If your social roster is looking a bit sparse this weekend, we’ve got your back. Check out our array of events, 5Ks, shows and other sundry items.
Terror on the Plains Horror Film Festival
Date: Friday, September 27 & Saturday, September 28
Time: Times vary
Location: Boulevard Drive-In
Address: 1051 Merriam Lane, Kansas City, KS
Price: $10/person. (Cash only at the gates.)
It’s two nights of terror at one of the most popular drive-in theaters in Kansas City. Friday night is the Terror on the Plains film competition. Featured films on Friday will be the 1974 classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Saturday night bring the family for food, fun, costume contests, and trunk or treat! Screenings will include The ‘Burbs and Candyman.
HMC’s Dinner of Note: Burlesque: A Bedazzling Peep Show
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
Address: 1228 Main Street, Kansas City, MO.
Price: $175 and up
Leave your inhibitions behind and celebrate the renaissance of Burlesque with The Heartland Men’s Chorus. With a party-style atmosphere, let us entertain you with a variety-style peep show and spectacular acts of intrigue. Behind the red curtain you’ll be bedazzled by the world of Burlesque.
Date: Now thru Saturday, September 28
Time: 10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Trapp & Company
Address: 4110 Main St., Kansas City
Happy 50th Anniversary, Trapp and Company! Owner Bob Trapp is holding an anniversary celebration at his store all this week. Stop in, show the love, and share a memory.
KC Young Audiences Benefit Concert
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Address: 1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City
Price: Tickets from $45
The star of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton, Renée Elise Goldsberry, makes her Kansas City Symphony debut in this special benefit concert for KCYA’s community arts education programs. Goldsberry is a phenomenally gifted Tony and Grammy Award-winning vocalist. She’ll perform Broadway hits and songbook staples like People Get Ready and You’ll Never Walk Alone, plus a moving tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Burlesque Downtown Underground presents ’80s vs. ’90s
Date: Friday, September 27
Time: 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Location: Opera House KC
Address: 500 Walnut St., Kansas City
Price: $20
It’s a decade war! Love the ’80s? Miss the ’90s? Want the best of both worlds! BDU is bringing to you an all-star line-up of favorite performers, including the award-winning emcee, Tajma Stetson. The show includes some of the company’s brightest performers—including professional actresses, dancers, and singers. Seating is general admission and on a first-come, first-served basis. Get your tickets here.
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 8 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: KC Live at Power & Light District
Address: 13 Grand Blvd., Kansas City
Price: Walk $10, Run $20
Join the St. Jude Walk/Run during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September. The goal? To raise money for the kids of St. Jude, where families never receive a bill for anything. Help end childhood cancer—together. Click here to register.
Date: Saturday, September 28 through Sunday, October 13
Time: 11 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Price: Free
The Fall Parade of Homes opens this Saturday, featuring the area’s finest builders and the newest home design trends. Free Parade guides available at the HBA (I-435 & Holmes) beginning the week prior and at all Parade homes during the event. Download the mobile app at KCParadeofHomes.com.
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
Address: 4525 Oak St., Kansas City
Price: Free
Join the Nelson’s free festival celebrating American Sign Language (ASL) during Kansas City’s Deaf Cultural Month. All are welcome! Encounter and learn about ASL through hands-on art activities with deaf artist Jon Savage and live entertainment from Urban Jazz Dance Company, directed by deaf dancer Antoine Hunter. ASL interpretation, voice interpretation, and CART live captioning will be provided.