Special Events & Permits in Missouri (2026)

Boone County requires a permit from the Highway Administrator or County Commission before any county-maintained road…

Independence lets residents close a street for a block party, fair, or festival at no charge under City Code §…

Lee's Summit does not run block parties through its Special Event Permit process. Instead, the UDO exempts them and…

Springfield requires a special event permit for any street closure or block party under City Code section 2-503; small…

St. Louis requires a special event permit for a block party, filed at least 60 days ahead, but waives the usual $25…

Kansas City issues free neighborhood block party permits to barricade a street to through traffic, but 60% of…

Reserving a Clay County park facility or holding a group event on park land runs through the permit process at Code of…

Anyone hosting a public picnic, celebration, concert or organized field/court use in an O'Fallon park must first get a…

Reserving a shelter, field, or holding a group event in a St. Charles County park requires written authorization from…

Anyone holding a special use or event in a Columbia, Missouri city park must get a director-issued permit first, and…

Booking a Florissant park facility, area or equipment requires a written reservation authorization from the Director…

Independence, Missouri requires a permit from the Parks and Recreation Director before anyone can use a City park for…

Reserving a shelterhouse in a Jackson County park requires a permit from the Parks + Rec Director, and only someone 21…

Reserving a pavilion, campsite, the in-line hockey rink, Big River Saddle Club equine facilities, or a Northwest Sports…

Kansas City's Parks and Recreation Department issues written reservations for exclusive use of park shelter houses…

Kirkwood requires a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation before anyone plays tennis, softball or hardball…

Springfield requires a permit from the parks director for any organized park activity or event drawing more than 30…

St. Louis requires a permit and bond for any park gathering of 100 or more people, covering damage repair, cleanup, and…

Reserving a St. Louis County park shelter, field or facility for a gathering requires a permit obtained in advance from…

Any parade or procession on a Columbia, Missouri street, except funerals, military or public-safety units, needs a…

Any procession or parade of more than six vehicles, or a pedestrian group wider than eight feet or longer than forty…

Kansas City requires a permit from the public works director for any parade of three or more people or vehicles…

Lee's Summit requires a permit from the Chief of Police before anyone organizes a parade or special event, defined as…

St. Charles County requires written authorization from the Parks and Recreation Director before anyone sponsors or…

Any parade or procession of 25 or more people or 25 or more vehicles on a St. Louis County road needs a permit first…

Clay County requires a county traffic engineer permit before any funeral, procession, or parade of 200 or more people…

Independence requires a permit from the Chief of Police for any parade or procession of more than three vehicles under…

Any parade or procession through O'Fallon streets needs a City Administrator permit before it can march, with military…

Springfield requires a city manager permit for any parade or race on public right-of-way, filed at least 60 business…

St. Louis requires parade organizers to file a special event permit application with the Special Events Office at least…

Large parades or processions on unincorporated Jackson County roads need 7 days' advance notice to the Sheriff, not a…

Clay County requires a permit for any vendor stand, tent, exhibition, parade, or special event held on park land under…

Festivals, fairs and carnivals in Lee's Summit need a Special Event Permit whenever they qualify as an 'entertainment…

Once O'Fallon's Mayor or City Administrator declares a Festival District, Section 225.180 bars unauthorized soliciting…

Springfield, Missouri routes street-use permits for its named festivals, Artsfest, First Night, Festival of Lights…

A St. Charles County festival running one to four days under one sponsoring organization can cover all of its sellers…

Promoters of festivals and street fairs in Columbia, Missouri, must obtain a temporary business license and file a…

Selling goods or food on Independence public property is banned unless the event has a special event permit, leaving…

Kansas City requires a city permit before any carnival, street fair, or rodeo, with a 14-day advance application…

Anyone selling goods, food, or beverages at a St. Louis fair, festival, or parade needs a $75 festival vendor license…

Florissant exempts vendors selling their wares at City-recognized craft fairs, the Valley of Flowers Festival and the…

Kansas City lets adjacent property or business owners convert on-street parking or sidewalk space into a public parklet…

Businesses in areas zoned for business must get an annual sidewalk café permit from the city director before placing…

Springfield's health department issues sidewalk cafe permits only alongside an existing restaurant, with strict…

Restaurants in Columbia, Missouri may set tables and chairs on sidewalks only after filing a sidewalk cafe plan with…

Kirkwood lets restaurants use the public sidewalk for outdoor seating under Code § 20-95. Seating for up to 12 needs no…

A restaurant putting tables on the sidewalk in front of its Lee's Summit storefront must ring the dining area with…

St. Louis requires a sidewalk café to hold both a Board of Public Service encroachment permit and a Street Department…