KANSAS CITY, Mo. (April 27, 2026) — The Kansas City Symphony has announced the 2026 return of the Mobile Music Box, featuring a lineup of 14 special concerts at local parks across the metro. The season officially opens with the Sar-Ko-Trails Park show on Wednesday, April 29, and will run until its closer in Gillham Park on June 17. 

First launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mobile Music Box provides free outdoor chamber music concerts to audiences across the metro. To date, Symphony musicians have performed in 258 unique locations, spread over 93 zip codes, reaching tens of thousands of people.  

“What began as a response to an unprecedented moment has grown into one of our most beloved community traditions,” said Stephanie Brimhall, the Kansas City Symphony’s Director of Education and Community Engagement. “The Mobile Music Box is about meeting our community where they are by bringing high-quality live music into neighborhood parks and public spaces, free of charge. It reminds us that music doesn’t belong only in concert halls; it belongs everywhere.” 

This season’s scheduled performances are: 

  • April 29: Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park (Lenexa, Kan.) | 6:30 p.m. 
  • May 3: Smith’s Fork Campground (Smithville, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • May 5: Meadowbrook Park (Prairie Village, Kan.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • May 6: English Landing Park (Parkville, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • May 13: Westwood Park (Kansas City, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • May 17: Mohawk Park (Mission, Kan.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • May 20: National World War I Museum and Memorial North Lawn (Kansas City, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. — This show will feature Stravinsky’s rarely performed Suite from A Soldier’s Tale.  
  • May 27: Roanoke Park (Kansas City, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • June 3: Loose Park (Kansas City, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • June 7: AdventHealth South Overland Park (Overland Park, Kan.) | 7:00 p.m. — This show features free chair massages on site by licensed massage therapists. 
  • June 9: Shawnee Mission Park Inclusive Playground (Shawnee, Kan.) | 6:00 p.m. 
  • June 13: Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council (Kansas City, Mo.) | 11:00 a.m. 
  • June 14: Future Stages Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) | 2:00 p.m. — This show features children’s activities. 
  • June 17: Gillham Park (Kansas City, Mo.) | 6:00 p.m. 

All performances are weather permitting. For outdoor park shows, lawn chairs, picnics and blankets are encouraged, and pets and children are more than welcome. 

A video documentary to learn more about the Mobile Music Box program can be found here. 

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About the Kansas City Symphony 

In only its 44th season, the Kansas City Symphony has already become one of America’s most vibrant major orchestras and has gained national and international recognition. At its orchestral home of Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the Symphony serves the Kansas City metropolitan region of more than 2.2 million people.   

The Symphony’s 80 full-time musicians present a diverse and dynamic range of orchestral and chamber music performances each season under the artistic leadership of music director Matthias Pintscher, an internationally acclaimed conductor and composer who regularly conducts many of the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies. 

In addition to concerts in Helzberg Hall, Symphony musicians perform throughout the region on an innovative portable stage, the Mobile Music Box. The Symphony also serves as the orchestra for the Kansas City Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, adding to the rich cultural experiences that these organizations offer to the community. 

For more information, visit www.kcsymphony.org.
 

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