This upcoming Monday, September 22nd is the fall equinox, making this the final weekend of summer. Hello, pumpkins! 🎃
🍃 15 things to do this weekend
🍽️ Chef-driven, pop-up dining events in Kansas City
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📲 This week’s most-clicked stories
Events
Weekend Roundup 🍃
Country Club Plaza
How are you celebrating the final weekend of summer 2025? Here are 15 ideas:
All Weekend Long
🎨 The 94th Annual Plaza Art Fair will fill nine city blocks of the Country Club Plaza with 240 artists’ booths, 20 restaurant booths, three live music stages, and 250,000 visitors!
⏰ Start your Saturday and Sunday mornings EARLY at Premier League Mornings Live at KC Live! inside the Power & Light District. Expect live match broadcasts, fan activations, meet & greets, and more! Festivities begin at 5am both days.
🎡 The Blue Springs Fall Festival is happening in downtown Blue Springs featuring 200 unique vendors, live music, a classic car show, a carnival, and more!
💡 Immerse yourself in a spellbinding experience at Terra Luna at the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, an illuminated journey through the grounds featuring live music, dance, aerial acrobatics from Quixotic, and more.
🎵 Don’t miss the final few shows of the Broadway hit The Book of Mormon, on stage at Municipal Auditorium Music Hall in downtown KCMO.
🐯 The Tony Award-winning theatrical experience Life of Pi takes the stage at Starlight Theatre with nightly shows at 8pm.
Friday
🥃 The Kansas City Whiskey Guild is celebrating five years of local whiskey events at the Kansas City Whiskey Festival at the historic Rumely Tractor Building in the West Bottoms at 6pm (5pm for VIP).
🍦 Clementine’s Creamery is celebrating its grand opening at 6966 Mission Road in Prairie Village at 12pm. Grand opening flavors include Gooey Butter Cake, Billie’s Tahini Chip Cookie, Strawberry Balsamic White Pepper, Lemon Poppyseed, and more!
🍒 Its Quirk Day at the Boulevard Brewing Co. Beer Hall! Guests can sample six new Quirk flavors, enjoy live music, and enter for a chance to win Quirk for a year. The Grandma's Pistachio Delight flavor has our eye…
😂 Comedian Nate Bargatze takes the stage at the T-Mobile Center at 7pm. (with a second show on Saturday at 7pm)
🍖 The KCK BBQ Trail officially kicks off today, and offers a self-guided tour of KCK’s best bbq joints and tasty rewards.
Saturday
♻️ The City of Leawood is hosting a Citywide Recirculation Day, where residents can place items at the end of their driveway for others to pick up and reuse. What cool, old items will you score?
🍔 The City of Lenexa and the Lenexa Public Market are collaborating to bring Food Truck Frenzy to the Lenexa civic campus from 5-9pm.
🍷 Uncorked: KC Wine Festival takes over Union Station with a night filled 100+ wines, food, and a VIP lounge in Science City starting at 6pm.
Sunday
🍳 Go get brunch from somewhere on our Kansas City Brunch Guide.
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This Week’s Top Stories 📲
Patrick Mahomes’ and Travis Kelce’s 1587 Prime opened its doors this week, and reservations are going FAST.
KCK’s KC Turkey Leggman was named among America’s 50 Best Restaurants by the New York Times.
A new Mexican restaurant named Rulber’s Restaurant Mas Cantina will fill the former Another Broken Egg space at 5358 95th St. in Prairie Village.
The Bam Bam Room, Kansas City’s first Mahjong parlor and boutique will open on September 25th at 12910 State Line Road in Leawood.
Lapez Mod Mex, a new restaurant offering chef-driven contemporary Mexican cuisine, is now open in Leawood’s Park Place.
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