This fall don’t miss the Kansas City Renaissance Festival with over 50 activities that families and children can enjoy for free once they arrive at the Festival this year! There will surely be a smile on every young face this season! Make sure to check out Magical Mermaid Cove! Mermaid Cove has blossomed and a group of mermaids will grace its shores this year! Then make your way throught he Fairy Forest and try and spot the whimsical fairies! The Kansas City Renaissance Festival is open August 31st through October 14th, plus Labor Day and Columbus Day, 10am-7pm. Rain for Shine. Free Parking. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets now!
KC Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze is Kansas City’s best value “haycation” with over 60 activities! General Admission includes: Duck Races, Jumping Pillow, barrel train, pedal go carts, Big Chair, zip line, Great Woof Lodge, Autumn Photo OPs, Musicians, magicians etc. Trike track, Petting zoo, Pig Display, Bunneyville, haunted barn, rock climbing wall, Dino Dig, 8 Brain Busters, Chicken Coop Slide, Bee Display, How Tall This Fall Photo OP Hay Mound, Corn Crib, 2 Diggers, 2 Horse Swings, Giant Pumpkin Slide, Toddler Play Gym, Hay Bale Maze, Corn Ball, Web Maze, Dragon Climb, KC Express, Mining Shaft Slide, Rope Maze, Tractor Pit, free corn maze and so much more! Open September 28th – October 31st. Located 7 miles south of Olathe at 1-35 and exit 207.
For those families with older children looking for a great haunted attraction try KC Fear Farm! Enter the Field of Screams haunted corn field at your own risk, the move on to Buried Alive, A full-on sensory experience! Feel, way and smell your way through Buried Alive. Then enter Circus Asylum and get lost in curtain chaos. Experience the dizzifying into the abyss of the Kansas Twister. Finally, find yourself trapped at yet another dead end in Insane Reaction. It’s five great haunts at a great value! Opens September 28th at dusk. Click here for more information.
Boo at the Zoo is Saturday, October 26 & Sunday, October 27. The last weekend in October come show off those creative costumes and celebrate Halloween at Boo at the Zoo!
The Zoo will be decorated in spooky (not scary, for the little ones) decorations and will be full of entertainment and activities including pedal tractor rides, spooky crafts, and hayrides through the Zoo. You can also paint on our monster mural, explore the boneyard graveyard, hear a phoophie tale, or get a tattoo at our Tatzoo Parlor.
Little ones can trick-or-treat at stations located throughout the Zoo. Boo at the Zoo will be on Saturday, October 26 and Sunday October 27th from 9:30 am-5 pm. Click here for details.
If you are looking for good family fun the Carolyn’s Country Cousins Pumpkin Patch in Liberty is sure to keep you entertained. Open September 15th – October 31st this pumpkin patch offers hayrides for the kids, Little Bud’s Railroad, Uncle Lester’s Pig Races, Giant Slides and Tractor Trikes, Little Farmer’s Playground and much more! Click here for more information and to purchase tickets!
Grab the family and head to the Louisburg Cider Mill for old fashioned apple cider and famous Lost Trail Root Beer! Be sure to grab one of their cider donuts before you tour the mill. The Ciderfest is coming up September 28-29th and October 5-6th. Admission is free and you can enjoy live music, craft booths, pony rides and donut making! Click here for more information!
The 2013 Lenexa Chili Challenge will take place on October 18-19 in Old Town Lenexa (at the corner of Santa Fe Trail Drive and Pflumm Road). Each year, about 190 teams compete in two divisions: Chili Appreciation Society International (C.A.S.I.) and Home Style Chili. Contestants also compete in the Salsa and Hot Wing contests.
Chili contestants arrive on Friday afternoon to begin setting up their booths. The festivities include live music and entertainment, fireworks, games and activities for all ages. The contest begins Saturday at 9 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m. with the announcement of the winners. Admission is FREE both days. Click here for more information.
