Upcoming Kansas City Events

Crown Center Square, Kansas City, MO

Hallmark recreates a holiday town square at Crown Center Square every weekend from Thanksgiving through Christmas, with light displays, artist-led workshops, local vendors, and Hallmark Channel stars on stage. General admission is free; ticketed packages add access to the stage shows. The plaza sits at the heart of Crown Center, directly connected by indoor walkway to the Westin and Sheraton hotels, which makes it one of the easiest cold-weather events in Kansas City to plan a scooter rental around.

Lee Arena and White Concert Hall, Washburn University

Washburn is the only area school with a clearly published December and May pattern, and it splits ceremonies across two on-campus venues on the same days. Accessible seating is first-come and cannot be reserved.

Bartle Hall (Kansas City Convention Center)

The Kansas City Home Show is one of the largest annual consumer trade shows at Bartle Hall, drawing tens of thousands of homeowners across a three-day weekend each January. A scooter rental delivered to your downtown hotel turns a demanding, booth-to-booth day on the convention floor into a comfortable visit.

T-Mobile Center

The Big 12 Basketball Tournament is one of Kansas City's signature annual events: four to five days of conference basketball at T-Mobile Center that fills downtown hotels and the Power & Light District with fans from across the Big 12 footprint. A multi-day scooter rental delivered to your downtown hotel handles the full tournament experience.

Ottawa University — AdventHealth Field or Fredrikson Chapel

Ottawa University has held its Kansas commencement outdoors on the field in one year and indoors in Fredrikson Chapel in another. Grass versus a chapel floor is a real difference for a wheelchair or scooter, so plan for both.

Kansas Speedway

NASCAR's spring race weekend at Kansas Speedway is one of two annual Cup Series visits to Kansas City: three days of qualifying, support series racing, and the Cup race itself across the Speedway's 1.5-mile tri-oval. A full-weekend mobility scooter rental delivered to your hotel handles the race, the long walks, and the multi-day stamina demand.

College Church of the Nazarene

MNU graduates at College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, next to campus but at a different address. Two ceremonies in one day, an accessible north entrance under an awning, and confirmed dates through 2028.

Cable Dahmer Arena

Park University graduates at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, about 30 miles from the Parkville campus. Park publishes the most specific accessibility detail of any area school, including a named contact and real deadlines.

Municipal Auditorium

Rockhurst holds commencement downtown at Municipal Auditorium, and publishes unusually candid guidance, including a warning about a long walk on steep ramps and an accessible bus to the Hawk Walk afterwards.

Mabee Center, William Jewell College

William Jewell is candid about the two things that matter: the Walk Around the Quad route is not wheelchair accessible, and the Mabee Center is not air-conditioned. Both are worth planning around.

Hy-Vee Arena

Avila has moved commencement off campus to Hy-Vee Arena in the West Bottoms for 2027, and has not yet published mobility guidance for the new venue. Here is what is confirmed, what is not, and who to ask.

George F. Collins Jr. Sports & Convention Center

Baker holds commencement at the Collins Center in Baldwin City. Guest wheelchair seating is first-come, and Baker currently publishes no working parking map, so confirm the details directly with the university.

T-Mobile Center

UMKC holds its campuswide commencement downtown at T-Mobile Center rather than on the Volker campus, so the day is a downtown parking-garage day, not a campus day. We deliver scooters and wheelchairs to your hotel.

David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium

KU publishes more for guests with mobility needs than any other area school: a free Commencement shuttle, paratransit on request, accessible drop-off and a stairless route to the Campanile. Here is how to use all of it.

Cable Dahmer Arena

MCC holds one combined district-wide commencement at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, split into two sittings on the same Thursday. It is not one ceremony per campus. That is a common and costly misunderstanding.

JCCC Gymnasium

JCCC commencement is in the campus Gymnasium in Overland Park, with two ceremonies on one day. The college publishes ADA parking and a mobility drop-off near the Gym entrance, but gym seating is unassigned, and that is the part worth planning around.

Sporting Park

KCKCC graduation is held outdoors at Sporting Park. The college publishes that the procession is three-quarters of a mile, that there are stairs in every section, and that it does not provide wheelchairs or walkers, so families bring their own.

Venue not published by the college — confirm before travelling

Donnelly publishes the best-confirmed commencement dates of any area college (through 2032) but no venue and no accessibility information. Here is what is solid, and the one question to ask before you travel.

Crown Center area, Kansas City, MO (venue has historically moved between the Stockyards/West Bottoms and Crown Center — confirm current year)

Boulevardia is Kansas City's annual craft beer, music, and food festival and one of the signature summer outdoor events in the metro. This guide covers mobility scooter rental logistics, festival accessibility patterns, and hotel base options for visitors with mobility needs planning a Boulevardia weekend.

Crown Center, Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Irish Fest is the region's largest celebration of Irish music, dance, food, and culture. It's a three-day Labor Day weekend festival at Crown Center that draws tens of thousands of visitors across the long weekend. A rental scooter delivered to your downtown or Crown Center hotel makes the full festival accessible from multiple stages to the food tents to the dance competitions.

Country Club Plaza

The Plaza Art Fair is one of the Midwest's top juried art festivals, transforming Kansas City's Country Club Plaza into an open-air gallery of more than 240 artists across three days each September. Music stages, food vendors, and Plaza-wide programming fill the district. A rental scooter delivered to your Plaza-area hotel covers the entire festival footprint without the walking fatigue of a typical day.

American Royal Complex (venue has migrated in recent years — confirm current year)

The American Royal World Series of BBQ is the world's largest barbecue competition and one of Kansas City's signature annual events, with hundreds of BBQ teams, public tastings, live music and KC's barbecue culture on full display. A multi-day rental scooter makes a three-day event weekend comfortable from gate to tasting to concert stage.