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Heritage Square Concert Series 2024

The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum will once again host its annual FREE concerts at Heritage Square in downtown Wichita. These are truly wonderful lunchtime concerts in a fabulous setting during one of the nicest months (weather-wise) we have in Wichita! The 2024 Heritage Square Concert Series will be happening over the noon hour every Wednesday […]

ICT Fest 2024: A Wichita Music Festival

Musicians from across the country come together to play for hundreds of Wichita music lovers at ICT Fest. The annual music festival is held in Wichita each September. It features dozens of bands from all genres of music, including noise rock, punk, and minimal electronic.  When is ICT Fest in Wichita? September 12 – 14, […]

FREE KEYN Summer Concert Series

Looking for something fun and free to do on Friday night in Wichita? The KEYN Summer Concert Series is back this June and July 2024!  Enjoy free concerts at Naftzger Park in the heart of downtown Wichita & at the Andover Amphitheater this summer! This concert series offers top-notch bands for all ages, providing the […]

Stearman Field Fathers Day Fly-In

Fathers Day at Stearman

Fun family day! The annual fly-in at Stearman Field in Benton, Kansas will be held this year on June 15, 2024. This is a time when you get to walk around on the tarmac and get close to the aircraft! You’ll get to see numerous aircraft flying in and out of the airfield that day […]

Live Music at Chicken N Pickle

Free Summer Concerts at Chicken N Pickle

Chicken N Pickle Summer Music Series is back for 2024! Enjoy FREE concerts every Friday now through September 2024. Listen to solo artists and duets every Thursday, and they will have a live DJ every Friday. The best part is that all of these performances are FREE!! If you want to try pickleball we recommend […]

FREE: Tunes + Tallgrass at the Wichita Art Museum

Tunes + Tallgrass at the Wichita Art Museum - free summer movie and music event!

The Wichita Art Museum and the Tallgrass Film Association are teaming up again this year for a free night of music, film and fun. This free event will be held outside in the museum’s outdoor amphitheater. Tunes + Tallgrass on the Art Garden Lawn is happening on Friday, July 15. “Doors” open at 6:30 p.m. […]

Wichita Blues Crawl

Fall Blues Crawl 2019 Wichita, KS flyer with schedule

Get ready for the 2019 Fall Blues Crawl in Wichita, happening Sunday evening, September 29. The annual event is one you won’t want to miss.  A $10 wristband gets you into all the venues plus the After Party. The Wichita Blues Crawl is really a good time with some great music. You won’t want to […]

Outdoor Band Concert at Friends University

Free Outdoor Concert at Friends University

Friends University and Senseney Music will team up again for the annual outdoor band concert on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 2 p.m. This concert is a benefit for Youth Horizons. While there is no admission fee, a free-will offering will be collected during the concert to benefit the non-profit organization, so plan to bring […]

Concert in the Courtyard at Grace Hill Winery

Grace Hill Winery in Whitewater Kansas

Grace Hill Winery will host a live concert on Friday, May 3, 2019 with local band Off the Tracks. The concert will be held in the courtyard in front of the beautiful Grace Hill vineyards if the weather accommodates (and they’ll move it inside the event center if not). Uno Mas food truck will be […]

Free Old Town Concert Series in Wichita

Old Town concert series Aaron Lee Martin and Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations

This fall Wichita will get to enjoy another FREE Old Town Concert Series hosted by KMUW and the Old Town Association. The series kicks off Saturday evening, October 6, 2018, and continues for two more Saturdays. Each concert starts at 7 p.m. and will be held in Old Town Square, which is in front of […]

Prairie Rose Western Days!

Prairie Rose Western Days wagon rides

Prairie Rose Western Days is an annual festival in Benton that celebrates Kansas and the Old West. I went a few years ago with my family and was able to enjoy all of the activities, events, and music that highlight our western history. If there’s one thing I learned growing up as a military dependent […]

Veterans Appreciation Concert at the Cotillion Wichita

Mark your calendars. This will be a great way to support our local veterans and enjoy some great (and inexpensive!) entertainment at the same time. Alpha One Drop Zone is putting on a Veterans Appreciation Concert and Dance at the Cotillion. Doors open at 6 p.m. on November 18, 2017, and 100% of the proceeds […]

FREE Summer Concert: Art for Your Ears

Ulrich Museum

Bring your your friends and your lawn chairs for a fun (and free!) evening of entertainment with the Ulrich Museum’s Art for Your Ears concert. Charlie Mars will perform beginning at 7 p.m. on the plaza outside the Ulrich Museum of Art on the WSU campus. The rain location is Wilner Auditorium. Here is more […]

Free Outdoor Concerts at NewMarket Square

Free outdoor concerts in Wichita at New Market Square - Arts-a-Maize

In May and June, NewMarket Square in west Wichita will host a series of free outdoor concerts on the plaza. Bring a blanket or chair for the Arts aMaize Twilight Thursday concerts, which are open to the public and suitable for all ages. Performers represent a variety of musical genres. Concerts begin at 7:35 p.m., weather […]

Fisch Haus Tuesday Night Jazz Series

Fisch Haus FREE Tuesday night jazz series April 2016

Fisch Haus gallery in the Commerce Street Art District in Wichita begins a Tuesday Night Jazz Series on Friday, April 5, 2016. This is a four-week jazz series featuring regional musicians in a wide variety of styles and is FREE and open to the public. The performances will be held on Tuesday nights during the […]

Free Outdoor Concert at WSU Rhatigan Student Center

free outdoor concert adam capps at wsu

The Rhatigan Student Center at Wichita State University will host a FREE outdoor concert with Adam Capps and the Dirt Road Drifters on Friday evening, October 2, 2015. This concert is open to the public. Families are welcome to bring food and (non-alcoholic) drinks to enjoy a picnic accompanied by live music on the East […]

FREE Concert in Andover Central Park

Diamond Rio and special guests Restless Heart will be performing a FREE concert in Andover! The free summer concert will be held in Andover Central Park on Saturday, June 20, 2015. While it is free, wristbands will be required for admission, which you can pick up at various locations in Andover and Wichita. The bands have […]

Bartlett Arboretum Tree House Concert Series Lineup

Did you know that Robin Macy, Bartlett Arboretum owner and musician extraordinaire, is also a math teacher? That’s right! And she would be the first to tell you the Treehouse Concert Series at the Arboretum in Belle Plaine is a steal. Eleven – that’s right, 11 – concerts for only $75. That’s only $6.82 each. […]

Overflow 2013: FREE Block Party & Cloverton Concert

This post was submitted by a guest contributor. This is a community-wide, mission-minded event with FREE fun for the entire family. The day starts with the Christ’s Feet 5K Run at 8 a.m., benefiting the Kansas Food Banks’ Food-4-Kids program. At 4 p.m. join us for the Aldersgate Block Party benefiting Youthville. There will be […]

Summer Concert: Under the Paris Skies in Newton

Under the Paris Skies summer outdoor jazz concert in Newton

Here’s a lovely way to spend an evening in Newton. The Park Place Jazz Quartet will present “Under the Paris Skies: an evening of French jazz and swing dancing” in Newton, KS on June 13, 2013. The outdoor summer concert will be held in the band shell at Newton’s Athletic Park from 7-10 p.m. The live, […]

FREE Tickets to Attend Richard Marx Concert in Andover

The Andover CVB and BobFM have to teamed up to bring Richard Marx to Andover, KS for a free concert in Central Park. The hit singer and Grammy-winning songwriter is a big act for the summer concert. Richard Marx has 14 #1 songs to his credit – either as a performer, songwriter, or producer. As a […]

New Free Summer Concert Series: Old Town Rocks

New free summer concert series: Wichita Old Town Rocks

See the newer post here: Old Town Concert Series, Wichita KS Woot! There’s a new free summer concert series coming to Wichita this summer, and it will be held in Old Town Square each month throughout the summer. The Old Town Rocks free summer concert series in downtown Wichita kicks off with a live musical […]

Cyber Monday Deal from the Orpheum Theater

The Orpheum Marquee

Wow. The Wichita entertainment deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday just keep coming! Here’s a Cyber Monday deal from the Orpheum Theater. ONE DAY ONLY! On Monday, November 26, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM, tickets to all upcoming Orpheum presented concerts currently on sale will be 25% off. To take advantage of this […]

Save $3 on Tickets to Empire House Live Concert Series

Empire House Live concert with Truckstop Honeymoon

Make your purchase in advance and you’ll save $3 on tickets to shows in the Empire House Live Concert Series this fall. The Empire House Theater is a small concert venue seating approximately 150 people located inside Cowtown. (This is also where the Diamond W Wranglers perform regularly.) The “Empire House Live!” lineup includes local, regional […]