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Field Station: Dinosaurs Spring Break Sneak Peek

Get this fabulous deal for 2025 Spring Break in Wichita!  Field Station Dinosaurs in Wichita is planning for a special one-week quest during Spring Break. It will be a Sneak Peek of what’s to come during the regular dinosaur season.  Spring Break Sneak Peek Week at the dino park begins Saturday, March 15 and runs […]

Free carriage rides in Old Town again!

Free carriage rides in Old Town Square Wichita

Yippee! Bring the family to Old Town this season for a little local shopping and dining, plus FREE horse-drawn carriage rides from now until Christmas. That’s right! They are back. Woo-hoo. Carriage rides will be available every Friday evening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. You’ll catch the carriage in Old Town Square or Old […]

Free IHOP Scary Face Pancake for kids with adult entrée purchase

These are the least scary faces ever, and the price (FREE) won’t scare you away either. For Halloween, IHOP is once again offering kids 12 and younger a FREE Scary Face pancake with an adult entrée purchase. Keep reading for more details about this Halloween freebie.  The deal is valid from October 24-31, 2024 from […]

Maize Fall Festival 2024

Maize Fall Festival parade

The 2024 Maize Fall Festival will be held Saturday, September 28. Most events that day will be held at Maize City Park on Academy Ave.  Festival Events The fun begins with a kickoff parade set to start at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning near Khedive and Academy. Also Saturday, there will be games and activities, […]

Air Capital Fly-In: Wichita

Biplane photo taken by D Miller at Stearman Fly-In 2006

The 58th Air Capital Fly-In is planned for September at the Colonel James Jabara Airport airport in Wichita. A day full of activities for adults and children is planned, including  free “Young Eagle Rides” for kids 8 to 17 years old, R/C aircraft, model rocket, and other displays, young builder activities and lots more. There […]

City of Valley Center Tree Lighting

Join in the magic of the season! The Valley Center Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Christmas in the Valley event on December 7, 2024. This year, the focus of the event is Hometown Christmas. December 7  Valley Center Tree Lighting Celebration The events will take place in the 100 block of West Main. […]

Smithsonian Magazine FREE Museum Day

Museum of World Treasures Dinosaurs

So this is very sad. For the first time in, basically, forever (barring 2020), Smithsonian Magazine will not host its annual Free Museum Day event. Although we have a ton of free days at Wichita museums, and a healthy number of discounts, I just have a sentimental feeling towards the Smithsonian Free Museum Day because […]

Kids Eat Free at Applebee’s Kansas for Back to School

KIDS EAT FREE! Wichita area ONLY. Monday-Sunday, Aug 15-21, 2022. Dine-in or Carside To Go. Let Applebee’s do the cooking during back to school week! Kids eat free with adult purchase. Valid Aug 15-21, 2022 in the Greater Wichita area: Maple and Ridge, 47th & South Broadway, 29th & N. Rock, Derby, Andover and Park […]

FREE WAM exhibit opening, Beth Lipman: All in Time

This summer WAM has a new exhibit: All in Time by Beth Lipman. The exhibit opens on June 25 with a fun and FREE event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Lipman’s work has been described as ethereal, substantial, captivating, and calming. Her exhibit includes her work titled Living History, which animates the museum’s vast […]

FREE: Kids to Parks Day in Haysville

Summer fun for kids playing outdoors blowing bubbles

Summer is on the way, let’s get out and play! Haysville will be celebrating Kids to Parks Day on Saturday, June 18, 2022 so grab the kids and head over to Riggs Park from 10 a.m. to noon.  And you might also want to bring a kite! This will be one of several kite-flying events […]

Free cookie with coffee purchase at Cheri’s Bakery

Cheris Bakery offer free drop cookie with coffee purchase

Announced on Facebook: Cheri’s Bakery near the corner of Tyler and 21st Street in Wichita is giving away a FREE COOKIE with your purchase of a delicious coffee.  The promotional image that accompanies the announcement specifies the free cookie deal is a drop cookie and that the deal is valid every day in June. *I’m […]

FREE Summer Reading Program in Wichita and Free Reading Resources

kids summer reading programs at the library

Usually we see loads of free summer reading programs in Wichita and in neighboring communities designed to help kids stay in practice and avoid that “summer slide.” Programs include a reading goal of some sort, a way to track your progress, and prizes for accomplishing summer reading goals. And all of the ones we have […]

Mid-America All Indian Museum- Social Dance

2022 Blackbear Bosin Social Dance at the Mid-America All Indian Museum. Celebrate the 101st anniversary of Blackbear Bosin’s birth at the Indian Center with a social dance from 1-8 p.m.  The dance will take place in the Keeper Zone at the museum. This event is FREE to the public. Admission to the museum will be […]

Wendy’s National Hamburger Day deal

How do you celebrate National Hamburger Day, May 28? By biting into a burger, of course! And Wendy’s, known for its crave-able burgers made with 100% fresh beef, is a great place to get the party started.  Wendy’s is celebrating National Hamburger Day by giving away a FREE Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger. The popular menu item is FREE with […]

Runway Show: ICT Fashion Tour

It may not be fashion week in NYC, but it sure can be fashion night in ICT! Swing by CityArts for ICT Fashion tour’s first pop-up fashion show. Enjoy live music, art on the walls, and art on the people.  This fashion show features live music from yae, Dark Unicorn, and Marrice Anthony. ICT Fashion […]

Tulip Bulb Sale at Botanica

tulips from botanica's tulip bulb sale in Wichita, KS

Botanica will begin its spring tulip bulb sale on April 22. This year’s tulips can be planted in the fall and color your garden next spring.  The tulips will only cost 15 cents each, and you can pay with cash or check (no cards). Please bring your own bags. The sale will continue on Friday […]

Art After Hours: Wichita Art Museum

Calling all cool cats! WAM welcomes everyone to make a jazzy night out of this last-chance-look at the exhibition American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918–1939 before it closes at the end of May. Enjoy Art After Hours on Friday, May 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wichita Art Museum. Spend the […]

Arkansas River Trash Roundup

This is one free Wichita activity where you get to give. Get your hands dirty by helping to keep our river nice and clean. (Actually, you’ll wear gloves, so no manicures need be harmed by this activity!) On Saturday, May 7, 2022 join other volunteers for the Annual Arkansas River Trash Roundup and spend the […]

Lindsborg Midsummer’s Festival

Plan a trip to Lindsborg for June 11 to participate in the Lindsborg Midsummer’s Festival! In Lindsborg, Kansas,  “Little Sweden” young and old alike gather to enjoy a long-time celebrated Swedish tradition. The Midsummer’s Festival, a traditional Swedish festival celebrated worldwide, celebrates the arrival of the summer solstice. Participants enjoy a day full of music, […]

Reminder: Derby’s Spring Into Art this Sunday

Spring into art - Derby, KS

The City of Derby will host its annual Spring Into Art celebration on April 24, 2022, in Madison Avenue Central Park. Spring Into Art is free and open to the public! This family-friendly event will feature art for sale, live entertainment, make-and-take art stations, the Kansas Grown Farmers Market, wine tastings, and more. Spring Into […]

Earlybird discount for Museum of World Treasures summer camps

This week only, Museum of World Treasures is offering a special discount on its three summer camps!  Sign up by Sunday, March 27 at 11:59 p.m. and use the special promo code below to save $10 off registration. Museum members will get an even better discount of $20 off each camp registration, and if you’re […]

NCAAW Fan Fest at Naftzger Park

Naftzger Park letters lining the curved edge of the green mall area of the park downtown in Wichita

During the Women’s basketball championship, NCAAW fans can get together to watch the tournament at Naftzger Park. On Saturday, March 26, 2022, Wichita Park and Recreation will host a NCAAW Fan Fest from noon to 8 p.m. at Naftzger Park in Old Town. Food trucks and yard games will be available while the park’s big […]

Wichita Symphony Orchestra tickets on sale

the rose of sonora wso april 9 & 10

If you’re a subscriber to Wichita Symphony’s email newsletter, you should have just received a notice about a spring sale on WSO tickets for an upcoming performance.  For two days only, March 21 and 22, 2022, get 20% off the price of tickets. This discount is valid on The Rose of Sonora will be performed […]

Belle Plaine Downtown Festival

tulip

Mark your calendars for a small-town festival that will be just the cure for spring fever. The Belle Plaine Downtown Festival (formerly known as the Tulip Festival) is ON for April 2022. This spring weekend event attracts visitors to Belle Plaine every year to enjoy activities, live entertainment, a car & bike show, vendor fair, […]

Singing Quakers Spring Choir Performance at Friends University

Friends University choir, Singing Quakers

Friends University’s Singing Quakers will present their annual Home Concert March 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and March 20 at 2 p.m. The concert is a finale to their four-day singing tour in Friendswood, San Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas. The spring concert, Songs of the Spirit, explores different aspects of the spirit – […]