⛲️ What's Your Halloween Costume?

Welcome to the spookiest newsletter of the year.

👻 12 things to do this weekend

👯 Who has the best Halloween costume for this weekend?

⚽️ Visit KC releases final World Cup visitor numbers

🏠 House Hunch

📲 This week’s most-clicked stories

We made it to Friday. Here are 12 things to do this weekend, both spooky and non-spooky:

🥃 Oh Hey, Agave - Presented by Rose Productions, Oh Hey, Agave brings a five-course brunch from Chef Ruben Leal paired with five signature cocktails to Jade Jaguar on Sunday from 12-2pm.

🌲 Dark Forest - Powell Gardens and Quixotic’s immersive after-dark walk wraps with two final nights on a one-mile woodland loop of light, sound, and live performance. Gates open at 5:30pm, and the trail at 7pm.

👹 Haunted Houses - It wouldn’t be Halloween weekend without taking a tour through one of Kansas City’s many haunted houses or tours! Fun fact: the West Bottom’s Edge of Hell has been scaring KC since 1975 and still ends with a five-story slide.

🍔 Foodees Fest - The touring food festival rolls into Zona Rosa with 40+ food trucks and craft vendors, Friday through Sunday starting at 1pm. Admission is free, so come hungry.

🎢 Worlds of Fun Halloween Haunt - Halloween Haunt wraps its season with six haunted mazes, scare zones, and the new Spellbound show. Saturday starts with family-friendly Tricks and Treats until 6pm before the scares take over.

🎧 MEDUZA - The Italian house trio kicks off Halloweekend at KC Live! in the Power & Light District. Doors at 7pm.

🔪 Halloween (1978) - Rooftop Cinema Club in the Crossroads screens John Carpenter’s slasher classic on Halloween night. Grab a cocktail from the bar and try not to look over your shoulder. Movie starts at 9:10pm.

⚽️ Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas - Sporting KC closes out its home schedule against FC Dallas with Fan Appreciation at Children’s Mercy Park. Kickoff is at 2pm.

🎤 SOMBR - The breakout singer-songwriter brings his You Are the Reason Tour to T-Mobile Center on Halloween night, with The Last Dinner Party and Hannah Jadagu opening. Show starts at 7pm.

🧙 Trick-or-Treat at Atlas9 - Come in costume for a Halloween morning screening of Hocus Pocus in Theater 9, then grab a treat bag and trick-or-treat through the halls of Atlas9. Doors at 10am, movie at 11am.

💀 Día de los Muertos Festival - The Nelson-Atkins’ annual festival celebrates Latin American cultures with folklórico dancers, live music, artist demonstrations, art activities, and traditional food from 10am–4pm. Free, but register ahead to skip the line.

🚗 Día de los Muertos Car Show - The Kansas City Automotive Museum in Olathe celebrates with a car show of classics and lowriders, trunks decorated as altars, a community ofrenda, kids’ crafts, and themed movie screenings in its drive-in. Runs 12–4pm.

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Happy Halloween weekend! Hopefully, you have your costume ready to roll, and we want to see it. So, we’re throwing a KC Daily Costume Contest!

Send us a picture of your costume this weekend, and we’ll share our favorites in a newsletter next week. If we have enough submissions, we’ll share the most creative, the funniest, and the most extravagant. Here’s how to submit:

I’ll kick off the contest: I’m going as Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. It’s not the most creative or extravagant, but my kids are obsessed with Monsters Inc. right now, so it’s a hit in our household.

The final numbers are in, and Visit KC estimates 680,000 visitors traveled to the region for the World Cup, beating original projections by about 5%.

Now, Kansas City is pursuing a bid to host the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Thanks for reading today’s newsletter! If you enjoyed it, share it with someone who never misses with their Halloween costumes.

— Nick Hageman | Co-Founder @ KC Daily

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