What’s HOT in Downtown KC: 5.22-28

The Kansas City Symphony will present Celebration at the Station on the grounds of Union Station and the National WWI Museum and Memorial on Sunday. The largest free Memorial Day weekend concert in the Midwest, Celebration regularly draws crowds of 50,000 people. Click here to learn more.

Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s The Lion King, making its triumphant return to the Music Hall! Performances begin today and continue through Sunday, June 1. Click here for tickets and much more,

The World War I Museum and Memorial will open a new exhibit, Encounters, on Friday. Through cutting-edge visual storytelling, visitors will meet 16 individuals and hear their intimate first-person accounts crafted from diaries, letters and photos. Click here to learn more.