2011 Wichita Flight Festival
It’s Flight Festival time again! The 2011 Wichita Flight Festival will be held August 20th and 21st at Jabara Airport on North Webb Road. The air show will include acts from around the nation, a kid’s zone, food vendors, radio-controlled demonstrations, and more. All daytime activities are free! Admission to the Twilight Air Show and Concert […]
Purple Martin Spectacle – Wichita Audubon Society
The Wichita Audubon Society invites everyone to join them Wednesday evening, August 3, 2011 to witness the thousands of purple martins roosting near Via Christie – St. Francis as they prepare to head south for the winter. The group will meet at 8 p.m. at the Via Christi parking lot at Murdock and Santa Fe, […]
FREE Twilight Float “Sampler” on the Arkansas
What fun! The Ark River Coalition (ARC) invites you to get acquainted with canoeing, kayaking, and more on Thursday, August 4, 2011 between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. at the South Riverside Park boat dock. Kids and adults will be able to try out a variety of different boat types on a short float from the […]
Free Prescription Discount Card for Sedgwick County Residents
This isn’t new, but it could be very helpful to anyone who does not currently have prescription insurance coverage. Sedgwick County offers a free prescription discount card, accepted by over 80 pharmacies, to any Sedgwick County resident. It may even provide some discounts for your pet’s prescriptions! If you already have insurance that covers prescriptions, […]
FREE Swimming Sunday at Linwood Park Pool (7/31)
Written by Wichita on the Cheap’s new summer intern: A. Kid Hey! Do you love to swim? But hate the prices? Well I have a deal for you: FREE SWIMMING!!!!!!!! 😉 Sunday, July 31, 2011 is free swimming day at the Linwood Park pool It is located at 1900 S. Hydraulic*. The hours are 1:30 […]
Aviation Film Festival from the Orpheum and Kansas Aviation Museum
The Orpheum Theater and the Kansas Aviation Museum have teamed up for a special Aviation Film Festival on August 13, 2011. In the morning, at 10 a.m., the topic will be the World War II era with the film The Flying Tiger, short films, and a guest speaker. Admission for the morning will be $5. In […]
Give: KMUW “Fill Your Mug” with Freddy’s Frozen Custard
Cool off with this fun community event at Artworks in Picadilly Square. Bring your KMUW mug to the patio at Artworks tonight between 6 and 8 p.m. and get it filled with free Freddy’s Frozen Custard. Don’t have a mug? Don’t let that stop you. You can get the free custard too. 🙂 Enjoy live […]
Final Friday at Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
This is an older post and may contain outdated information. See the most current info here: Wichita Final Friday Art Crawl. On Friday, July 29, the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum will open the Treaty of the Little Arkansas exhibit. The exhibit is part of the museum’s Kansas Sesquicentennial programming. It will feature a reproduction of […]
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The winners of the drawing for free tickets to a Wichita Community Theater performance have been notified by email! If you subscribe to posts from Wichita on the Cheap, please check your inboxes! 🙂 The emails were sent to the address you used to subscribe. Not a subscriber? Sign up now. It’s free! BIG thanks […]
Win Free Tickets to Wichita Community Theater!
The Wichita Community Theater is wrapping up its 65th season with Shakespeare in Hollywood, which just opened Thursday night. This could be a fun date night or girls’ night out. Would you like to go for free? Enter to win two tickets to see any performance, any show by the Wichita Community Theater. How to […]
Wichita Wingnuts Dollar Days!
Monday nights are not just for football any more. If you want to attend a baseball game on the cheap here in Wichita, you can do it Monday night. Monday, July 25, 2011 the Wichita Wingnuts play the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks. General admission tickets for all Monday night home games this summer will be just $1! […]
$3 Thursday AND Indoor Garage Sale at Botanica
Tomorrow, Thursday, July 21, 2011, the Friends of Botanica are holding a garage sale inside Botanica’s Terrace Room from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The sale will have some plants, gardening books, and other regular garage sale stuff like household items and furniture. Proceeds benefit Botanica. I’m pretty sure you can get into the garage […]
Free Family Day at the Cosmosphere (7/21)
The Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson will have a free Family Fun Day of Education tomorrow, Thursday, July 21, 2011. The day begins early at 4:30 a.m., when space fans will gather to watch the Atlantis’ final landing. The Hall of Space will be open after the landing party and admission is free until 9 a.m. […]
1/2 Price Movie Passes at Murdock Theater
Right now you can score half-price passes for the Murdock Theater Film Series. The historic theater on North Broadway is offering film fans a special deal on six-month passes that give unlimited access to its foreign and independent films. Tickets for the shows, which run Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., are normally $7 per person. […]
25-cent Book Sale at the DAV Thrift Store
Thanks to Linda for the tip! Pay a quarter for any book — hardcover, paperback, for kids or adults — at the 25-cent Book Sale at the DAV Thrift Store on North Mosley this Saturday. The DAV 25-cent book sale happens the third Saturday of every month. Date: Saturday July 16, 2011 Time: 8:00 am […]
Fiesta Sunday at Kansas Aviation Museum
This weekend the Kansas Aviation Museum celebrates the Americans of Hispanic descent who have contributed significantly to aviation with a fiesta. The event, dubbed A Volar (which I believe means “to fly”), is from 1-6 p.m. Sunday, July 17, 2011. Admission is $5 plus tax per person, kids 3 and under get in free. The […]
Free Audition Coaching for High School Students
High school students who have their sights set on musical theatre or acting in college can get free audition coaching this weekend through Music Theater of Wichita. Mary Anna Dennard, a nationally recognized college audition coach, will be conducting one-on-one coaching sessions this weekend at Century II. A general session that includes information on college selection […]
g2g Outside Fishing Clinic at the Great Plains Nature Center
Cast away the cares of the day and fish with your kids. G2G Outside will be at the Great Plains Nature Center for a free fishing clinic on Wednesday, August 3 from 6:30-8 p.m. A cane pole and worms will be provided for participants. Parents will also get a demonstration on how to clean and […]
Enjoy the new Downing Children’s Garden at Botanica on the Cheap!
The new children’s garden at Botanica is a pretty exciting addition that definitely calls for a visit. Here are a couple of ideas for fun, affordable days out with the family, enjoying the new garden! $3 THURSDAY- Every Thursday, admission to Botanica is only $3 per person. This includes admission to the all-new Downing Children’s […]
Free Admission to the Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchinson
Are you looking for a fun getaway for the family before school starts? I’ve heard good things about the Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchinson (they say they have the best fireworks show you’ll ever see), which begins this week with the opening of the carnival on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Some of the events — […]
B98 Listener Appreciation Party: Get in to Exploration Place, Museum of World Treasures, and Kansas Aviation Musuem for just $.98 per location!
We had such a great time participating in this last year! B98 is showing its appreciation to listeners again this year by giving everyone deeply-discounted admission to 3 major Wichita attractions: Exploration Place, Museum of World Treasures, and the Kansas Aviation Museum. Note: CSI: The Exhibit is not included with the 98-cent admission at Exploration Place; however, […]
Half Price Sushi at Hana Cafe
If you can sneak out of work early or arrange a late lunch, you might want to check out Hana Cafe in Old Town. Denise Neil reports in her blog, Dining with Denise, that Hana Cafe is celebrating its 15th anniversary by offering a sushi “happy hour” from 3-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from […]
Half-Price Admission to Tanganyika Wildlife Park
Through Dealsaver today, you can get unlimited general admission tickets to Tanganyika Wildlife Park for only $6.50 a piece. Normal admission to the park is as much as $12.99 for adults and $7.99 for kids ages 3-12, so this is a good discount. Dealsaver is new to Wichita and is offered via the Wichita Eagle. […]
FREE Swimming at Country Acres Pool (7/9)
Written by Wichita on the Cheap’s new summer intern: A. Kid Hey! Do you love to swim? But hate the prices? Well I have a deal for you: FREE SWIMMING!!!!!!!! 😉 Saturday, July 9, 2011 is free swimming day at Country Acres pool It is located at 705 N. Country Acres*. The hours are 1: […]
Saturplay – Free Fun and Activities for Kids
Wichita Parks and Recreation is having a Saturplay event this weekend at Cessna Park East, 6115 E. Mt. Vernon, this Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Kids can get in on activities like parachute games, an obstacle course, hula-hooping, jump-roping, stilts and crafts. The event is free and open to the public.