Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival
- Dates
- Expected September 2027
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Theatre in the Park
- Price
- Free
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Sep 1, 2026
Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival comes to Theatre in the Park, Shawnee, KS, Expected September 2027. Froligo tracks free-entry details, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
The Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival is a free, single-day country-music and arts event held at Theatre in the Park in Shawnee, Kansas, part of the Kansas City Country Music Arts Festivals series produced by Heartland Music Festivals. It pairs a full day of full-band performances by CMA, Grand Ole Opry and Billboard-charting country artists with an arts-and-crafts marketplace, a farmers' fresh market and a food-and-beverage garden. General admission is free (a paid parking pass is required), and the event is promoted as family-friendly
Listen
No official playlist linked yet. Find Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival on Spotify.
Lineup
Lineup not yet announced. Email me the day it lands.
Getting there
Nearest airport MCI.
How do I get to Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival. The nearest major airport is MCI, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
RideKC Route 229 runs MCI to downtown Kansas City (~1 hour, tap-to-pay only as of 1 Jun 2026, once-hourly). From downtown, reaching Theatre in the Park at Shawnee Mission Park requires a further local RideKC transfer or a rideshare leg no single-seat transit ride exists from MCI to the venue. Practical mainly for attendees already routing through downtown KC
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
MCI to Shawnee, KS (Theatre in the Park) is roughly 25 miles / 30-40 min by car, beyond the ~15-mile/25-35-min downtown-KC benchmark cited by the airport's own ground-transport page the most practical single-leg option for this suburban venue given no direct transit or festival shuttle exists
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
Prepay via Festival's own online ticketing page for the optional $12 Venue Parking Pass; no third-party platform (ParkMobile/SpotHero) found. General admission to the festival itself is free per the live pricing record; the $12 fee is specifically for the optional prepaid parking pass, not festival entry
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at MCI
Free one-day suburban KC-metro festival ~25 miles from MCI with no direct transit or festival shuttle car hire (or rideshare) is the practical way in for fly-in attendees, since the venue sits well outside downtown KC's transit-served core
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Theatre in the Park
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Lenexa-Shawnee Music & Arts Festival?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Hotels nearby 4
Airbnb & private camping
Not a realistic alternative for this festival dense KC-metro suburban setting, free one-day event with no camping culture around it. Kansas City-metro-area Hipcamp listings exist but are all general-purpose camping/glamping, not festival-adjacent
Search Hipcamp →Accessibility & comfort
What the organiser or venue publishes about getting around, and what they do not.
Official site kcmusicfestival.com and its FAQ checked; no accessibility, ADA or disabled access information published. The only ground surface detail, that vendor displays are nearly always on grass, is recorded in comfort.ada_note
Confirm your specific needs with the organiser's access team before you travel.
Checked 2026-09-03 · source
Pricing
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