Westside Scoops 🍦

Fairway Creamery is officially open in the Westside neighborhood.

April 23, 2025

Who doesn’t love hearing about a new ice cream shop? Here’s the scoop:

🍦 Fairway Creamery opens in the Westside

💐 The Farmers House annual flower sale

🐎 The American Royal ProRodeo returns May 1-3

🇲🇽 Cinco de Mayo at the Guadalupe Centers

Opening

Fairway Creamery Opens in the Westside Neighborhood

Fairway Creamery

Kansas City, do we have a scoop for you! Fairway Creamery has officially opened a new location in the Westside Neighborhood.

  • Westside Scoops: Fairway Creamery officially opened its doors yesterday at 809 W. 17th St. in the heart of the Westside neighborhood. This is just the second metro location, joining the original Fairway Creamery at 5938 Mission Road in Fairway.

  • Sweet Relief: Fairway Creamery has built a cult-like following for its wide variety of unique ice cream flavors (looking at you, Guinness Stout flavor). They also serve breakfast food, coffee, donuts, chocolates, and more sweet treats.

All pints are 20% all weekend at the new location, so hurry in!

Brighten Your Home and Lives With The Farmers House Flower Sale

The Farmers House

Brighten up your porch while brightening lives at The Farmer’s House Annual Flower Sale April 26-27!

  • For the Mission: This Flower and Plant Sale takes place at The Farmer's House Farm Market & Gardens (23200 MO-273 North) and provides job training experiences to individuals with developmental disabilities. Proceeds go right back to the mission of empowering the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities.

  • Flowers for a Cause: The annual Flower Sale will have beautiful hanging baskets, geranium tubs, annuals, perennials, and much more. On Saturday, they'll be serving up their famous hot apple fritters and more delicious food from their Farm to Fork Kitchen.

Can’t make it to the flower sale? You can still support The Farmer’s House by making a donation HERE.

Events

The American Royal ProRodeo Returns May 1-3

American Royal

The American Royal ProRodeo returns to American Royal (1701 American Royal Court) on May 1-3.

  • Not Our First Rodeo: The ProRodeo will feature bull riding, barrell racing, roping, mutton bustin’, and more. Competitors include cowboys and cowgirls from across the country, with general admission tickets starting at $32 and VIP experiences available.

  • More Than Riding: There will also be a Tailgate Beer Garden that is free and open to the public each day, live music each night starting at 9pm, a vendor marketplace, a Kentucky Derby watch party on Saturday at 4pm, and plenty more fun for the whole family!

Get your tickets for the American Royal Rodeo HERE.

Events

Guadalupe Centers to Host Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

Guadalupe Centers

The Guadalupe Centers are set to host a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta on May 2-3.

  • Family Fiesta: The two-day celebration hosted by Guadalupe Centers will take place at the Guadalupe Center Admin Building in the Westside Neighborhood (1015 Avenida Cesar Chavez). The event is family-friendly, and admission is free for all.

  • Celebrate Culture: The Fiesta will feature live music from DJ Ashton Martin, Lost Wax, and WAR, local vendors, artists, and authentic food. There will also be bounce houses for children, a petting zoo, and more fun supporting local culture and community.

The Cinco de Mayo Fiesta happens from 5pm - 10pm on Friday, and 12pm - 10pm on Saturday.

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In Other News…

  • 🤝 Support Small Biz: The KC Chamber of Commerce released the 10 contendors for the Small Business of the Year. The winner of the “Mr. K Award” will be announced at the Small Business Awards Luncheon on June 17th. See the 10 finalists HERE.

  • 🏰 Magic of KC: The renovation of Walt Disney’s Laugh-O-Gram Studio is close to becoming a reality. Leaders say they are halfway to their $6.5 million fundraising goal.

  • 🪪 Its Getting Real: After 20 years of extending deadlines, beginning May 7th Missourians will need a Real ID to travel via airplane. Are you ready?

  • 🎧 Twenty-Somethings: On a recent episode of There’s Just Something About Kansas City, host Frank Boal interviewed Madi Lamb, a KC-native and founder of Quarter Life Club, a social club for helping twenty-somethings meet new people.

  • 🍺 Parkville Pints: One of KC’s largest beer festivals, the Parkville Microbrew Fest, takes place this Saturday from 1-5pm at English Landing Park.

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