations

🏠 House Hunch

📲 This week’s most-clicked stories

Events

Weekend Roundup 🌤️

Technically, this is the final weekend of spring. (summer officially starts Friday, June 20th) Here are 16 things to get out and do this “spring” weekend:

All Weekend Long

🖼️ Arts in the Park returns to Macken Park in NKC, a two-day celebration featuring 60+ local artists and makers, live music, a beer garden, kid’s zone, and more

🎩 The Music Theater Heritage Grand Theater hosts daily showings of Guys and Dolls, an immserive production of the classic musical delivering patrons to the Hot Box Club.

⚾️ The Royals welcome the Athletics to Kauffman Stadium for a 3-game series, including a “golden ticket”-type giveaway on Saturday for Bobby’s Record-Breaker Bobblehead

🌳 Theatre in the Park opens for the 2025 season at the amphitheater inside Shawnee Mission Park, starting with a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through June 21st

Friday

🎤 Grab a blanket or lawn chair and head to Zona Rosa for Summer Concerts in the Park from 6:30-8:30pm and enjoy a FREE concert from Joshua Tree*

🧺 The Museum of Kansas City is hosting the first Summer Concert on the Lawn of the season from 7-9pm with live music from KC Hussy*

🎥 Starlight is hosting a FREE Community Movie Night at 7:30pm with a showing of Trolls Band Together and pre-movie performance by B-Side Band

🎻 The Kansas City Symphony Mobile Music Box can be found at the BluHawk Development in South Overland Park with the concert starting at 7pm

Saturday

🥃 It’s National Bourbon Day, and what better way to celebrate than by supporting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City by entering their 2025 Whiskey Raffle!*

🎡 Boulevardia takes over Crown Center to celebrate its 10th anniversary with live music performances, Taps & Tastes, local vendors, and more

👕 Swap Con takes over Municipal Auditorium in downtown KCMO from 11am-7pm, and will feature a massive Buy-Sell-Swap® platform connecting collectors, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts

🎉 Holladay Distillery in Weston is hosting a party for its limited-release of its 8-Year One-Barrel Bourbon at 10:30am, featuring barbecue from Smoke & Magic, yard games, live music, and more.

⚽️ The Current welcome Racing Louisville to CPKC Stadium with kickoff at 6:30pm (pro tip: grab a pre-match beer at the newly-opened Two Birds One Stone)

Sunday

👯 The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts hosts the annual Future Stages Festival from 12-5pm, featuring over 600 local performers ages 5-18.

🏌️‍♂️ J. Rieger & Co. hosts Golf in the Park from 12-4pm, featuring a free golf simulator, club fitting by PXG, and an all-day happy hour

🚗 The Kansas City Automotive Museum in Olathe is offering free admission from 12-5pm in honor of Father’s Day

*content is sponsored

Opening

Tim Hortons Opening Soon in Blue Springs, Announce Second Location in Crown Center

Canada’s largest coffee chain Tim Hortons will open its first metro location in Blue Springs on June 21st, and a second is coming to Crown Center.

• Canadian Celebration: Tim Hortons will open at 1900 NW Highway 7 in Blue Springs on the 21st, offering “free coffee for a month” to guests who download their rewards app, as well as a hot or iced coffee for $0.99 or a 10-pack of Timbits for just $1. Although the first in the KC metro, the chain boasts over 5,700 locations worldwide (with 3,500+ in Canada alone!)

• Crown Center Canadian Coffee: Crown Center announced just yesterday that Tim Hortons will open a second metro location on Level 1 of the Crown Center Shops in late 2025. The space will occupy 1,216 square feet and seating will be available in the Crown Center Shops atrium.

Learn all about Tim Hortons, their menu, and what their famous “Double Double” is HERE.

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This Week’s Top Stories 📲

1. Check out this fly-through drone video to see the current state of the Rock Island Bridge project over the Kansas River

2. Kansas City was once home to the largest building west of the Mississippi River. It now houses Super Flea in East KC

3. Two Birds One Stone is now open in the Berkley Riverfront, which will soon welcome upscale cocktail bar Moonstone on the second floor

4. A 22-acre development in Northeast Kansas City will feature the Historic Northeast Public Market, a community gathering space for local vendors

5. We are less than one year from the 2026 FIFA World Cup coming to Kansas City, with the first game at “Kansas City Stadium” (Arrowhead) scheduled for Tuesday, June 16th

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