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ICT Block Party Food Trucks, Vendor Booths, Music and Car Show

ICT Block Party

ICT Block Party is a  festival on September 24th, 2022. This outdoor party is FREE for all ages in Wichita. This event will have food trucks, vendor market, car show, kids activities and music by DJ Candence.   The Merch market will feature Shade Lane Boutique, Sultry Bead Works by Kashea Lané Eclectic Pineapple, Brooklyn […]

Tunes & Blooms at Botanica

Tunes & Blooms 2021 at Botanica, the Wichita gardens

Tunes & Blooms at Botanica is a newer event and looks like it will be a real treat for the ears and eyes. Midian Shrine Center is excited to present the Second Annual Tunes & Blooms on the Grand Lawn at Botanica in Wichita, Kansas.  This one day family fun event includes live music from […]

Wild West Days 2022 at Cowtown Wichita

Cowtown Wichita Wild West Days

Here is an event you will not want to miss at Cowtown Wichita. Step back in time, September 24 & 25, at Old Cowtown Museums Wild West Days. They have over 200 reenactors and historians from across the West filling Cowtown’s 23 acres, donating their time and skills to make this a premier event. With […]

Party in the Park at Westlink Park

Looking for a FREE outing for your family? Join West Heights UMC on Thursday, September 15th from 5-7:30 pm at Westlink Park. All are welcome to enjoy FREE petting Zoo.   Westlink Park: 9434 West Central

Playing at the Park a Free Wichita Symphony Performance

Symphony in the Park

Would you like to enjoy music from some of Wichita’s stunning symphonic musicians in a beautiful outdoor park?  Would it be even better if it was absolutely FREE?!  A partnership between Wichita Parks and Recreations and musicians from the Wichita Symphony are making possible this unique event on Friday, September 16, 2022.   These concerts […]

Food Trucks at the Fountain at the Wichita Boat House

Final Friday at the Boathouse Wichita

Wichita food trucks serve up great food and great entertainment when they get together for Food Trucks at the Fountain at The Wichita Boathouse. This  FINAL FRIDAY – Art Show & Party with Xclusive Events. Wichita’s Largest FINAL FRIDAY Party… FREE for all ages to attend… OVER 18 Food Trucks. (check their Facebook page for […]

2022 Kansas State Fair Discounts

Kansas State Fair

The 2022 Kansas State Fair will be held Sept. 9-18th , 2022. Each day of the fair will have a theme and be centered around part of the state’s industry, people, innovations and entertainment. You’ll also be able to enjoy traditional fair favorites of live music and entertainment, contests, exhibits, fair food, carnival games and […]

The Wichita WATER Center

Wichita Water Center

Is Permanently Closed The Wichita WATER Center is a hands-on learning experience for kids and adults, complete with an aquarium. The Wichita Area Treatment, Education & Remediation (W.A.T.E.R.) Center opened October 16, 2003.  The Center serves as a treatment facility for the Gilbert-Mosley and the North Industrial Corridor Groundwater Remediation Programs as well as a public […]

Kids Movies $2 Town West Mall: Shrek & Despicable Me

Kids movies

Don’t miss Despicable Me & Shrek on the big screen at Boulevard Theaters at Town West Mall. For a limited time every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday you can enjoy these movies for just $2. Showtimes at 11am. Summer might be coming to an end but there’s still time to take advantage of this great deal. […]

Free carousel rides at Botanica Tuesday & Thursday nights

Joyland carousel at Botanica, Wichita KS 2021

Botanica announced that visitors on Tuesday & Thursday nights will get an extra perk with the price of admission: FREE carousel rides!  Happening now through September! – rides on the Khicha Family Carousel at Botanica (a restored Joyland carousel) will be FREE with admission from 5-8 p.m. And don’t forget that families of Kansas schoolchildren […]

Water Ski National Championships at Mystic Lakes in Maize, KS

National Water Ski Competition and night jumps

This is an event you would never believe is happening in little ol’ Maize, Kansas: the National Championships for water skiing! Mystic Lakes will host the Water Ski National Championships from August 7-13, 2022, and for the most part, it is free to watch. Armature skiers are expected to compete for national titles in trick […]

Sedgwick County Zoo Back to School Bash

Sedgwick County Zoo Event

You could call this a “Teacher Preparedness Event,” but the Zoo calls it its annual Back-to-School Bash—and it’s when they let everyone in for just $3! Unfortunately, the Sedgwick County Zoo is not hosting this event anymore.  You’ll get zoo admission for only $3 on Saturday, August 5, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As usual, Zoo […]

FREE children’s concert from WSO

Musicians from the Wichita Symphony Orchestra will perform a FREE children’s concert at the Carl G Brewer Community Center on Saturday, June 25, 2022. The concert starts at 2 p.m. and will feature selections from Disney favorites including Encanto, Frozen, Moana, and more. The community center is in McAdams Park, which later that same evening […]

Kechi Fair: Fun, food, fireworks, and fine arts

The annual Kechi Fair combines good old-fashioned small town fun with live entertainment, a street dance, fireworks, and more! This year it will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the park. A fair button covers the cost of almost everything except food and any shopping you do, of course. You can pick up […]

FREE Movie Night in the Park, Goddard, KS

Goddard pavilion in Linear Park

Goddard neighbors, join the City of Goddard Friday, June 10, 2022 for a FREE movie night in the park at Linear Park. They’ll be showing the movie Spiderman: No Way Home, which some folks have told me is the best Spiderman movie ever.  Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets, as seating won’t be provided.  […]

Summer youth programs at Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum on Main Street in Wichita, KS

The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum will offer fun and educational activities for kids ages 7-14 this summer (June and July). Even better, all programs are FREE! Also, the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum has FREE admission on Sundays from 1-5 p.m. The free admission is thanks to a gift from the Ruth Spooner Stone Charitable Trust. […]

Hutchinson Fox Theater Kids Summer Movie Series

Hutch fox theater kids film series flyer 2022

The historic Fox Theater in Hutchinson has a Kids Summer Movie Series with ticket and concession prices that are hard to beat! If you’ll be in the Hutch area on Tuesdays or Thursdays, be sure to check them out. Kids’ movie showtimes are at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and 10 a.m. on Thursdays. Tickets Tickets […]

YMCA yoga in the park

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

Join YMCA instructor Alyssa Cameron in Naftzger Park on Saturday, June 4, 2022 for a FREE yoga class and introduction to YMCA360.  The Greater Wichita YMCA will host this free yoga event as a way to showcase the additional benefit the YMCA360 video content provides to Y members.  A specially selected YMCA360 yoga video will […]

FREE Art Start Program for Preschool Age Kids at the Wichita Art Museum

Here’s something fun, free, and educational for the younger set. Art Start is an hour-long interactive program for preschoolers ages 3–5 from the Wichita Art Museum. Each month, a new theme is presented that relates to the making and meaning of works of art in the museum’s collection. Preschoolers participate in visual arts activities emphasizing […]

Steampunk Days at Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita

Wichita Steampunk Day at Old Cowtown Museum

It’s Old West meets science fiction at Old Cowtown’s Steampunk weekend event, May 21 and 22, 2022. Victorian-inspired science fiction will take over the old cow town for the day. You’ll see lots of costumes, zany inventions, and futuristic 19th century marvels. They’ll also have food available for purchase, vendors, and lots of fun.   […]

FREE live, family-friendly concerts in the park

free family-friendly summer outdoor concerts from Wichita Public Library 2021

Wow! What a fun complement to the summer reading program in Wichita, KS this year. The Wichita Public Library announced that they’ll present a series of FREE family-friendly outdoor concerts this summer at Naftzger and Riverside Parks in Wichita. You’ll want to bring your own blankets and lawn chairs and whatever else you need for […]

Kansas Aviation Museum Play on a Plane

KAM Kansas Aviation Museum photos

Play on a Plane is the Kansas Aviation Museum’s once-a-year family event when they open up several planes on the ramp and let you look inside, or even walk inside them! This is an all-ages event Saturday, May 21. Admission is just $3 per person (all ages) OR just $8 per carload! Some of the […]

Free Family Artventure at the Wichita Art Museum

Wichita Art Museum

You probably already know that admission to the Wichita Art Museum is free on Saturdays, but did you know that on the fourth Saturday of most months, the museum also hosts a free family art activity?  They call it Family Artventure. You can stop by any time between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to complete […]

School’s Out Powwow at Mid-America All-Indian Center

mid america all indian museum wichita public schools out powwow

On Saturday, May 14, the Mid-America All-Indian Center will host the annual “School’s Out Powwow” put on by Wichita Public Schools Title VI Native American Indian Education Program. Native American students in the Wichita Public School district help to organize this event each year. Students in the Native American Program participate in several ways including […]