Both of us are working the room at Harrah’s for the KC Whiskey Expo. Hit the booths that matter, skip the ones we already know, and leave with a short list of regional pours worth chasing down. The KC Whiskey Expo is the calendar event for the Kansas City whiskey crowd.

What is the KC Whiskey Expo?

The KC Whiskey Expo at Harrah’s North Kansas City is the region’s annual ticketed whiskey tasting, held the first Saturday of November. The event traces its origins to the Weston Whiskey & Tobacco Fest, run by Weston Tobacco out of the historic Burley House in Weston, Missouri. After outgrowing the Weston venue, the program migrated to Harrah’s around 2021 and now runs as a multi-distillery, multi-format pour event with seminars and breakouts.

Sister event Weston Whiskey Fest still runs in Weston in October.