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Free Prairie Village Jazz Festival

The City of Prairie Village and the Prairie Village Arts Council are presenting the inaugural Prairie Village Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 11, 2010.  The free event will be held from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the Prairie Village Municipal Campus at Harmon Park, 7700 Mission Road in Prairie Village, Kansas.
Here’s the lineup:

3:00 Killer Strayhorn
4:10 Sons of Brasil
5:20 David Basse [...]

Free Johnson County Old Settlers Festival

It’s not too late for Kansas City area free festivals. The annual Johnson County Old Settlers is September 9-11, 2010. Their website says they’ll have Kansas’s biggest parade (Saturday at 10:00 a.m.). There are also free concerts, horseshoe pitching, arts and crafts, a carnival and all the activities you’d expect at a community festival. Admission is [...]

Free Kansas City Symphony Concert

For the 28th year, the Kansas City Symphony will perform a free Labor Day Weekend concert at The Theatre In The Park inside Shawnee Mission Park, 7710 Renner Road in Shawnee, Kansas. The Symphony’s Associate Conductor Steven Jarvi will lead a program celebrating American music — from The Sound of Music to Spiderman.
The free [...]

Free Admission to KC Superstar Finals

Come out and support local high school students as they compete in the finals of KC Superstar this Sunday, August 29, 2010. KC Superstar is an “American Idol” type event. The winner receives $5,000 plus $1,000 for their school’s fine arts department.
The final 11 contestants will will compete Sunday at 7:00 p.m. at Yardley Hall [...]

$5 Tracy Lawrence Concert at Crown Center

I think this is the last of Crown Center’s Friday Night Concert series, but it should be a good show, and quite a deal at just $5.  Friday, August 27, 2010, Grammy-nominated country star Tracy Lawrence performs, following an opening act by Joey+Rory, who won the Top New Vocal Duo of the Year award at this year’s [...]

Free Pepsi, Cooler, Concert and Seminars at Cabela’s

The first 100 customers through the doors at Cabela’s on Saturday, August 21, 2010 will receive a free 6-pack of Pepsi and a soft-side cooler. Cabela’s opens at 9:00 a.m. on Saturdays.
The store’s also offering a free concert by the Emily Rose Band from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, and free seminars from [...]

$5 Smash Mouth Concert at Crown Center

A lot of the outdoor summer concerts are over, but Crown Center’s Friday Night Concert series still has a couple of good shows on deck (or can only one be on deck with others in the hole?). This Friday, August 20, 2010, Smash Mouth takes the stage following an opening set by Red Guitar. The [...]

Free Touch-a-Truck Event

Beep Beep! Celebrate the Overland Park’s 50th Anniversary at Touch-a-Truck, a family event at the Overland Park Convention Center on Sunday, August 22, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Kids of all ages can see (and presumably touch) their favorite trucks. The first 100 families to arrive on Sunday get free goody bags.

Trucks scheduled to date:

OP Fire [...]

Free Mr. Stinky Feet Concert on Friday

On Friday, August 13, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., Jim Cosgrove (a.k.a. Mr. Stinky Feet) will be giving a free concert on the lawn of The John Wornall House Museum.
For more information, call 816-444-1858.
The John Wornall House Museum is located at 6115 Wornall Road in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
-Julie Henry
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Free and Cheap Kansas City Family Reunion Festival

It’s been years since I’ve been to a family reunion. That could change this weekend at the Kansas City Family Reunion Festival, a city-wide “event celebrating the enduring strengths, traditional values and Kansas City roots of families of all ethnicities.” Here are some of the activities:
Friday, August 6, 2010:

4:00 to 7:00 p.m. — Free Block [...]

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