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Build Your Own Wine Day at Grace Hill Winery

Grace Hill Winery Whitewater Kansas BYOWD

Looking for something truly unique to give this holiday season? How about a beautiful bottle of wine you blended yourself at Grace Hill Winery? Build Your Own Wine Day is December 9, 2017. Tickets are $25 and include the bottle of wine. (If you really like your blend, you can purchase additional bottles at $20 […]

Taco Shop Stocking Stuffer Special

Taco Shop Wichita stocking stuffer deal

Stuff your stocking with Taco Shop gift cards! While supplies last, get $10 worth of Taco Shop gift cards for only $5! Related: Looking for Taco Tuesday deals in Wichita? There is no limit to the number of gift cards you can purchase. However, to redeem for full value, they must be used between December […]

Red Lobster gift card deal

Coupon for Red Lobster

Right now, for every $50 you spend on Red Lobster gift cards, in-restaurant or online, you will receive a bonus card – good for either $10 off or a free appetizer coupon valid on a future visit in the month of January. The Give a Gift, Get a Gift offer runs from Nov 17. through Dec. 31, and bonus cards can […]

$2.50 off ham (coupon)

Apple cider ham with molasses glaze

Quick! Get this printable coupon for $2.50 off ham just in time for the holidays. The Kansas Pork Association has just added a new coupon good for $2.50 off a ham. Print it and take it with you to the grocery store by November 29. To get the coupon, just visit www.eatpork.org/coupons and watch a short, […]

Buy One, Get One Free Holiday Beverages from Starbucks

Starbucks Holiday BOGO - treat a friend!

Treat a friend to a Starbucks Holiday Beverage on the cheap. Between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. November 9-13, you can get Buy One, Get One Free Holiday Beverages from Starbucks. According to the Starbucks’ holiday BOGO announcement, your choices are Chestnut Praline Latte Peppermint Mocha Caramel Brulee Latte Gingerbread Latte Eggnog Latte Holiday Spic […]

Annual KFDI Christmas in a Box Packing Event

You are invited to help pack up donated items to send to deployed troops this Christmas. NCRI’S 6th Annual KFDI Christmas in a Box Packing Event will be held on November 10, 2017. You can help by donating items or helping pack boxes and addressing them to send overseas. If you choose to volunteer, you’ll […]

Two FREE cookies for Santa

free cookies for santa

Santa definitely enjoys his milk and cookies. This year, DoubleTree by Hilton is addressing a growing concern at the North Pole: Fewer families are remembering to leave cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. Known for its delicious chocolate chip cookies, the hotel chain is committed to solving Santa’s cookie crisis. From Dec. 13 to 24, […]

Amazon’s 12 Days of Deals

Amazon 12 days of deals graphic

Amazon’s 12 Days of Deals starts Sunday, December 4. Each day new deals will be revealed. I don’t know in advance which specific items will be on sale, but they do have a theme for each day that gives us a hint: 12/4: Presents Opened with Glee—Gifts for kids Special Offer: $10 off Kindle for […]

Community Art & Music Fair Saturday

Enjoy live music and local shopping at the Community Art & Music Fair Saturday, December 3, 2016 at the First Church of the Brethren,  1103 N. Jefferson in Wichita. Proceeds from food sales and a portion of artists’ sales will help local homeless families through Family Promise of Wichita (www.familypromisewichita.org). More than 30 artists will […]

Rhythm and Blues for Christmas

rhythm and blues for christmas

Rhythm and Blues for Christmas isn’t on for 2017. Below is information about the event from last year.   Enjoy blues, art, prizes, BBQ, and a full bar at the 21st annual Rhythm and Blues for Christmas – a fundraiser for Carpenter Place Children’s Home. The event will be held at Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 […]

Purchase tickets to A Christmas Carol, The Musical in advance and save $3 per ticket

Music Theatre for Young People A Christmas Carol, The Musical

You can get discount tickets for the Music Theatre for Young People’s upcoming performance, A Christmas Carol, The Musical! The musical is an adaptation of the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation upon encountering the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. The show will be held at Century II’s Mary Jane Teall […]

Holiday sing-alongs for families with young children

Riverside Music Together

Erin from Riverside Music Together is hosting holiday sing-alongs for families with young kids. Everyone will get to join in the fun and jingle all the way through the class. The sing-along class is $10 per family, with proceeds supporting local refugee families. The sing-along is geared toward families with young kids, from birth to […]

Jingle Mingle for adults at Exploration Place (21+)

Have a holly jolly evening at D – an event especially for adults ages 21 and over. You’ll enjoy tasty seasonal drinks and food, a live science show called The Science of Spirits, a worst/best holiday sweater contest, a sing-along with a local a cappella group, a photo booth, and other activities. The Jingle Mingle will […]

Santa’s making his first stop in Wichita Friday

Towne East Square gets to be Santa’s first stop in Wichita! The east mall will be pulling out all the stops for Santa’s grand arrival on Friday, November 11, 2016. As part of the festive event, Ballet Wichita will perform scenes from The Nutcracker! They’ll also have Santa’s real reindeer (of course!), an indoor snow […]

Letters to Santa for Wichita Kids

Kids, you can send your letters to Santa and receive one back from him! The City of Wichita, Starkey, Inc. and Cambridge Market are once again teaming up to spread holiday cheer through the Letters to Santa project, with new incentives for classrooms to participate. Starting Nov. 12 through Dec. 11, children in Wichita and the […]

Random gift card giveaways at both Wichita malls this Saturday

How would you like this: You’re just shopping at the mall this Saturday and someone comes up to you with two Simon gift cards – one for you, and one for you to give to a stranger? That’s what’s going to happen this Saturday at Towne East and Towne West malls in Wichita. 20 randomly […]

FREE 75th Anniversary Open House at Historical Museum

The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and you’re invited to a special (and free) open house! Enjoy the holiday spirit at the museum with free admission to all four floors and two dozen exhibits featuring: Special temporary exhibits: “The Future of Your History” celebrating 75 years of the Historical Museum, the “Victorian […]

Stretch your gift-giving dollars with these ideas

Longtime Wichita on the Cheap readers are experts at saving money and giving the best gifts to friends and family without breaking the bank. Here I’ve listed a few of my best ideas, but I know you have some too! What are your best tips for saving on gift-giving this time of year? Leave a […]

Holiday BOGO free stock-up sale at Hallmark

BOGO boxed card sets at Hallmark stores

It’s never too early to start planning for the holidays if you’re a bargain hunter. From Oct. 11-26, participating Hallmark Gold Crown stores are holding an annual Pre-Season Stock-Up Event. During the sale, Hallmark holiday cards (up to $2.99), holiday boxed cards (of equal or lesser value), holiday stationery (from $4.95 to $14.95) and holiday […]

Holiday Open House in Wichita’s Old Town Square

Enjoy an afternoon of free holiday fun and live entertainment at the holiday open house in Old Town Square on Saturday, November 23, 2013. The “Affair in the Square” begins at noon with free carriage rides until 4 p.m. From 1-4 p.m., free art activities will be available inside City Arts. Live entertainment also begins […]

Winner: Sesame Street Live Tickets

Congratulations to Mike S! Mike won the Family 4-pack of ticket vouchers to see Sesame Street Live at INTRUST Bank Arena, Feb. 1-3, 2013. Tickets to the show include FREE admission to the new Play Zone that opens one hour before the performance. If you didn’t win, you can still save $3 on tickets with a coupon […]

Christmas Radio Hour at the Orpheum in Wichita

The Kansas Aviation Museum’s Christmas Radio Hour will be back at the Orpheum in Wichita on Saturday, December 15, 2012. The annual show is a benefit for the Kansas Food Bank and features live entertainment, which is also broadcast live on KNSS radio (AM 1330). The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets for the event […]

Free Open House in Wichita’s Old Town Square

This Saturday morning, Old Town Square will be having an open house, and it looks like they will be doing the free holiday movie at the Warren! Here’s the info from Downtown Wichita’s event calendar: Dec 8  10:00 am It’s a Cool Yule at Old Town Square Location: Old Town Square – 2nd & Mead Website: www.oldtownwichita.com/holiday-activities Let’s […]

Wichita on the Cheap Discount: $5 Off Two Tickets to A Celebration of Carols

Celebration of Carols Christmas Concert, Emerald City Chorus, Dec. 8, 2012

Readers of Wichita on the Cheap can purchase two balcony tickets to A Celebration of Carols Christmas Concert for only $20. The concert will be held inside the beautiful Scottish Rite Center auditorium on Saturday, December 8, 2012 with both matinee and evening performances. A Celebration of Carols will feature both traditional carols and fun […]