After fights and disruptions marred Lee’s Summit’s Downtown Days over the weekend, organizers announced on Tuesday that they wouldn’t bring the event back in the future.
“With heavy hearts, we have made the decision that the 2026 Downtown Days festival will be our last,” Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street’s board of directors said in a statement Tuesday evening, saying that the group was prioritizing the safety of attendees, vendors, volunteers and others involved in the event.
“Over the last few years, we implemented a number of security and safety changes with the hope that this community tradition could continue,” the statement said. “Even with those changes, it was not enough to prevent what happened Saturday evening at Downtown Days.”…