Believe it or not, this is the final weekend without World Cup matches. Who’s excited? 🙋
☀️ 16 things to do this weekend
🍻 Alma Mader to open chicken + beer concept
🏠 House Hunch
📲 This week’s most-clicked stories
Events
Weekend Roundup ☀️
KC Daily
World Cup season is almost here! In the meantime, here are 16 things to do this weekend:
All Weekend Long
🎡 Lee's Summit Downtown Days - The annual community celebration returns to historic downtown Lee's Summit with free live music, carnival rides, beer tents, festival food, and handcrafted goods.
🎠 Old Shawnee Days - The unofficial kick-off to summer in Shawnee since 1968 features free live music, carnival rides, vendor booths, kids’ entertainment, and a Saturday morning parade at Shawnee Town 1929.
🏠 SpraySeeMo Mural Festival - A collective of Kansas City-based artists and internationally recognized muralists will create seven works live throughout the West Bottoms alongside a live DJ.
🎭 Mrs. Doubtfire - The beloved Broadway musical — Daniel Hillard's disguise as an elderly Scottish nanny to stay close to his kids — closes its Kansas City run this weekend at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre with shows Fri–Sun.
🏟️ FIFA World Cup Stadium Tours - Go behind the scenes at Arrowhead (now Kansas City Stadium) with exclusive access to locker rooms, media zones, premium areas, and pitch viewpoints. Multiple daily tours, 90 minutes each.
🤠 Boots in the Bottoms - The Historic West Bottoms goes full yee-haw for First Friday Weekend with free line dancing, live western piano, BBQ from Chef J, antique and vintage shopping across 13 blocks, western décor, photo ops, and food trucks.
Friday
🥕 Clock Tower Landing Ribbon Cutting - Clock Tower Landing is officially opening in downtown Overland Park with a ribbon cutting/open house at 5:30pm. The grand opening of the market will take place on Saturday morning.
🦁 Jazzoo - The Kansas City Zoo's wildest night of the year features unlimited food and drinks from 70 local restaurants, live entertainment, aerial performers, and dancing across the zoo grounds from 7:30pm–midnight. All proceeds support the Zoo!
🌸 Meadowbrook Park Festival - The 5th annual festival on the Great Lawn of Meadowbrook Park in Prairie Village offers Farfalla vendors, food trucks, live music, giant bubbles, and Mad Science from 4–9pm.
🛍️ Midtown Makers Market: Juneteenth Jumpoff - Celebrate Juneteenth early at The Arcade in Midtown — Black-owned small businesses, live music, food, drinks, and community from 5–8pm.
Saturday
🍓 Vaile Mansion Strawberry Festival - Dozens of craft, antique, and food vendors spread across the grounds of the stunning 1881 Vaile Mansion in Independence — plus strawberry treats from the Vaile Society and mansion tours. 9am–4pm.
🍺 Waldo Brews Tour - The 2nd Annual Waldo neighborhood bar crawl sips through the area's best bars and coffee shops — City Barrel, KC Bier Co., Hemma Hemma, L'Oriental, and more. 12–6pm.
🌾 Party on the Prairie - Celebrate National Prairie Day at Jerry Smith Park, Kansas City's last remaining remnant prairie, with live music, guided hikes, bird walks, a plein air painting competition, and a scavenger hunt.
🎨 Art on the Side - 80+ fine artists and makers transform historic downtown Liberty, MO into a free outdoor juried art festival on Main Street. Paintings, ceramics, jewelry, glass, textiles, and more from 8am–5pm.
🌺 JuneteenthKC Cultural Parade - Kansas City's official Juneteenth Cultural Parade takes over the streets of KCMO — drill teams, dance teams, floats, bands, civic groups, and more. Parade starts at 9am.
Sunday
🎶 Mobile Music Box - KC Symphony musicians will perform a free outdoor Chamber Music concert at AdventHealth South Overland Park starting at 7pm.
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Food & Drink
Alma Mader is Expanding With Korean Fried Chicken and Czech Tank Beer
Alma Mader Brewing
Alma Mader Brewing is opening an expanded taproom this fall at 2617 Southwest Blvd., just a few doors down from its current location.
Beer + Chicken: The expanded space will feature hyper-fresh Czech-style tank beer service, a greenhouse-style interior with natural light and plants, covered and uncovered outdoor patios, and additional private event capacity. The food concept — independently operated by Chef Keeyoung Kim (Sura Eats, Chingu) and partners Jesus and Gil Zavala — centers on Korean fried chicken, grilled chicken, rice bowls, and shareable bar bites designed to pair with beer.
Local Design: Alma Mader’s current space will become a production space, with the new taproom being designed and constructed by Wolf21, the firm behind other local spots like Varsity Club, Jim’s Alley Bar, Hank’s Garage & Grill, and more.
A fall opening is expected. Follow along for updates!
Real Estate
House Hunch 🏠
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ICYMI
This Week’s Top Stories 📲
KC Apartments shared a walk-through video tour of a penthouse unit at Two Light, which offers some of the best views of the Kansas City skyline.
Local jeweler Sierra Winter released a brand new Kansas City pendant, featuring a wheat design with four white topaz stones.
The 16,000-seat Morton Amphitheater opened its doors this week, with Kesha kicking off a lineup of 30+ performances throughout the summer.
The Argentinian National Team arrived at the Origin Hotel in the Riverfront this week, which has been redesigned as their team home for the duration of the World Cup.
Actor Terrence Howard was spotted filming an unknown project on the Country Club Plaza earlier this week.
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