Kansas City’s Labor Day weekend is packed with air show, festivals, wrestling, more
First the festivals, then the theater openings — the local entertainment scene will be packed over Labor Day weekend and into next week. And that’s not even counting the Kansas City Air Show, the Kansas City Symphony season opener, big-time professional wrestling and rock icon Roger Waters.
Longtime favorites the Kansas City Irish Fest at Crown Center and SantiCaliGon Days in the Independence Square, both starting Friday, are the highlights of the festival schedule.
Hours for the Irish Fest, in its 20th year providing live music, shopping and much more, will be 5-11 p.m. Sept. 2 and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sept. 3-4. Tickets ($20-$70) and more information at kcirishfest.com.
SantiCaliGon Days, with Little Texas and Lone Star as music headliners to go with hundreds of exhibitors and a carnival, are free. Hours are noon-11 p.m. Sept. 2, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sept. 3-4 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 5. Go to santacaligon.com.
Also, the Kansas City Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs will begin its six-week run on Sept. 3. Tickets ($12.50-$24.95) and more information at kcrenfest.com.
Other festivals
▪ De Soto Days Festival, Sept. 1-4, De Soto (free). desotodays.com.
▪ GloWild Lantern Festival, Sept. 1-Dec. 11, Kansas City Zoo ($18-$25). kansascityzoo.org/glowild.
▪ Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival, Sept. 2-4, City Market (free). kcchalkandwalk.org.
▪ Central Avenue Dotteversity Parade, Sept. 3, Kansas City, Kansas (free). cabakck.org/central-avenue-parade or facebook.com.
▪ Rock The BloKC, Sept. 3, 18th and Vine District ($5-$10). eventbrite.com.
Theater
▪ Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” will kick off the Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 2022-23 season at Spencer Theatre, opens 7 p.m. Sept. 6; runs through Sept. 25 ($35-$79). kcrep.org.
▪ Kansas City Actors Theatre will present “Dot” at the City Stage in Union Station, opens 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7; runs through Sept. 18 ($20-$47). kcactors.org.
▪ “Toni Stone,” Unicorn Theatre’s season opener, tells the story of the first woman to play in Negro League baseball, opens 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7; runs through Sept. 25 ($37-$47). unicorntheatre.org.
▪ Fishtank Theatre’s “MotherFreakingHood! The Musical” will entertain audiences at the Black Box, opens 8 p.m. Sept. 7; runs through Sept. 16 ($35-$45). eventbrite.com.
Other highlights
▪ Rockhurst University’s Greenlease Gallery will reopen after a two-year closure with “This Land is My Land/Your Land,” opening reception 5:30 p.m. Sept. 2; runs through Dec. 4 (free). rockhurst.edu.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and U.S. Army Golden Knights will be among the performances at the Kansas City Air Show at New Century AirCenter, 9 a.m. Sept. 3-4 ($9-$399). kcairshow.org.
▪ WWE Raw wrestling will come to the T-Mobile Center for the first time in a year, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 ($24-$119). t-mobilecenter.com.
▪ The Kansas City Symphony will open its 2022-23 season with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in Concert at the Kauffman Center, 7 p.m. Sept. 7-9, 2 p.m. Sept. 11 ($60-$140). kcsymphony.org.
Music
▪ The Driver Era, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1, The Truman ($30-$60). thetrumankc.com.
▪ Three Days Grace, 6 p.m. Sept. 1, Kansas City Live! ($25-$65). powerandlightdistrict.com.
▪ Idles, 8 p.m. Sept. 2, The Truman ($30-$60). thetrumankc.com.
▪ “Weird Al” Yankovic, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 2, Kauffman Center ($60.50-$110.50). kauffmancenter.org.
▪ Shinedown, 7 p.m. Sept. 3, Azura Amphitheater ($29.50-$199.50). azuraamp.com.
▪ Roger Waters, 8 p.m. Sept. 3, T-Mobile Center ($35-$199.50). t-mobilecenter.com.
▪ African Summer Fest featuring Ali Kiba, 2 p.m. Sept. 4, Grandview Amphitheater ($5-$70). eventbrite.com.
▪ White Linen Party featuring Stokley, Jon B and Love Mae C, 6 p.m. Sept. 4, Kansas City Live! ($35). powerandlightdistrict.com.
▪ Modest Mouse with The Cribs, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5, GrindersKC ($45-$190). grinderskc.com.
▪ Dancefestopia, Sept. 6-11, LaCygne ($99-$599.97). dancefestopia.com.
This story was originally published August 31, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
