Ladies and gentlemen, we made it to Friday. Here are 12 ways to celebrate this weekend:
All Weekend Long
☘ Raise a pint, shop local, dance to the music, and celebrate Irish heritage at the Excelsior Springs Irish Festival in the rolling, picturesque countryside October 4-5.*
🍎 Applefest at The Farmer's House features live music, photo ops, delicious food including sizzling BBQ, and their famous apple fritters. All things apple and more during this apple celebration in Weston at Farm Market & Gardens: 23200 MO-273 N Weston, MO.*
🍻 KC Bier Co. hosts KC Oktoberfest 2025 at Crown Center. KC’s largest Oktoberfest features 2 days of Bavarian-style food, bier, and music.
🎤 Missouri-native Chappell Roan brings her Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things pop-up shows to the WWI Museum and Memorial Park tonight and tomorrow. Both shows are sold out.
🎺 The KC Blues & Jazz Festival takes over Legends Field in KCK with two days of blues & jazz music, food & drink, and cultural celebration.
Friday
🖼️ It’s the first weekend of October, which means it’s First Fridays in the Crossroads and the West Bottoms. Explore art galleries, vintage markets, local businesses, food trucks, live music, and more!
🧡 The Regnier Extreme Screen Theatre at Union Station hosts Taylor Swift’s Official Release Party of a Showgirl with showings at 8pm and 10:45pm. More showings are scheduled for Saturday.
👑 The Lyric Opera presents Cinderella at the Muriel Kauffman Theater at 7:30pm, followed by one last performance on Sunday at 2pm.
Saturday
🎨 The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art hosts ArtSmash 2025: Riff\Evolve, the museum’s annual gala celebrating the collision of music and fashion.
🇯🇲 Grinders in the Crossroads hosts Ziggy Marley & Burning Spear - Do The Reggae Tour 2025. Doors open at 6:30 and the show goes from 7:30-11pm.
🎃 Downtown Shawnee hosts the 2025 Scarecrow Festival from 9am-12pm, with opportunities to decorate your own scarecrow and pumpkins alongside the Shawnee Farmers Market.
Sunday
💃🏾 The Chicano Center for the Arts presents the 2025 Chicano Art Festival from 11am-5pm at Liberty Courtyard in the West Bottoms.
🍂 Distract yourself from the Sunday Scaries by spending the afternoon with pumpkins and cider at one of Kansas City’s best fall farms.
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