You saw Saturday’s KC Pride Parade, but did you see this parade on the Missouri River?
HG Biggs
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Saturday was a day for parades in Kansas City.
Hundreds of people, many in outlandish costumes or riding on floats bedecked in rainbow motifs to celebrate LGBTQ communities, marched in the KC Pride Parade Saturday morning. That parade started in Westport, made its way past the Country Club Plaza and ended in Theis Park.
Another not so well known, but nearly as colorful, parade started a few hours later closer to downtown Kansas City.
Starting at Kaw Point Park at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, dozens of boats put into the water to participate in a parade of art boats during the Kawsmouth River Carnival.
Participants in the Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade launch their crafts Saturday from Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kansas.
Most of the boats in the event were typical kayaks and canoes that can be seen on the rivers but these came with extra bling. The event organizers of this Mardi Gras-style boat parade, Lucid Illusion Collective in partnership with Healthy Rivers Partnership, encouraged the boaters to decorate their crafts and have some fun as the current carried them to their landing point at Riverfront Park. Many of the boats’ crews floated down the Big Muddy in costumes. Prizes were awarded for the best entries.
A Viking longboat, a lobster-themed boat and a boat with a giant frog floated under the bridges and past the downtown skyline. One of the bigger boats, the Kansas City Lady, served as a stage for the Riverbeat Rascals jazz band as the band performed during its voyage downstream.
Here are photos from the event.
Participants in the Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade on Saturday leave Kaw Point Park in Kansas City, Kansas, and travel down the Missouri River to the Riverfront Park boat ramp in Kansas City.
Toby South steers his homemade hot tub boat as Rheg gestures to another boater Saturday during the Kawsmouth River Carnival.
A canoe decorated with a large wooden frog and variety of plastic flowers awaits launch before the Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade.
Particpants in Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade launch their decorated boat at Kaw Point Park.
A skeleton themed boat is readied for launch in the Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade Saturday at Kaw Point Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
Participants in the Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade navigated a short section of the Missouri River on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kansas, to the Riverfront Park boat ramp in Kansas City, Missouri.
Boats particpating in the Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade are dwarfed by bridges they passed under Saturday on the Missouri River.
Nick Lewz and Samantha ‘Wolf’ Wolfskill paddle away from Kaw Point Saturday during the Kawsmouth River Carnival.
A boat made to look like a Viking longboat floats down the Missouri River with its crew Saturday during the Kawsmouth River Carnival.
The Riverbeat Rascals jazz band prepares to perform Saturday during the Kawsmouth River Carnival.
Two Kawsmouth River Carnival boat parade participants steer kayaks decorated with skeletons away from Kaw Point.
Tessa and Patrick Sullivan begin their journey down the Missouri River from Kaw Point on Saturday, June 8, 2024, starting at Kaw Point and traveling down the Missouri River to the Riverfront Park boat ramp in Kansas City.
Roger Macbride photographs the Riverbeat Rascals jazz band onboard his boat, the Kansas City Lady, Saturday during the Kawsmouth River Carnival.
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