Head to the Power & Light District for New Year’s Fun in Kansas City. 21+ to join in the fun here! Select restaurants and bars are offering New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day celebration experiences that include extra space, heated outdoor seating options, drink specials and fun to welcome 2025. New Year’s Eve at […]
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Your 2024 Guide to Holiday Events in Kansas City
‘Tis the season for tree lightings, Santa visits, shopping, New Year’s Eve parties, and more. This is a growing list of 2024 holiday events happening in Kansas City. This day-by-day guide includes holiday fun in Kansas City happening from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. Never miss a deal or opportunity by subscribing to Kansas City on […]
The Best New Year’s Parties for Kids in Kansas City
New Year’s Eve is always a night full of glitz, glamour, nostalgia, and the hope of new beginnings. It also usually includes a very late night and champagne — fun for adults but not always the most family-friendly of celebrations for kids. But parents everywhere know that while babysitters offer much-needed adult-only time, there’s always […]
Electric Glow Walk at Overland Park Arboretum
For the holiday season, the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is hosting the traditional Holiday Luminary Walk. Gather your family and friends for a peaceful stroll through the electric gardens during this low-key version of the Luminary Walk. With no Santa, candlelit woods, musicians, cider, or trains—and no crowds—it’s the perfect night to explore […]
Kansas City Restaurants Open On Christmas 2024
Whether you don’t celebrate Christmas, you celebrate on a day other than December 25, or, you just like someone else to prepare your Christmas dinner — you may find yourself looking for a restaurant on Christmas day — only to be met with the vague search engine notification that “Holiday may affect these hours.” But […]
Free Visits, Photos and More with Santa at Zona Rosa
Zona Rosa hosts a winter wonderland in Kansas City this holiday season with family-friendly activities, including photos with Santa, happening during November and December. Visits and Photos with Santa at Zona Rosa Meet Santa at Zona Rosa to share your holiday wishes and take photos November 29-December 24. Online reservations for visits with Santa are […]
FREE & Cheap Things to Do with Guests Over Christmas in Kansas City
The holidays bring us close together with family and friends. Sometimes after several days that closeness begins to wear on everyone’s nerves so it’s good to have some plans for getting out of the house. Here are some free and cheap ways of keeping your out of town holiday guests entertained. Make sure you don’t […]
Knights of Lights: A Renaissance Christmas Extravaganza
Huzzah! It’s Christmas in Canterbury. The Kansas City Renaissance Festival village has been transformed into the Knights of Lights, a colorful, walk-through light display. There is also food, entertainment, activities for the kids, and fun for everyone in the family. This year, you’ll be amazed at the fun. Per the Kansas City Renaissance Festival: […]
Make Christmas Memories at Crown Center
Crown Center is a popular setting for some of Kansas City’s favorite holiday traditions. The festivities start with the opening of the Crown Center Ice Terrace, continue with the lighting of the 100-foot-tall Mayor’s Christmas Tree on Crown Center Square, and the full slate of live theater, entertainment, shopping, and dining at Crown Center. Here […]
FREE Admission to Christmas in the Park at Longview Lake
If you haven’t been to Longview Lake to see Jackson County’s annual light show, “Christmas in the Park”, you’re missing out. It’s definitely a Kansas City “must-see!” A Kansas City Holiday tradition since 1987, Christmas in the Park typically runs nightly from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. The ride-through show is located at Frank White Jr., […]
