June 2025

Get ready for a berry good time at the Vaile Mansion Strawberry Festival

Independence’s Vaile Mansion will be the site of summer fun when the mansion hosts its annual Strawberry Festival on June 7.

Shop for crafts and antiques from vendors on site, listen to live musical entertainment, and take your kids by the festival’s children’s corner. Of course, the highlight of the event – plentiful baskets of strawberries, strawberry shortcake and strawberry ice cream – will allow visitors to savor the sweetest tastes of summer.

Admission to the festival is free, and the festival runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call Vaile Mansion at 816-325-7430 or visit www.vailemansion.org.

June 2025

Merchant Square packs the June calendar with variety of events

Merchant Square Antique Marketplace in Independence is keeping its calendar full this month.

June kicks off with a red, white, and blue market pop-up June 1-30, a warmup to the Fourth of July holiday, featuring patriotic Americana and other vintage treasures. A classic car show will rev up the fun on June 7. And discover if those hand-me-downs are worth anything with an appraisal fair on June 14. A Father’s Day giveaway will follow on June 15.

If those deals aren’t enough, how about storewide bargains? Merchant Square will welcome the middle of June with a storewide sale June 20-22.
As always, come in for Senior Tuesday every Tuesday; also, military service members receive 10% off anytime.

While you’re at Merchant Square, don’t forget to visit the store’s most recent addition, the American Way Market Café, featuring BBQ, locally grown produce, locally raised meats and dairy, and bread baked daily in house.

For more information, call 480-792-1919 or visit www.merchantsquarevintage.com.