Lee’s Summit’s annual Downtown Days Festival is no more. In a stunning announcement made late Tuesday, the Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street board of directors decided to call it quits after a raucous weekend saw swarms of unruly teens wreaking havoc at the family-friendly event.
“With heavy hearts, we have made the decision that the 2026 Downtown Days festival will be our last,” a statement from DLSMS’s board read. “The safety of our community, small businesses, partners, volunteers, and attendees comes first.”
After viewing several video clips of teens behaving badly on the streets of downtown Lee’s Summit — one clip appeared to show a group of young people swarm a police officer while he was on his knees on the ground — who could blame the nonprofit organization for saying enough is enough? I certainly don’t…