Category: Arts and entertainment

The 45th annual Kansas City Renaissance Festival begins Saturday, Sept. 3, at the festival grounds, near 126th and State Avenue, Bonner Springs.

The theme of opening weekend is “Swashbucklers and Sirens.”

The festival is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day.

The festival is open on weekends through Oct. 16.

New to the festival this year are the Captain’s Rum Raid and Henry’s Happy Hour at the White Stag Inn.

Tickets may be purchased at the box office or online at www.kcrenfest.com.

Coupons are available at the City Market on Saturday, Casey’s, Minsky’s, Half Price Books and Culver’s.

For more information, including a schedule of events, see https://www.kcrenfest.com/

Tiblow Days kicks off in downtown Bonner Springs tonight.

The annual festival in Bonner Springs will run from Aug. 25 to 27.

The events start with the mayor’s banquet at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 at City Hall. Tickets are required.

A carnival also starts tonight, running from 5 to 10 p.m. Arm bands or tickets may be purchased for rides.

More events are planned Friday at Tiblow Days, with the carnival from 5 to 10 p.m. Aug. 26 and vendor booths and food trucks from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The City Band Concert and ice cream social will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Centennial Park.

A free concert and live music by Stolen Winnebagos will continue at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Centennial Park.

Saturday will start with the Tiblow Trot, a 5-mile and 5k run or 2k walk at 7 a.m.

Then the Tiblow Days Parade will start at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lions Park to Nettleton, ending at the top of Oak Street.

A car show will follow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on Cedar Street.

Vendor booths and food trucks will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

The carnival will continue from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Local performances are scheduled at 11:15 a.m. at Kelly Murphy Park.

A free concert and live music are scheduled starting at 7 p.m. Saturday at Centennial Park. Syx Pack will perform at 7 p.m.; Poison Overdose at 8 p.m.; and Motley Crucial at 9 p.m.

For more information about Tiblow Days and a map, visit https://www.bsedwchamber.org/tiblowdays.