Prairie Rose Chuckwagon: Christmas on the Prairie
Prairie Rose Chuckwagon is wrapping up their final season with a special Christmas on the Prairie event. For their final season of wholesome family entertainment, you can enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides (weather permitting), classic Christmas movies, hot chocolate, and popcorn from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. At 6:15 p.m., an all you can eat barbeque […]
Wichita Children’s Theatre Once Upon a Time Series: The Gingerbread Man
Get in the holiday spirit with pizza and a show! The Wichita Children’s Theatre and Dance Center is continuing the Once Upon a Time Series with the beloved and ever popular Gingerbread Man by KMR Scripts. After the Saturday shows, Santa will appear and greet the children following the performance! There will also be […]
$5 Breakfast with Santa at Maize Rec (Register by Nov. 25)
Register by November 25 for Breakfast with Santa at Maize Recreation Center on Saturday, December 7, 2019. All ages are welcome. They’ll be serving biscuits & gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage links, coffee, water, & juice. The event is from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Breakfast with Santa price is only $5 per person, or $3 […]
FREE: Teen Harry Potter Yule Ball Escape Room
This will be a very cool winter break event for teens in Wichita! The Wichita Public Library is hosting a Harry Potter Yule Ball Escape Room for teens in December. And it’s FREE! The event will be held on December 20, 2019 at the Advanced Learning Library location. The Harry Potter themed escape room will […]
Groupon for Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday at Field Station: Dinosaurs
Have yourself a merry little prehistoric holiday this season at Field Station: Dinosaurs’ Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday events! There’s even a Groupon deal right now that makes admission as low as $5-something per person when there’s a promo code. The dinosaur theme park will open its doors for a special winter season event from November […]
Winter Luminary Walk at Dyck Arboretum
This will be a fun holiday event in Hesston, KS. Dyck Arboretum will host its annual Winter Luminary Walk on four dates during the holiday season this year: November 29 & 30, 2019 (Thanksgiving weekend) December 6 & 7, 2019 Enjoy the natural beauty of the gardens in the winter as you walk through thousands […]
Neat gifts from local stores
Sometimes it’s hard to find the perfect Christmas gift. We are lucky to have a lot of unique and creative places to buy gifts from right here in Wichita. If you are looking for something creative, unique or made right here in Wichita we have some great, affordable ideas for you! We have compiled a […]
A Night with Santa (FREE)
Enjoy a fun and free evening out with the family for the annual A Night with Santa in downtown Wichita. Wichita Park & Recreation will host the annual Night with Santa event on Thursday, December 5, 2019, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Century II. This free holiday event is for children 12 and under […]
FREE “Glorious Glass Show” at Karg Art Glass
Karg Art Glass will have a new show on display this winter with a special FREE opening night reception you won’t want to miss. The Glorious Glass Show will be on display at Karg Art Glass from November 8, 2019 through January 3, 2020 during normal store hours. The FREE opening night festivities will […]
Last-minute Wichita gift ideas
Even if you’ve finished your holiday shopping, you will probably want to take a look at these discounts and deals. All of them would make great gifts, and you can only find them locally here in the Wichita area. (You may even want to “gift” one or two of them to yourself!) And most of […]
Kansas Aviation Museum membership BOGO
The Kansas Aviation Museum has a membership special that is perfect for holiday gift-giving! From now until 5 p.m. on December 31, 2018, purchase one Kansas Aviation Museum membership and you will be able to give a FREE membership to someone else. Holiday shopping accomplished. This offer is only valid for NEW memberships. Here are […]
Target Weekend Deals
Target has a new weekend deal that will help you get your gift list finished (or maybe you’ll get something cute for yourself). These are Saturday-only bargains at Target meant to help you get all of your holiday shopping done on the cheap. These Target deals will be offered each weekend until mid-December. This weekend’s deal is 30 […]
Holiday Pop-up Party with Wichita Festivals
Tuesday after work, head over to Revolutsia (the new shopping center made out of shipping containers) for a popup party from Wichita Festivals. The party will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. You’ll get to see “Admiral Claus,” do some holiday crafts, enjoy hot chocolate and s’mores, and participate in a […]
Quik Trip’s 12 Days of Giving
If you use the Quik Trip app, you’re in for a treat – 12 of them! – starting Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Registered, logged-in app users will be surprised with a special offer to unwrap every morning until December 23. I’m sworn to secrecy about what each offer will be… Okay, truthfully I don’t even […]
Ugly Christmas Sweater After Party at Wave
After the free showing of Love Actually at Wave this Saturday, December 8, step inside the venue for a 21+ Ugly Christmas Sweater After Party! Dance the night away with DJ Dottie Green and DJ Cop Out! Wear your coziest, ugliest, sweaters and bring your friends to hit the dance floor! The dance party will […]
A Prairie Bluegrass Christmas
Hear your favorite holiday standards with a bluegrass kick at A Prairie Bluegrass Christmas on December 6, 2018. This sounds like so much fun! A mix of old favorite traditional tunes and newer original songs played in the bluegrass style by Rob Loren on fiddle, mandolin, and dulcimer, Dennis Hardin on guitar and mandolin, Phil […]
FREE 2nd Annual Cookies with Santa event
Storytime Village is sponsoring its 2nd annual Cookies with Santa at McAdams Park Recreation Center. This is a free event for the whole family. There will be lots of activities including a cookie decorating station and a hot cocoa station. There will also be live Christmas music and Christmas crafts. Santa will be there too […]
Milk and Cookies with Santa at All Star Adventures
Enjoy milk and cookies with Santa at All Star Adventures! All Star Adventures on Webb Road, is hosting a fun family Christmas event. For $10 (plus tax) per child, the kids will get a picture with Santa, a gift from Santa’s Workshop, plus 60 Arcade Tokens, and milk and cookies! There will also be arts […]
Bringing in the Greens at GPNC
Here’s another Wichita place where Santa will be stopping by this year. It’s the fun annual tradition of Bringing in the Greens at GPNC. Kick off the holiday season with an evening of music and family fun. Join the Great Plains Nature Center staff for their annual tradition of caroling, bell ringing and decking the halls […]
Free Christmas Lights Walk through College Hill
Celebrate the season with Bike/Walk Wichita on an adventure in the Douglas Design District! They’ll have guided walking tours through College Hill, which will provide an evening of sparkle and cheer, perfect for sharing with loved ones (and for snapping fun photos)! Related: Where to See Christmas Lights in Wichita The Christmas Lights Walk will […]
Free day at Kansas Aviation Museum!
This is a really rare deal. The Kansas Aviation Museum is planning a day with FREE admission on December 8, 2018. The museum will be open at 10 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. that day. And word is now in from the North Pole that Santa Claus will be there from noon until […]
Senseney Music holiday open house
Interested in giving the kids (or someone else) a musical instrument this Christmas? Do some research on music-related gifts and have fun at the same time during Senseney Music’s holiday open house. The holiday season is right around the corner, and now is the time to start thinking about shopping for holiday gifts, such as […]
FREE “Love Actually” Outdoor Screening & Winter Celebration
Gather your friends and bring your cozy blankets for an enjoyable night under the stars watching a free screening of Love Actually. The new Wave outdoor venue is hosting a free community event. Prairiefire Coffee Roasters will be providing free hot chocolate, coffee and cappucinos all night. Wave will infuse it with your booze of choice if […]
Free Holiday Matinee at the Orpheum
Nothing gets me more in the holiday spirit than a Christmas movie! Bring the whole family to the Wichita Orpheum Theatre to enjoy a free screening of the 1935 version of Scrooge. Scrooge (1935) is “the first ‘talkie’ film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Sir Seymour Hicks stars as Ebeneezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s timeless […]
The Nutcracker Ballet at Friends University
Update for 2020: The Friends University Ballet will not perform the Nutcracker ballet this year, but it has scheduled a live-stream Winter Dance Celebration on November 14 in place of it. Friends University Nutcracker Ballet 2019 The Friends University Ballet Department will present a new full-length production of “The Nutcracker.” Performances will be at […]