Kansas City neighborhoods
Pick a part of town to see what is there, its places on a map, and the dates that start there.
River Market
The north end of downtown, by the Missouri River. City Market holds a farmers market on weekends, and the streetcar runs right through.
27 dates · 42 places
Crossroads
Old warehouses just south of downtown, now galleries, bars and restaurants. On the first Friday of the month the galleries stay open late and the streets fill up.
54 dates · 64 places
Plaza
The Country Club Plaza: Spanish-style shopping streets from the 1920s, with fountains on the corners. The holiday lights go on Thanksgiving night.
44 dates · 57 places
West Bottoms
Brick warehouses below the bluffs, where the stockyards used to be. Vintage shops open on the first weekend of each month, and the big haunted houses run every October.
34 dates · 31 places
North Kansas City
North Kansas City is its own small city, just across the Missouri River from downtown. Its main street is Armour Road, walkable end to end, with breweries a few blocks off it.
18 dates · 27 places
Westport
Founded in the 1830s as the last stop for wagons heading west. Now it is bars and live music, busiest late on weekends.
25 dates · 31 places
Downtown
Office towers, the Power & Light District and the T-Mobile Center, with the streetcar running down Main Street.
48 dates · 65 places
Brookside and Waldo
Neighborhood shops, pizza and corner bars south of the Plaza. The Trolley Track Trail runs through both, on the old streetcar line.
26 dates · 39 places
18th & Vine
The jazz district east of downtown: the American Jazz Museum, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and live jazz at the Blue Room.
13 dates · 16 places
Northland
The Northland is the wide area north of the Missouri River. Mostly suburbs, parks and lakes, so most dates here need a car.
45 dates · 59 places
Overland Park
Johnson County, on the Kansas side. Downtown Overland Park has a few walkable blocks; most other dates here need a car.
50 dates · 95 places
Midtown
Between downtown and the Plaza: restaurants on West 39th Street, bars on Main, and old houses around Hyde Park.
32 dates · 60 places
Kansas City, KS
The Kansas side of the state line: taquerias along Central Avenue, Strawberry Hill on the bluff, and Village West out by the Speedway.
18 dates · 12 places
Lee's Summit & Independence
The eastern suburbs. Independence has its old square, where Harry Truman lived, and Lee's Summit has its downtown on Main and Third.
26 dates · 29 places