South KC Fall Entertainment Guide

Splash Pawty

Friday, September 6
At The View Community Center Splash Park, dogs of all breeds, shapes, and sizes can frolic and play in the water at this end of season event in Grandview. $5. 13600 Byars Rd. Registration required. grandview.org

September Sounds at Leawood

Friday, September 6
Four Fried Chickens and a Coke. Kansas City’s tribute band to The Blues Brothers is ready to get your feet moving! Free. Leawood City Park, 10601 Lee Blvd.  Friday, 6:30 pm. 

Greek Fest

September 6 – 8
Authentic Greek food, music and dancing. Indoor marketplace, church tours and special wine-tasting event and dance classes. Cashless payments only. Free admission. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 119th & Wornall Rd. Friday, 6-10 pm; Saturday, noon – 10 pm; Sunday, noon – 4 pm.  GreekFoodFest.org

9/11 Concert

Wednesday, September 11
Salvation Army Southland Corp. hosts a commemorative 9/11 Concert featuring Christian musical artist Mitch Longley at Consuming Fires Ministries, 10306 Blue Ridge Blvd. in Kansas City. Free. Wednesday, 5:30 pm. grandview.salarmymokan.org

Bands on Byars

Friday, September 13
This year Bands on Byars includes the movie “If” on a giant LED screen in addition to the feature attraction JAM, a Michael Jackson/Bruno Mars tribute band sure to get people dancing. Fireworks follow. Food trucks and concessions available. Kid Zone.  Free. Sponsored by the Grandview Chamber of Commerce and City of Grandview. 13501 Byars Rd. Friday, 5-10 pm. grandviewmochamber.com

September Sounds at Leawood

Friday, September 13
Twice on Sunday, an award-winning band known for its ability to mix classics with today’s hits in a mashup style that mimics the flow of a DJ set.  Free. Leawood City Park, 10601 Lee Blvd.  6:30 pm. 

Belton Fall Festival

September 13-14
This family fun oriented event includes lots of kids activities, lawn games, food trucks, live music and shopping along Downtown Belton’s Main Street. Highlights include pumpkin decorating, face painting, Touch a Truck, Cake Walk, Petting Zoo and music from Belton Jazz Band, Teresa Deaton Band, All Stars Band and more. Free. 325 Main St. Friday, 5-10 pm; Saturday, 10 am – 10 pm. downtownbeltonmain.com. 

September Sounds at Leawood

Friday, September 20
Liverpool KC, a Beatles tribute band takes you back to the 60s. Free. Leawood City Park, 10601 Lee Blvd.  6:30 pm.

Plaza Art Fair

September 20-22
Celebrating 93 years and new ownership, the Plaza Art Fair will feature 240 artists, three stages, and food concessions from 20 Plaza restaurants over a nine-block area. Free. Friday, 5-10 pm; Saturday, 10am-10pm; Sunday, 11am-5pm. plazaartfair.com

Belton Main Street Theater

September 20-October 6
Agatha Christie’s mystery play “Black Coffee” will be performed on weekends in the historic Downtown Belton Main Street. 510 Main St. $18 Adults, $15 Seniors, Youth under 18 and College Students. Friday and Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sundays, 2:30 pm. mainstreettheaterbelton.com

Smokin ‘n Waldo

September 20-21
St. Elizabeth’s Parish celebrates its 14th annual barbecue contest. This year over 40 contestants from the parish are expected to compete. Live music, public tastings for best snack food competition, tent parties, beverages are planned for an adult-only Friday 6 pm to midnight. On Saturday starting at 11 am, kids activities such as face painting, music, Kona Ice and photo booth factor in. Winners announced at 6 pm. Free. St. Elizabeth Church parking lot, 2 E 75 St. stekc.org/snw

Waldo Fall Fest

Saturday, September 21
Over 30 vendors, food trucks, live bands and kids activities set up along the Waldo Trolley Trail at Gregory and Wornall. Free. Saturday, 10 am – 8 pm. waldokcevents.org

Arts Asylum Theater

September 26-October 5
“Reefer Madness the Musical” is based on the original 1936 film of the same name but with tongue-in-cheek satire of the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana. The event includes a reefer den with weed delivery available.  $30. 824 E Meyer Blvd. Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays, 7:30 pm; Saturdays, 2 pm. ArtsAsylum.org

Goppert Theater

September 26-29
Avila University Theater students present the play “Unnecessary Farce.” The comedy follows an embezzling mayor, his accountant and two undercover cops at a motel where confusion escalates. $10. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 pm; Sunday, 2 pm. (On Friday and Saturday at 6 pm, for $40 you can enjoy a plated dinner before the show.) 118th & Wornall Road. avila.edu/avila-life/performing-arts/gpac/

KC Bier Co. Oktoberfest

October 4 – 5
Waldo’s KC Bier Co. hosts its Oktoberfest to at Crown Center. Called Munich of the Midwest, the two-day festival celebrates authentic German-style bier, food, and entertainment. $14 – $20. Friday, 5-11 pm; Saturday, 11am – 11 pm. KCOktoberfest.com

ArtFest

Saturday, October 5
Transparent Brewing Company may be missing its partner restaurant The Chive, but that won’t change its plans for the 3rd Annual Art Fest featuring craft beer, street tacos, live music, artists booths, Martin City Melodrama performance, face painting and tattoos, chalk art, pumpkins decorating and art collages. Free. 14501 White Ave, Grandview (NW corner of 150 Hwy & I-49). Saturday, noon – 10 pm. Transparentbrewing.com

Oktoberfest 5K

Saturday, October 6
KC Running Co. hosts its 5th Annual Oktoberfest 5K through the streets of Martin City. A German polka band, beer samples, and much German-themed attire make for a fun Sunday morning for walkers, runners, and observers. $50 to run/walk. Sunday, 8 am. 200 E 135 St. kcrunningcompany.com/oktoberfest5k

Pinnacle Winds Concert

Saturday, October 6
South Kansas City’s only professional concert band will perform “Around the World in 80 Minutes” with guest conductor Andrea Strauss, a conductor of Atlanta, Georgia’s Tara Winds. Free. Kansas City’s First Church of the Nazarean, 11811 State Line Rd. Sunday, 2 pm. PinnacleWinds.com

South KC Block Party

Saturday, October 12

Farm Fresh Market in the Red Bridge Shopping Center should be drawing near completion when the South KC Chamber holds its annual community event featuring 40 crafters, booths from surrounding businesses, KC Wolf, kids activities, live music, food concessions and this year a STEAM Education zone that will feature presentations from Center, Grandview, and Hickman Mills School students. Free. 11212 Holmes Rd. Saturday, 10 am – 3pm. southkcchamber.com/events/south-kc-block-party

Glow Night

Friday, October 18

Colonial Presbyterian Church gets in the swing of fall and Halloween with family fun events such as bounce houses, face painting, caricatures, candy and more. 9500 Wornall Rd. Friday, 5:30-7:30 pm.  ColonialKC.org

Dracula – A Comedy of Terrors

October 24 – November 6

Cyclopedic Ensemble premiers its play, a gender-bending romp that follows a couple dealing with a mysterious blood condition who enlist the help of a female vampire hunter. Arts Asylum,  824 E Meyer Blvd., KCMO. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30 pm. cyclopedicensemble.org/

(Watch for our Halloween Entertainment Guide in a future issue.)

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