Chappell Roan’s stage is going up near Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial
By The Kansas City Star
Chappell Roan will take the stage in Kansas City in a matter of days, but her actual stage is already here.
The Missouri-born pop star is playing two sold-out shows on Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4, at what tickets call the “Museum and Memorial Grounds,” but locals might know it better as the area surrounding the National World War I Museum and Memorial, or the Liberty Memorial.
Since the weekend, crews have been on site setting up for the shows, bringing in tents, fences, merch and, of course, the stage itself. The setup covers most of the area to the south and east of the memorial.
It’s part of Roan’s Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things Tour, which is only going to two other sites in the U.S., the Los Angeles and New York areas. So fans from all over the middle of the country are expected to converge in KC to see the performance, which will welcome about 30,000 fans about a night.
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The stage for the Chappell Roan was being installed and the site readied Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, for the two concerts Friday and Saturday at the Museum and Memorial Park, which is the lawn area in front of the Liberty Memorial and the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Event staffers set up a stage outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
Event staffers set up tent lights outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
Event staffers set up banners onto a stage outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
Tents line the grounds outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday ahead of Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
Racks of clothing are seen outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
Vendor tents line the grounds outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert. Vendors will be set up in the median between the roads that lead up to the museum. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
An event staffer sets up vendor tents outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
The stage for Chappell Roan’s Friday and Saturday concert in Kansas City was being erected Tuesday on the south lawn of the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
An event staffer arranges tarps while setting up tents outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
A pile of pink lights and other equipment is transported on a golf cart outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
The stage for Chappell Roan’s Friday and Saturday concerts are being erected south of the National World War I Museum and Memorial. The crowd will view the shows from the lawn on the southeast portion of the museum grounds. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
Tents line the grounds outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
An event staffer loads a golf cart with pink patio lights outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
A constructed stage is seen outside the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Kansas City, ahead of pop singer Chappell Roan's concert Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
This story was originally published October 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM.
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