Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Kansas City, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — Chiefs home games, Plaza Lights

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chiefs home games (5 sep – 20 jan (meestal)), Plaza Lights (24 nov – 15 jan (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Big 12 basketball tournaments, St. Patrick's Day parade

• Festival

  Big 12 basketball tournaments

  3–15 mrt · meestalSportevenementDruk

  The men's and women's conference tournaments are played downtown at T-Mobile Center, under contract through 2031. Fans of a dozen schools take over the Power and Light District and hotel rates follow. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Spring storm season

  15 mrt – 15 jun · meestal

  The wettest and stormiest stretch of the year, with hail, tornado warnings and flash flooding on the creeks. Sirens are tested monthly; plan outdoor days with a look at the forecast. Bron ↗

• Festival

  St. Patrick's Day parade

  17 mrtGroot festivalDruk

  One of the biggest in the country, down Broadway in Midtown on the day itself whatever the weekday, with hundreds of floats and a crowd that starts early in Westport's bars. Bron ↗

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring storm season (15 mrt – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring storm season (15 mrt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Boulevardia, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Boulevardia

  10–22 jun · meestalEet- & drinkfestivalDruk

  A weekend of beer, bands and food trucks in the old Stockyards District in mid-June, built around the city's brewery. It is the start of the outdoor half of the Kansas City year. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring storm season (15 mrt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — Independence Day, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Summer heat

  1 jul – 31 aug · meestalExtreme hitte

  High summer can stay oppressive for weeks with muggy nights. The fountains and the shade of Loose Park help, and evenings at the ballpark are the local answer. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer heat (1 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Chiefs home games

• Festival

  Kansas City Renaissance Festival

  1 sep – 20 okt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  Weekends only, on a permanent site out at Bonner Springs, from Labor Day into mid-October. It has run for fifty years and the Saturday traffic on I-70 west is the tell. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Chiefs home games

  5 sep – 20 jan · meestalSportevenementDruk

  Arrowhead home weekends paint the city red: tailgating from dawn in the lots and hotel prices that jump on game days. Check the NFL schedule before booking a football-season weekend. Bron ↗

• Festival

  American Royal barbecue

  30 sep – 4 oktEet- & drinkfestivalDruk

  The world's largest barbecue competition, six hundred teams deep, now on a new campus by the Speedway on the Kansas side. Construction has cut the 2026 edition to a limited on-site experience for invited guests, with no main stage or public activities. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Chiefs home games

• Natuur

  Fall colour

  10 okt – 5 nov · meestalHerfstkleuren

  Loose Park, the Plaza and the bluffs along the Missouri turn through the second half of October, and the oaks hold on into November well after the maples have gone.

Nog steeds bezig: Kansas City Renaissance Festival (1 sep – 20 okt (meestal)), Chiefs home games (5 sep – 20 jan (meestal)), American Royal barbecue (30 sep – 4 okt)

Topdrukte — Chiefs home games, Thanksgiving

• Feestdag

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Plaza Lights

  24 nov – 15 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  Fifteen blocks of the Country Club Plaza outlined in bulbs, switched on in front of a crowd on Thanksgiving evening and left up past New Year. It has run since the 1930s and the town treats the switch-on as the start of winter. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Chiefs home games (5 sep – 20 jan (meestal)), Fall colour (10 okt – 5 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Chiefs home games, Plaza Lights

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Chiefs home games (5 sep – 20 jan (meestal)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov), Plaza Lights (24 nov – 15 jan (meestal))