Top 27 Things To Do in Kansas City on Fourth of July Weekend

Fireworks and Festivals:

1) KC Riverfest on July 3rd and 4th with the fireworks display on the 4th at 10:05 pm. The festival is held at Berkley Riverfront Park in Downtown Kansas City.
2) Corporate Woods Star Spangled Spectacular starts on the 4th with a free concert. Dubbed as the biggest fireworks display in Kansas City, this fireworks display is in Corporate Woods. Corporate Woods is just south of 435 and west of Antioch.
3) Independence Fireworks Display at the Mormon Visitor Center is on the 4th of July. Due to very little parking, arrive early.
4) Smithville Marina Fireworks Display is held on the 4th at the Smithville Marina at dusk.
5) Parkville 4th of July Fireworks and Festival is held on the 4th. Despite the flooding, Parkville is moving on with their fireworks display. Park Hill South should be a great spot to watch this years fireworks display. A festival will be going on July 3rd.
6) Worlds of Fun will be hosting their fireworks display on July 4th.
7) Booms and Blooms Fest at Powell Gardens will be hosting their fireworks display on July 2nd.
8) Independence Day 19th Century Style at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm in Olathe, KS. on June 30th.
9) Legacy Blast Fireworks in Lee's Summit, MO. on July 1st at Legacy Park.
10) Leawood 4th of July Celebration on July 4th. at the Leawood City Park.
11) Fireworks and Salute to the Union at Ft. Leavenworth on July 4th at Merritt Lake.
12) The Olathe, KS. fireworks display at the Great Mall of the Great Plains on the 4th of July.
13) Celebrate Independence Day in Gardner, KS. at the Gardner-Edgerton High School on July 4th.
14) Fireworks Show in Lansing, KS. on July 4th at the Kenneth Bernard Community Park.

Other Things To Do in Kansas City on the 4th of July Weekend:
1) Checkout the new Sky Safari and Polar Bear exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo.
2) Visit the Flags of Freedom American Flag Display in Merriam, KS.; as well as, the local festival. The festival and flag display are at the Merriam Marketplace on Merriam Drive.
3) Independence Day at the Lanesfield Museum in Edgerton, KS.
4) Freedom Flings at the Thomas Soetaert Aquatic Center in Shawnee, Kansas. Contest all throughout the day on July 1st.
5) Lenexa Freedom Run and Parade on July 4th in the historic Old Town Lenexa.
6) Kansas City T-Bones vs. the Wichita Wingnuts on July 3rd & 4th at the CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
7) U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America "Shades of Blue" Jazz Ensemble at the Briarcliff Village.
8) Snoopy!!! Theatre for Young America at the H and R Block City Stage Theater
9) Les Miserables at Theatre in the Park at Shawnee Mission Park.
10) Rainforest Adventure at Crown Center. This is a free event.
11) First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District on July 1st.
12) Man and the Machine: The German Soldier in World War I at the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial.
13) Since it is so HOOOTTT!!! How can we forget to suggest visiting a watering hole. Hot spots include: Schlitterbahn, Oceans of Fun, Tomahawk Ridge Aquatic Park, CoCo Key Water Resort, Blue Springs Lake, Longview Lake, Shawnee Mission Park, Kill Creek Park Beach, Smithville Lake, Hillsdale Lake and Clinton Lake.



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