FrostFire Puppet Festival

StoneLion Puppet Theatre and Historic Downtown Liberty MO present the first annual: “FrostFire Puppet Festival” Puppet fun to welcome back the sun.

Kansas City, MO — [10.8.2026] —
StoneLion Puppet Theatre, in partnership with Historic Downtown Liberty MO, is proud to announce a BRAND NEW event the  “FrostFire Puppet Festival” a free festival that will illuminate the historic square in Liberty, MO with giant illuminated puppets, shadow puppets, Art, FIRE and ICE.

Join us Friday or Saturday, January 29 and 30, 2027, 5 – 9 p.m. nightly on the streets of Downtown Liberty for an unforgettable night of glowing puppet shows, fire performers, roving entertainers, interactive crafts, local eats, music, and a Lantern Parade. Wander the stores, make a s’more, carve ice, learn about shadow puppetry, enjoy the shows celebrate winter while dreaming of spring.

Each night the windows of area businesses will come to life with short shadow puppet shows on rotation, interactive giant illuminated puppets, arts and crafts, a glowing student art show and FIRE and ICE art. Puppet Fun to welcome back the sun in the dark of our winter.

Each evening concludes with an interactive glowing Lantern Parade of puppets, music, costumes and YOU. Join the parade with your own lighted art or join in one of our lantern workshops before the event to make your own.

“A community celebration created by the community, performed by the community and gifted to you- our community” A continuation of StoneLion’s tradition that brings people together under the stars with art, light and meaning,” said Heather Loewenstein, Artistic Director at StoneLion Puppet Theatre.