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Boos & Bonfire Halloween Bash at McAdams Park

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McAdams Recreation Center is hosting a FREE, family-friendly bonfire & Halloween party in McAdams Park on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. The park is located at 1329 E. 16th Street in Wichita. Costumes are encouraged for this family-friendly Halloween event! Stop by for candy, bonfires, s’mores, games, a DJ and more. Free snacks: S’mores Candy Popcorn […]

Family Movie & Game Night at Naftzger Park

Bring your family out to Naftzger Park for a fun night of yard games, movies, and food truck fare!   Starting at 7 p.m. yard games will be available to enjoy with your family and friends.  Then the feature starts at 7:45 p.m. The movie playing will be Hocus Pocus – a fun Halloween themed […]

Boo at the Zoo: a Sedgwick County Zoo event

Sedgwick County Zoo is hosting a family-friendly, not-so-scary Boo at the Zoo event! Bring your ghouls and goblins to the Zoo for some not-so-spooky fun! They can wear their costumes, and enjoy Halloween fun at the Sedgwick County Zoo! Regular Zoo admission applies and Members get in FREE with member ID! [sc name=”double-check-reminder” ] Boo […]

BOOtanica 2021

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Bootanica, Botanica’s fun family-friendly fall festival, will be held Saturday, October 9, 2021! During BOOtanica the entire 20 acres of gardens will be transformed with fall activities for children of all ages. It’s an opportunity for kids to give their costumes a test drive, make some crafts, play, and enjoy Botanica in the fall. (Costumes […]

Bel Aire Fall Festival 2021

Bel Aire is hosting its annual fall festival this year.  The fall fun day begins at 11 a.m., October 16, at the Bel Aire Recreation Center, 5251 East 48th St. North in Bel Aire, Kansas, with fun and activities for all ages. Costumes are welcomed! They’ll have a car show, music, vendor fair, family fun, […]

Sonic Halloween corn dog deal

Move over pizza, there’s another option for a quick Halloween night meal. Sonic corn dogs will only be just 50 cents each all day on October 31. (Add-ons are extra.) There’s no limit, so all of the goblins can enjoy a corn dog or two. The scary good deal is valid at participating locations. For locations, […]

Howl-loween at the Great Plains Nature Center

Join the naturalists at the Great Plains Nature Center for a howling good evening of Halloween fun and FREE activities! Howl-loween is Friday, October 23, 2020 from 6:45 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Nature Center which is located at 6232 E. 29th St. N., Wichita, KS 67220. This year they’re taking the event OUTSIDE! […]

Reminder: Free movie in Naftzger Park

free movies in the park downtown Wichita 2020

Enjoy a fun, FREE, and socially distanced activity in downtown Wichita at the newly-renovated Naftzger Park with Park and Recreation’s Movies in the Park events this fall. So far, two Movies in Naftzger Park are planned (see dates below). They’ll have social-distancing squares set up for families, and they ask that masks are worn when moving […]

Annual Pumpkin Drop at Stearman Field

Flyer for the 2020 Stearman Field Pumpkin Drop

Bring your family and some lawn chairs to enjoy the annual Pumpkin Drop at Stearman Field in Benton, KS on October 24, 2020.  It’s a fun, family-friendly Halloween event! The fun begins at 2 p.m. You get to watch airplanes as they fly in and drop pumpkins on the target below. Kids can wear their […]

Drive-Boo Trick-or-Treat at OJ Watson Park

If you are looking for the annual family-friendly Halloween event at Watson park, you’ve found it! Thanks to events like Drive-Boo at OJ Watson Park Halloween 2020 is not canceled. It’s one of many 2020 Wichita trick-or-treat events that are happening because organizations have found a way to keep the tradition alive. At the Watson […]

Krispy Kreme’s ‘Sweet-or-Treat’ Saturdays offers dozen doughnuts for $1

Can you make Halloween any sweeter? Well, Krispy Kreme is doing just that with its latest holiday offers. First, Krispy Kreme is introducing a new batch of monster doughnuts — available starting Oct. 5. The chain’s Scary Sweet Monster Doughnuts are a sweet take on three classic Halloween monsters, including: Frank Monster Doughnut — A doughnut filled […]

Pumpkin Fest Trunk or Treat

On October 10 and 11, 2020 Eastside Marketplace will put on a Pumpkin Fest Trunk-or-Treat! This Trunk or Treat in Wichita looks like it is going to be quite fun. [sc name=”double-check-reminder” ] The festival activity will last from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Trunk-or-Treat car show will last from 3 p.m. to 6 […]

Cedar Creek Farm Pumpkin Patch

Cedar Creek Farm Pumpkin Patch vintage camper photo op

Pumpkin season is here! Cedar Creek Farm is located in Maize, so it’s particularly convenient for anyone who wants to visit a pumpkin patch on the west side of town. And it’s worth a drive from other parts of town too. This is a super cute property with lots of “unplugged” activities for the whole […]

Night of the Living Dead $5 carload at Starlite Drive In!

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This just in! We have a new carload night at the Starlite Drive In to announce! On Friday, November 1, get in for only $5 (what?!) per carload to see some classic Halloween movies. This is a one-night only event.  They’re showing Night of the Living Dead and The Last Man on Earth. Gates open […]

Free kids’ meal at Carrabbas Halloween & discount on to-go orders

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Carrabbas Italian Grill is offering a treat to parents and kids this Halloween, in the form of a FREE kids’ meal. (Get a little real food in their tummies to counteract all that candy.) From open to close on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 Carrabba’s is offering a FREE kid’s meal with the purchase of an adult […]

FREE Family-Friendly Torchlight Tour at Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

The lights will be off in the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum on the night of Friday October 25, but that doesn’t mean it’s closed! Enjoy a fun Halloween torchlight tour of the dark museum – including taking a trip up to the rarely-seen inside of the Clock Tower! Flashlights provided by the Coleman Company will […]

Kids in costume eat free at McAlister’s Deli in Wichita

McAlister Deli kids eat free in costume halloween week

Bring the family to McAlister’s Deli in Wichita October 26 – 31, 2019. Kids 12 and under in costume will get a FREE kids meal with adult meal purchase! Of course, this kids eat free deal is good at participating McAlister’s locations for dine-in and carryout orders only. The hours it’s available will vary by […]

Halloween in the Park – FREE Trick or Treating Event for Kids

Wichita Halloween in the Park

Wesley Children’s Foundation is sponsoring a free trick-or-treat event at Edgemoor Park that will teach kids how to have a fun and safe Halloween. Halloween in the Park will be held Friday, October 25 at Edgemoor Park. Parents can bring their costumed kiddos from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a variety of kid-friendly Halloween activities. […]

Camp Cedar Creek Fall Fling for Adults 21+

Why should kids get to have all the Halloween fun? Wichita’s newest pumpkin patch, Cedar Creek, is hosting an adults only event. (21 and older) Cedar Creek says, “It’s time for the Adults to have some campfire fun! Grab your Flannel, Uggs and head over to our Family Farm & enjoy the FALL weather!!! There […]

Spooky Science at Exploration Place

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Included with admission on Saturday October 19, Exploration Place will hold a new family-friendly “Spooky Science” event. Kids can wear their costumes and enjoy Halloween-themed science experiments, along with all the regular exhibits. Spooky Science will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day. You can visit their website for more details about […]

Free Movie and Halloween Costume Contest at Capital Federal Amphitheater

Capitol Federal Amphitheater in Andover Kansas

Celebrate Halloween early with a free viewing of Ghostbusters and a costume contest at Capitol Federal Amphitheater in Andover! The festivities will take place on Saturday, October 26th, 2019. The event will start with a costume contest at 6 p.m. for those 12 and under. Prizes will be awarded for 1st and 2nd places. Only 50 […]

Red Brick Harvest Festival in Augusta

Red Brick Festival in Augusta KS 2019

Join Downtown Augusta, Inc. and the Augusta Arts Council for a fun and FREE fall festival this October.  The Red Brick Harvest Festival will be held in downtown Augusta, KS on October 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and it looks like it will be a lot of fun! Most of the activity will […]

Trick or Treat on the Lake at Watson Park

O.J. Watson Park paddleboats in Wichita, KS

Here’s a NEW fun and family-friendly trick-or-treating event in Wichita. Wichita Park and Recreation is hosting Trick-or-Treat on the Lake October 19, 2019 – and you’ll literally be on the lake! You’ll float on the lake in either a pedal boat or kayak as creatures lurk on the shoreline waiting to give you a treat. […]

Horrorfest 2019

Horrorfest October at the Old Town flyer

Horrorfest 2019 is a month full of classic horror films and Halloween flicks on the cheap at the Regal Warren Old Town Theater. Wichita Big Screen, with the help of World Studios ICT, is bringing Horrorfest back to the Old Town Warren for the ninth year. The annual movie festival’s future was uncertain last year, […]

Haunted Stroll from Girl Scouts of Kansas

Haunted Stroll Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland

The Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland’s Haunted Stroll, the annual evening of spooky festivities is coming up on Saturday, October 20, and there’s an early-bird ticket discount if you purchase by Wednesday. Related: Wichita Trick-or-Treat, Halloween, and Fall Fun Events Haunted Stroll will be held at Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland’s Starwoods Outdoor Center, only […]