Free Outdoor Concert at WSU Rhatigan Student Center
The Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State University will host a FREE outdoor concert with Adam Capps and the Dirt Road Drifters on Friday evening, October 2, 2015. This concert is open to the public. Families are welcome to bring food and (non-alcoholic) drinks to enjoy a picnic accompanied by live music on the East […]
Inflate-A-Fest from Kids Fest is happening in October
For $5 admission, get unlimited access to all the inflatables set up in Century II for Inflate-A-Fest – a fall event being put on by the KidsFest folks. This is a new event this fall. Inflate-A-Fest will be held October 17, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Century II Exhibition Hall in […]
New “Pop-Up Park” grand opening in downtown Wichita
There used to be a hole back behind some buildings on Douglas Avenue downtown. That hole has been filled with a brand new “Pop Up Park” – a temporary urban park that will be a nice place for everyone in Wichita to enjoy. To celebrate, and to kick off activities in the park, the Wichita […]
Southwest is having a sale on airfare
Southwest Airlines is having an airfare sale through September 24, 2015, and we in Wichita get to participate this time. Fares out of Eisenhower International Airport (did I get that name right?) are as low as $86 one way. That’s if you want to fly to Dallas. Chicago will cost you only $99 one way, […]
Discount Admission at Exploration Place this Sunday! (Don’t miss it.)
This Sunday, July 26, 2015, Exploration Place will be participating in iHeartMedia’s Summer of Fun with a really, really special deal! Admission will be only $2.98 per person for everyone 3 years old and up. Kids ages 2 and younger get in free, as always. Regular admission is $9.50 for adult and $6 for ages […]
FREE Car Seat Safety Checks in Wichita (and a free class)
Wesley Medical Center offers FREE car seat safety checks in Wichita. Your infant or child’s car seat will be checked for safety and proper installation by Wesley’s certified car seat specialists. Call 962-2105 for dates, times and location of car seat checks. Wesley also has a free upcoming class, “Car Seat Safety,” which is a […]
Outdoor Movie Night at Chick-fil-A, East Wichita
Bring your family to enjoy dinner, activities with the Bug Lady, and an outdoor movie at a FREE Jungle party and outdoor movie night at Chick-fil-A in east Wichita. Chick-fil-A will be playing the movie Madagascar on a big screen in the parking lot. Dress for an evening of jungle adventure starting at 7 p.m. […]
Learn to Code at Ad Astra Academy
Ad Astra Academy is a local code school in Wichita produced in conjunction with the BETA program at Butler Community College. Workshops on Front End Web Development begin this month. The series includes five workshops on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Git. Each session is four hours long and all of them will be held in […]
Wichita Area Technical College Community Open House
Wichita Area Technical College will hold an open house on Thursday, July 9 from 3-8 p.m. They’ll have a free cookout, tour of the facilities, and prize drawings. Prizes include $1000 scholarships for WATC programs, concert tickets, electronics, and various gift cards for music, restaurants, and a spa package. On the tour, you’ll get to […]
Cowley College Block Party in Downtown Wichita
Cowley County Community College is opening a new center in downtown Wichita. To celebrate the opening of the new location, they’ll be holding a block party on Saturday, July 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. They’ll have a live DJ, activities for the whole family, and food trucks will be parked on site. It […]
Grand Opening of Dunkin Donuts east Wichita location today!
Wichita, KS (June, 2015) – Dunkin’ Donuts is opening its second location in Wichita today, June 19! The coffee and donut shop’s east Wichita restaurant is at 11310 E. 21st Street (21st and Greenwich). Here’s the schedule of events they sent me: From 7 – 11 a.m., representatives and volunteers from The Salvation Army will […]
Free Fares Week: Ride free on Wichita Buses
Ride the city of Wichita buses for free during Free Fares Week. Free Fares Week, June 15-20, is designed to give new transit riders the opportunity to experience the public transit system for rides to work, school, errands and recreation. Wichita Transit provided 58,415 rides during last year’s Free Fares Week. More than 15,000 of […]
FREE Fathers Day Kite Festival in Wichita
Take Dad out for a fun afternoon on Fathers Day, June 21, 2015. Botanica will hold a Fathers Day Kite Festival with music, food, activities for the kids, and – if the wind cooperates – lots of kite-flying! Dads get in free; everyone else pays only $5 for admission. It will be a full afternoon of […]
$10 off concert tickets to #PowerHouseJam at INTRUST Bank Arena
Get your tickets to the #PowerHouseJam concert with Lil’ Wayne, which is coming to INTRUST Bank Arena on June 11. Buy them before 10 p.m. on Friday, June 5 using the promo code WEEZY and you’ll get $10 off each ticket. SPECIAL SAVINGS: Popeyes is offering $10 off select Power House Jam tickets now through […]
Botanica’s Chinese Garden of Friendship Grand Opening Week
Botanica will officially open its new Chinese Garden of Friendship this week on Friday, June 5 at 3 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, dance performances, and tours of the new garden until 4:30 p.m. But it will also celebrate with a week full of special activities for both adults and families with children. Most of […]
Hurts Donut T-shirt is your coupon for a FREE donut
Hurts Donut will open a Wichita store at 21st and Ridge Road in mid- to late-June. The shop will serve fun specialty donut flavors, like the S’mores donut, Pink Lemonade, Moose Munch, and Peanut Butter Pretzel Chocolate, among others. The company sells a t-shirt that is your coupon for a FREE donut every time you visit […]
New Linwood Fitness Center Grand Opening Saturday
South-siders will have a new fitness center available to them in the Linwood Recreation Center at 1901 S. Kansas. The grand opening and open house is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2015. At the open house, you can tour the new center, try out the equipment and get information about memberships. The […]
$10 Tickets for Ringling Bros. Circus in Wichita (extended through Sunday)
The circus is coming to town this August. INTRUST Bank Arena will host the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Built to Amaze in August. If you purchase your tickets now, from May 19 to May 21 extended through Sunday, May 24, select tickets are only $10! It looks like the deal is good […]
FREE McDonald’s Fries and Drink with Purchase of Sirloin Burger
McDonald’s restaurants around Kansas are inviting you to try one of their NEW Sirloin Third Pound Burgers by offering a special deal. From Thursday through Saturday, May 14-16, 2015, buy one of the new sirloin burgers and get a FREE Medium Fry and FREE Medium Soft Drink or Tea. The new burgers are made with […]
FREE Concert in Andover Central Park
Diamond Rio and special guests Restless Heart will be performing a FREE concert in Andover! The free summer concert will be held in Andover Central Park on Saturday, June 20, 2015. While it is free, wristbands will be required for admission, which you can pick up at various locations in Andover and Wichita. The bands have […]
Sign up early for a Costco membership, get a gift card!
I have a few friends who will race to be first in line for this deal. You may have heard that Wichita will be getting its first Costco store early this summer. The address of the new Wichita Costco location is 9700 E. Kellogg Avenue, Wichita KS 67207. What you may not know is that if […]
$5 River Festival Buttons Available (through May 7)
For the first time in nearly a decade, the price of a Wichita River Festival button is going up. The new price of an adult button will be $10 beginning May 8, 2015. (The child’s Riverfest button price will stay the same, at $3.) I think $10 for the festival is still a great deal, […]
Tour the new airport terminal Saturday at Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport
Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport will hold an open house of the new terminal this Saturday, April 18, 2015. The public is invited to attend from 1 to 5 p.m. and get a behind-the-scenes look at the new terminal and parking facilities. Since the tour is being held prior to full completion, you’ll be […]
Let’s Go Fly a Kite!
Related: Kite flying in Wichita Wings of the Wind announced on Facebook that’s there’s going to be a kite-flying party at Eastview Park on May 3, 2015. Bring your own kite or purchase one when you’re there. And if you’ve never flown a kite before, this is the perfect time to learn. If you are a […]
FREE: Kansas State Parks Open House
Yay! Get free admission to Kansas State Parks during the statewide open house on April 25. In addition to the free entrance at all parks, some of them will also be offering special family-friendly activities like guided hikes, fishing and archery tournaments, prize drawings, 5k races, and more. To find a state park to visit […]