Every spring, Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest is one Jacksonville’s biggest tours. The tour was started in 1984 when a few residents started to inquire about a big celebration in the middle of the park. was ultimately the vision of Chad Van Gundy, who came up with the idea while listening to his favorite cassette tape. Without much funding the festival started out small, relying a lot on local artists..

After a rough few years the city's residents embraced Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest The tour booked bigger acts and the attention the tour received increased exponentially. Hotel rooms in the city were soon being filled months in advance for the dates surrounding Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest.

Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest now sells out months in advance, with tickets generally gone before the first week of their being released. Organizers of the tour no that they have a responsibility to ask local groups to play, even though they could probably get just about any group they want. The organizers of Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest have publicly wondered if the event is getting too big and if the tour will soon start to be too expensive for the original fans.

More big name artists and more stages are sure to make this festival the must-see event of the year. TheSeats.com’s extensive website has everything from concert seating charts to tour schedules, making TheSeats.com the single best one-stop shop for Kansas City Rock & Metal Fest tickets.