Going to Boulevardia this year? Here’s what you need to know

Joseph Hernandez
·4 min read

Boulevardia hits Crown Center in downtown Kansas City this weekend. The local music festival is the biggest in the city, and brings national and local acts together for two days of fun.

The festival runs on Friday from 4 to 11 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 11 p.m. There is no rain in the forecast, but the festival will happen rain or shine.

Check out the map here to find where everything is located during the festival.

WHERE TO PARK

The Crown Center garages are free for Boulevardia weekend after 6 p.m. on Friday, and it’s first come, first served. The garage is accessed on Grand Boulevard, which is south of the main entrance for Crown Center’s shopping mall.

Paid lots can also be found around the area if the Crown Center garage fills up, or you can find free street parking nearby and take the streetcar, which stops at Union Station on Main Street, right by Washington Square Park.

HOW MUCH ARE TICKETS?

Tickets for Boulevardia are now $50 for general admission and $55 for tickets bought on the day of the festival. VIP passes are still available for $140 each day.

WHAT ITEMS AREN’T ALLOWED?

Boulevardia security will ask you to put these items back if you bring them with you

  • Bottles and cans

  • Chemicals

  • Coolers

  • Fireworks and smoke bombs

  • Illegal drugs. Marijuana is also not allowed on festival grounds.

  • Outside food and drinks

  • Outside lawn chairs or camping chairs

  • Oversized backpacks, suitcase and large beach bags

  • Picnic baskets

  • Skateboards, ice skates or roller shoes. Roller skates can only be worn at the BLVDIA Roller Skating Party from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday

  • Unapproved pamphlets, handouts and advertisements

  • Weapons, such as firearms, knives, pepper spray and stun guns

Other items can be deemed inadmissible by event management and all bags, jackets, purses and guests are subject to search when they enter the event or at any time during the festival.

WHO’S PERFORMING AT BOULEVARDIA?

Visitors will hear live music at every turn with four stages scattered across Crown Center and Washington Square Park. Here’s the full of list of who’s performing at each stage on Friday and Saturday.

Visit Missouri Grand Stage

  • Kat King: 5:05 p.m. Friday

  • The Beths: 6:25 p.m. Friday

  • The War and Treaty: 7:50 p.m. Friday

  • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unity: 9:30 p.m. Friday

  • Grand Marquis: 1:05 p.m. Saturday

  • Jack Kays: 2:25 p.m. Saturday

  • Hembree: 3:45 p.m. Saturday

  • Big Freedia: 5:05 p.m. Saturday

  • K. Flay: 6:25 p.m. Saturday

  • grandson: 8:05 p.m. Saturday

  • Surfaces: 9:45 p.m. Saturday

Fountain Stage

  • Kansas City Latin Jazz Orchestra: 5 p.m. Friday

  • Glass Bandit: 6:15 p.m. Friday

  • Six Percent: 7:30 p.m. Friday

  • Cimafunk: 8:45 p.m. Friday

  • The Freedom Affair: 10 p.m. Friday

  • Say That Again: 1:15 p.m. Saturday

  • Daisy Buckët Drag Show: 2:30 p.m. Saturday

  • The Salvation Choir: 3:45 p.m. Saturday

  • Julia Haile: 5 p.m. Saturday

  • The Grisly Hand: 6:15 p.m. Saturday

  • Cortez Vaughn & Worship Culture: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

  • Me Like Bees: 8:45 p.m. Saturday

  • Atlantic Express: 10 p.m. Saturday

Propaganda3 Park Stage

  • Trevor Turla: 4:25 p.m. Friday

  • Back Alley Brass Band: 5:45 p.m. Friday

  • Katy Guillen and the Drive: 7:10 p.m. Friday

  • Post Sex Nachos: 8:50 p.m. Friday

  • Peter Schlamb and The Electric Tinks: 1:45 p.m. Saturday

  • Just Angel and The Wades: 3:05 p.m. Saturday

  • Quite Frankly: 4:25 p.m. Saturday

  • Sass-a-Brass: 5:45 p.m. Saturday

  • SPLATT: 7:25 p.m. Saturday

  • Found A Job: 9:05 p.m. Saturday

Quirk Terrace Stage

  • Caley Rose: 5:45 p.m. Friday

  • Malek Azrael and The Vibes: 7 p.m. Friday

  • Steddy P: 8:15 p.m. Friday

  • Friendly Thieves: 9:30 p.m. Friday

  • The Royal Chief: 2 p.m. Saturday

  • Zion Isaiah: 3:15 p.m. Saturday

  • Tre Mutava: 4:30 p.m. Saturday

  • Flare Tha Rebel: 5:45 p.m. Saturday

  • PmBata: 7 p.m. Saturday

  • Jass and the Boys: 8:15 p.m. Saturday

  • LYXE: 9:30 p.m. Saturday

WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO?

Silent Disco runs from 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday and 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday at the Crown Center Ice Terrace. A roller skating party takes place at the Ice Terrace from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Special passes to skip the line at Silent Disco can be purchased separately for $20.

The Makers Market features several Kansas City-based clothing, jewelry and art stores. Take a look at who’s set up at the market here.

Plenty of local food trucks will be on-site, providing visitors with some of Kansas City’s finest treats.