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The annual Derby BBQ Festival in Derby's High Park will be lots of fun! Mark your calendars for June 10 & 11! The annual festival is a family friendly event with live music, food, kids activities. And admission is FREE. The … [Read more...] about Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
The City of Derby will host its annual Spring Into Art celebration on April 24, 2022, in Madison Avenue Central Park. Spring Into Art is free and open to the public! This family-friendly event will feature art for sale, live … [Read more...] about Reminder: Derby’s Spring Into Art this Sunday
The Great Plains Renaissance Festival and Wichita Scottish Festival is happening at Sedgwick County Park. At the Great Plains RenFest you'll find what the organizers dub "jests and jousts, fire-breathing daredevils, aerial acrobatics, … [Read more...] about Great Plains Renaissance Festival
Make plans to attend Botanica’s Tulip Festival on April 2, 9, & 16 from 10am-2pm! Enjoy this beautiful Tulip season with special attractions on three Saturdays in a row. Botanica is the perfect place to get outside … [Read more...] about Botanica Tulip Festival
Mark your calendars for a small-town festival that will be just the cure for spring fever. The Belle Plaine Downtown Festival (formerly known as the Tulip Festival) is ON for April 2022. This spring weekend event attracts visitors to … [Read more...] about Belle Plaine Downtown Festival
A tradition for 90 years and counting in Wichita, the St. Mary's Mediterranean Festival celebrates the culture, heritage, and food that the church's founders brought with them when they came to the United States. The St. Mary Orthodox … [Read more...] about St. Mary’s Mediterranean Festival 2022
The Newton Lions Club will again hold its annual Christmas parade in Newton, Kansas. The Parade of Lights will be happening on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. Admission is FREE. Every float in the parade will be … [Read more...] about Newton Parade of Lights
The Goddard Fall Festival is back on for 2021! According to the website, it will begin on Friday, October 1 and continue through the weekend until Sunday, October 3, 2021. This year's theme will be "The Roarin' 20's!" The … [Read more...] about Goddard Fall Festival 2021
Mark your calendars for September 18, 2021. That's when Wichita will celebrate LatinFest in Old Town Plaza! Latinfest-ICT is a cultural enrichment experience. They'll have authentic Latino food vendors, live performances, two live bands, … [Read more...] about LatinFest ICT
The 2021 Wichita River Festival is very different from any other. The first half happened in spring with participatory events like a porch parade. The second half of Riverfest 2021 will be held Sept. 20 through Oct. 3 and will look more … [Read more...] about Riverfest 2021
Yup, it's happening. The Sedgwick County Fair organizers announced the dates for 2021. And every night they'll have free live music on their open air stage, too! Admission to the county fair is FREE. (Yes, free!) We're so ready for the … [Read more...] about Free fun, live music, and more at Sedgwick County Fair 2021
This will be a nice-smelling event! :) Gertie's Lavender Farm in Burrton, Kansas is holding a lavender festival in June, with vendors, food, musical entertainment, lavender plants, and more. Gertie's Lavender Festival will be held on … [Read more...] about Gertie’s Lavender Festival
Looking for something educational, entertaining, and inexpensive to do with the kids? A FREE Engineering Expo will be held in Wichita this March with fun, hands-on activities and workshops. This annual Engineering Expo is presented … [Read more...] about Canceled: FREE Wichita Engineering Expo for Kids!
Hometown Christmas in Rose Hill, KS is held the 2nd Saturday of each December, so that makes it December 11 this year. Experience old-fashioned family fun at this holiday event with activities for all ages all around town! All … [Read more...] about 2021 Rose Hill Hometown Christmas
The Air Capital Comic Con will be held in Wichita Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17, 2019 at the Century II Exhibition Hall. The event will feature a cosplay contest, comics and toys for sale, visiting artists and writers, panel … [Read more...] about Air Capital Comic Con in Wichita
The 40th annual Wichita Asian Festival will be held October 23, 2021 at the Century II Convention Center. The 2020 Wichita Asian Festival was canceled for the safety of all involved. The festival celebrates the culture and customs of … [Read more...] about Free admission to the Wichita Asian Festival
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 … [Read more...] about Wichita Blues Crawl
Woot! It looks like the Great Plains Transportation Museum will be holding another Kansas Railfest this September. According to its website, Railfest will be held on Saturday, September 21, 2019. This day will be filled with fun from … [Read more...] about Kansas Railfest
The 122th annual Kansas Wheat Festival will be held July 5-9, 2022 in Wellington, Kansas. Wheat Fest 2022 will include great activities like a parade, arts & crafts show and sale, an ag show, classic car show, food court, quilt show, … [Read more...] about 2022 Kansas Wheat Festival
The annual Kechi Fair combines good old-fashioned small town fun with fine art, fireworks, live entertainment, a parade, and lots more! A fair button covers the cost of almost everything except for the sloppy joe dinner … [Read more...] about Kechi Fair: Fun, food, fireworks, and fine arts
Argonia Days, a small town festival in Kansas, is back on the calendar for 2021. The small town about 45 minutes southwest of Wichita has announced its list of events for the 2021 Argonia Days get together. Included is the citywide … [Read more...] about Argonia Days festival
What better way to take advantage of one of Kansas' natural resources than participating in the FREE kite festival in Derby on a nice May weekend? The 2019 Derby Kite Festival will be held May 18 at High Park in Derby (2801 E. James … [Read more...] about FREE Kite Festival in Derby
The annual Sunflower Balloon Festival in Anthony, Kansas is happening this May. Admission is FREE and they have fun activities planned for everyone. Related: The big BIG list of Mothers Day specials in Wichita The Balloon Festival is … [Read more...] about Free admission to the Sunflower Balloon Festival in Anthony, Kansas
The 3rd annual Dam Music Festival will be held July 25-27, 2019 at El Dorado Lake. It's three days of national and regional/local country rock concerts and camping. A General Admission weekend pass to the Dam Music Fest is … [Read more...] about Dam Music Festival
The 2018 Support Local Law Enforcement Community Parade was scheduled for last month, but wouldn't you know it - we got snow in April! The parade will be held on May 12 (Mothers Day Weekend) in downtown Wichita! The parade celebrates and … [Read more...] about 2018 Support Local Law Enforcement Community Parade and Block Party
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