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Thursday, September 17
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Saturday, September 19

Friday, September 18, 2026

De Soto Days Festival - ferris wheel

Blue Springs Fall Fun Festival

12:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Blue Springs

Free Symphony Happy Hour Concert

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Camp Leavenworth music festival

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Leavenworth

Kansas City FilmFest

All Day | $10.00 | Ward Parkway Center

FREE Admission to Higginsville Country Fair

All Day | FREE | Higginsville Country Fair

Passport to Adventure Kansas City

All Day | FREE | Various Locations – See Related Post for Specific Locations

Kansas State Fair

All Day | Kansas State Fair Fairgrounds

KC Pitch Dessert Week (1/2 price desserts)

All Day | Discounted | Multiple

Nehemiahfest

FREE | Smithville Lake

Roasterie Factory Tour (times vary)

$5.00 | The Roasterie Factory Cafe

Free Family Art Sessions at Kaleidoscope

9:30 am to 3:30 pm | FREE | Crown Center

WWI Museum $10 deal for local residents

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | Discounted | National WWI Museum and Memorial

Free Friday in the Park Concerts, North KC

11:30 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Macken Park

Transport Brewery Oktoberfest

1:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Transport Brewery

Free Central Cinema at Central Library

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Kansas City Public Library Central

Free Film Fridays at KC Central Library

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Kansas City Public Library Central

Downtown OP Third Fridays

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Overland Park

Third Friday Art Walk

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Downtown KCK

Free Family Fun night

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Plaza Library

Free Englewood Art Walk

5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Englewood Station Arts District

Free Concert in the Park

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Mohawk Park, Mission, KS

Guitars and Games

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Park Place, Leawood

Brush Creek Art Walk

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Brush Creek

Free Summer Concert Series in Olathe

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Stagecoach Park, Olathe

Lenexa Friday Night Sound Bites food trucks & music

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lenexa Public Market

Free Sounds on the Square concerts, Gladstone

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Linden Square

Free Off the Wall Film Series

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

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