North Kansas City, in cooperation with the Music Performance Trust Fund, Local 34-627, presents free Friday afternoon summer concerts at Macken Park from June 5 through September 25.
Two free evening concerts also are planned in July and August.
The Friday in the Park free concerts are from from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Festival Shelter in Macken Park. Performers present all genres, from Hawaiian to jazz to Cajun to country to Mexican and German music.
2026 Friday in the Park schedule
June 5: The New Red Onion Jazz Babies
June 12: No concert (Arts in the Park)
June 19: Hula-Hali ‘O Kiakahi (Hawaiian)
June 26: Doug Talley Quartet (Jazz)
July 3: The Blue & Gray Brass Brigade
July 10: Jammin’ Jan & The Gratitudes
July 17: Hot String Quartet (Jazz)
July 24: Hogfish Gumbo (Cajun)
July 31: Turpine Tyme Ragsters (Ragtime)
August 7: Penderblast Red-E-Mix (Variety)
August 14: Melissa & Company (Country)
August 21: Tom’s Town (Jazz & Blues)
August 28: Festhaus Musikanten (German)
September 4: The Beach Nuts (Family Favorites)
September 11: Marimba Sol de Chiapas (Mexican)
September 18: The Alpen Spielers (German)
September 25: Grandview Station (Bluegrass)
If you go
What: Friday in the Park concert series
When: Fridays, June 5 through Sept. 25, 2026, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Macken Park Festival Shelter, 1002 Clark Ferguson Drive, North Kansas City, MO 64116
Cost: Free admission
Friday Night Concerts
The city is also planning several Friday Night Concerts, on the second Friday of the month in July and August:
Friday, July 10, 6 p.m. Jamogi and the Jammers
Friday, August 14, 6 p.m. Friendly Thieves
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Macken Park
Howell St & Clark Ferguson Drive
North Kansas City, MO 64116
(816) 300-0545
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