diff --git a/content/events/2025-kansas-city/sponsor.md b/content/events/2025-kansas-city/sponsor.md
index f61524714a1..2091225d079 100644
--- a/content/events/2025-kansas-city/sponsor.md
+++ b/content/events/2025-kansas-city/sponsor.md
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ The best thing to do is send engineers to interact with the experts at DevOpsDay
       <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#ffe8a3;"><strong>$6,000</strong></td>
       <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#e5e5e5;"><strong>$4,000</strong></td>
       <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#85cdad;"><strong>Partnership</strong></td>
-      <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$5,000</strong></td>
-      <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$4,000</strong></td>
-      <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$8,000</strong></td>
+      <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$2,000</strong></td>
       <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$2,500</strong></td>
+      <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$4,000</strong></td>
+      <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#8bc2d6;"><strong>$2,000</strong></td>
     </tr>
     <!-- <tr style="text-align: center;">
       <td align="center" style="text-align: center; background:#FFE8A3;"></td>
diff --git a/content/events/2025-kansas-city/welcome.md b/content/events/2025-kansas-city/welcome.md
index 57068469f91..949b44ab789 100644
--- a/content/events/2025-kansas-city/welcome.md
+++ b/content/events/2025-kansas-city/welcome.md
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Description = "DevOpsDays Kansas City, after a successful return in 2024, is bac
 
 <div class = "row" id = "main-row">
   <div class = "col-md-6 push-md-6" id = "left-col">
-    <h2>DevOpsDays Kansas City 2025 is coming!</h2>
+    <h2>DevOpsDays Kansas City 2025 is August 13!</h2>
     <p>
-    After a successful return in 2024, DevOpsDays KC is back for 2025! Join us in Kansas City for a day of talks, networking, and collaboration. And as a bonus, <span style="color: red; font-size: 1.10rem; font-weight: 900;">we're co-locating with <a href="https://kcdc.info" target="_blank">KCDC 2025</a></span>, so you can attend both events in one trip!
+    After a successful return in 2024, DevOpsDays KC is back for 2025! Join us in Kansas City on Aug 13, 2025 for a day of talks, networking, and collaboration. And as a bonus, <span style="color: red; font-size: 1.10rem; font-weight: 900;">we're co-locating with <a href="https://kcdc.info" target="_blank">KCDC 2025</a></span>, so you can attend both events in one trip!
     </p>
     <p>
     DevOpsDays KC 2025 will be our 6th annual conference in Kansas City!! Kansas City is home to large enterprise technology and software companies, medium- to small-businesses, and a growing startup community. This event will allow you to connect with a diverse set of stakeholders from these companies all in one place, and we expect to have 300+ attendees at the event.
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ Description = "DevOpsDays Kansas City, after a successful return in 2024, is bac
                   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subscribe to the Mailing List
               </a>
             </div>
+<!-- remove CFP 
             <div class = "d-flex p-2">
               <a class="btn btn-primary btn-block" style = "margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #96bfe6; border-color: #96bfe6;" href="https://sessionize.com/kcdc-2025" target="_blank">
               <i class="fa-brands fa-stack-exchange"></i>
               &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Propose a Talk
               </a>
             </div>
+-->
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -94,11 +96,12 @@ Description = "DevOpsDays Kansas City, after a successful return in 2024, is bac
     <strong>Register</strong>
   </div>
   <div class = "col-md-8">
-    <a href="https://ti.to/kansas-city-developers-conference/kcdc-2025" target="_blank">Register to attend the conference!</a>
+    <a href="https://ti.to/kansas-city-developers-conference/kcdc-2025/with/devopsdays" target="_blank">Register to attend the conference!</a>
 <!--    {{< event_link page="registration" text="Register to attend the conference!" >}} -->
   </div>
 </div>
 
+<!-- remove CFP
 <div class = "row">
   <div class = "col-md-2">
     <strong>Propose</strong>
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ Description = "DevOpsDays Kansas City, after a successful return in 2024, is bac
     {{< event_link page="propose" text="Propose a talk!" >}}
   </div>
 </div>
+-->
 
 <!-- <div class = "row">
   <div class = "col-md-2">
diff --git a/data/events/2025/kansas-city/main.yml b/data/events/2025/kansas-city/main.yml
index de35a2eea8d..ef5f94e5089 100644
--- a/data/events/2025/kansas-city/main.yml
+++ b/data/events/2025/kansas-city/main.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ location: "Kansas City Convention Center" # Defaults to city, but you can make i
 location_address: "Kansas City Convention Center, 301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, MO 64105" #Optional - use the street address of your venue. This will show up on the welcome page if set. Also used by the event_map shortcode!
 
 nav_elements: # List of pages you want to show up in the navigation of your page.
-  - name: propose
+#  - name: propose
   - name: location
   - name: registration
  # - name: program
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members.
     image: "jeremy-meiss.jpg"
     bio: "Jeremy is an experienced Developer Experience and Community leader with almost 30 years in Tech. He's is active in the DevRel and DevOps communities, and is a co-creator of DevOpsPartyGames.com. A lover of all things coffee, community, open source, and tech, he is a husband and father, and is also house-broken, and (generally) plays well with others."
   - name: "Erin Crise"
-    employer: "TekSystems"
+    employer: "Cycle Labs"
     bluesky: ""
     twitter: "queentester"
     linkedin: "https://linkedin.com/in/erin-crise"
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members.
     image: "jeff-stephens.jpg"
     bio: "Jeff has worked as a Linux Systems Administrator for the last 13 years. His current focus is cloud application platforms. Beyond work, he is an avid baseball fan, and spends his free time as a musician and photographer."
   - name: "Eric Lee"
-    bluesky: ""
+    bluesky: "https://bsky.app/profile/ericlee.bsky.social"
     employer: "AWS"
     twitter: "ericblee6"
     linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericblee6/"
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members.
     image: "cj-obermaier.jpg"
     bio: "CJ has been involved in DevOpsDays KC since the first conference in 2016. He enjoys coaching high school soccer and spending time with his wife and dog."
   - name: "Ben Dechrai"
-    employer: ""
+    employer: "https://bsky.app/profile/bendechr.ai"
     twitter: "https://ben.sc/twitter"
     linkedin: "https://ben.sc/linkedin"
     github: "https://ben.sc/github"
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ sponsors:
 #    url: http://mysponsor.com/?campaign=me # Use this if you need to over-ride a sponsor URL.
 #  - id: arresteddevops
 #    level: community
+  - id: teksystems
+    level: karaoke
 
 sponsors_accepted : "yes" # Whether you want "Become a XXX Sponsor!" link
 
@@ -135,6 +137,8 @@ sponsor_levels:
   - id: silver
     label: Silver
     max: 10 # This is the same as omitting the max limit.
+  - id: karaoke
+    label: Karaoke
   - id: bronze
     label: Bronze
   # - id: technology