Kickoff the 2025 Holidays with your favorite small businesses and restaurants in the historic Brookside Shops Thursday, November 13th through Sunday, November 16th. The tradition continues, ushering in the holiday season with pop-ups, specials, treats and more all weekend long and a special visit from Santa, cookies, hot chocolate, a tree lighting, live music and more to kick it all off on Thursday from 5-6 pm, and a new Cookies, Cocoa and Craft Crawl Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. It’s a great event and you’re sure to find gifts for yourself and everyone else special in the Brookside Shops this season.

You'd be batty to miss out on candy and treats during the 2025 Brookside Trick-or-Treat Street event. Dress up your little witches, ghosts, goblins, pirates, princesses and superheroes and bring them to Brookside for two hours of family fun from 4 to 6 pm. It's a great way to start Halloween night off right! Wether you've been before or not, we hope you'll make Trick or Treat Street part of your annual tradition. .

Trick-or-Treat Street is held in the historic Brookside shops between Wornall and Main from 62nd Terrace to Meyer Boulevard. This annual event is made possible by the many Brookside shops that hand out treats, a team of volunteers that help children cross the streets, and the Brookside Business Association and CID.

Show your appreciation to the women of Brookside througout October during the 5th annual Brookside Women-Owned celebration!

1. Show your love and appreciation all month by shopping and doing business with women-owned businesses. Weekends in October are designated Women-Owned Weekends and several women-owned businesses are celebrating with special events (see businesses for details).
2. Celebrate the Women Owners, Tuesday October 7th from 6 to 8 pm at a special reception and recognition ceremony featuring and honoring the many successful, hardworking, innovative women-owned businesses who are also inspiring the next generation of women-owned businesses in KC. Enjoy snacks and beverages from our sponsors, meet the women owners and learn more about our honorees, their business journey and how they make Brookside special. RSVPs required to attend. Register at bit.ly/BKS-WOW-25 through Monday, October 6th.
3. Leaving your favorite women-owned businesses a review, like and follow them online, and share a post. They appreciate knowing you love them, your review encourages others to visit, and liking and following them, and sharing posts helps them been seen and reach others.

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