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🎃 15 things to do this weekend
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🏠 House Hunch
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Events
Weekend Roundup 🎃
City of Overland Park
Happy Friday and the first official weekend of fall 2026! Here are 15 things to do this weekend:
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🥃 Bourbon in the Park - Rose Productions hosts Bourbon in the Park at English Landing Park in Parkville this Saturday from 4–7pm. 45+ bourbon samples, appetizers from Acre, a Glencairn tasting glass, live music, and hand-rolled cigars. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Veterans Community Project!*
🍂 Overland Park Fall Festival - Head to Downtown Overland Park on Friday (4-8pm) and Saturday (8am-4pm) for a festival packed with arts, entertainment, 75+ artisans, and good eats.*
🎵 Max Gomez at JCCC Midwest Trust Center - The New Mexico-born singer-songwriter brings his warm, folk-rooted Americana to the intimate Midwest Trust Center stage at JCCC on Saturday. Show starts at 7:30pm and tickets are $25.*
All Weekend Long
🎨 95th Annual Plaza Art Fair - One of the longest-running and most celebrated art festivals in the country spreads across nine city blocks of the Country Club Plaza with 240 artists, three live music stages, 20+ restaurant booths, and a Kids Art Workshop.
🍎 Louisburg CiderFest - The sweet fall tradition kicks off this weekend with fresh-pressed apple cider and donuts, live bluegrass, pony rides, craft booths, and the Louisburg Lions Club Pancake Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday (8–11am).
🎡 Liberty Fall Fest - One of Historic Downtown Liberty's biggest weekends of the year offers 200+ vendor booths, carnival rides, live music all weekend, and a Saturday morning parade through the heart of town at 11am.
🎨 18th & Vine Arts Festival - The annual fine arts festival brings 100+ artists to the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District — original paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry, and live jazz all weekend.
🛍️ Vuori Grand Opening - Lifestyle retailer Vuori is now open in Leawood’s Town Center. Weekend retail therapy?
Friday
💡 Liberty's Beacon — World Premiere - The National WWI Museum and Memorial debuts Liberty's Beacon tonight at 7:30pm! The tower transforms into a living canvas of light, sound, and motion, with shows every 15 minutes. Runs every weekend through Veterans Day.
🎭 La bohème - The Lyric Opera's new season at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre with Puccini’s timeless love story. Showtime is 7:30pm.
Saturday
☕ Provis Coffee Grand Opening - The highly-anticipated coffee roastery & café opens at 2914 N. Buchanan in North Kansas City, offering a stunning two-story space with a cupping lab, specialty pour-overs, espresso, and the city's best competition-level coffee.
🎃 Halloween Haunt at Worlds of Fun - The Midwest's largest Halloween celebration is on at Worlds of Fun — haunted mazes, scare zones, hundreds of roaming creatures, seasonal food and drinks, and your favorite rides in the dark!
🍺 Oktoberfest Live! - The Oktoberfest celebration takes over the Power & Light District with live traditional German music, steinholding contests, hammerschlagen, a pretzel eating contest, and the fan-favorite wiener dog races.
⚽️ KC Current vs. Denver Summit FC - The Current welcome Denver to CPKC Stadium for United by 211 presented by United Way of Greater Kansas City. Kickoff is at 11:30am.
Sunday
🍁 Fall Farms - Finish out your weekend by picking pumpkins, apples, and sunflowers at one of Kansas City’s many fall farms!
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Events
Independence Just Launched a Free Haunted Passport With 13 Spooky Stops
Visit Independence
Get a head start on spooky season! Visit Independence’s Paranormal Pursuit Passport is live — a free digital passport with 13 haunted stops across the city.
Spooky Stops: Stops on the Passport include the Vaile Mansion, the Bingham-Waggoner Estate, the 1859 Jail & Marshal's Home, Woodlawn Cemetery, Pioneer Trails Adventures haunted wagon tours, and businesses throughout Historic Independence Square. Each shop has its own generation of unexplained stories!
How It Works: Sign up free online, visit participating locations, check in to earn points, and unlock prizes along the way. Designed to fill a full day or weekend in Independence, and it remains live through November 6th.
The Paranormal Pursuit Passport is a free, self-guided digital pass. Get yours HERE.
Real Estate
House Hunch 🏠
Listing by Becca Hageman - Compass. Realty Group
Can you guess the price of this Kansas City area home based on just one photo?
Ready to see this house for yourself? Schedule a showing with Becca Hageman with GRID at Compass Realty Group!
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This Week’s Top Stories 📲
In a recent interview, Patrick Mahomes explained his use of the ⏰ emoji on social media.
Westside’s Zero Zero Handmade Pasta is likely the hardest reservation to get in Kansas City. With a dining room of only ~500 square feet and incredible handmade pasta, it’s no surprise.
Vertice Italian is coming soon to the Country Club Plaza (exact open date is TBD), but you can get a sneak peek and taste this weekend at the Plaza Art Fair.
Boulevard hosted Hot Grandma Nights last night, offering game shows, cookies, knitting, and Old Fashioned Hard Apple Cider. This is an ongoing event!
Field’s Edge Cabin is now open just 30 minutes south of the KC metro! The serene escape is tucked in the woods, offering 10+ acres to explore, space for up to 10 guests, and a true vintage-meets-modern vibe.
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