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Holiday Movies and Christmas Classics Films in Wichita 2024

‘Tis the season for Holiday Movies, timeless Christmas classics, and fantastic deals on movie ticket prices! If you’re in search of films to infuse that holiday spirit, look no further. We’ve curated a list of the finest movies playing in Wichita this festive season. Various theaters in Wichita are gearing up to showcase a mix […]

Christmas Shows and Holiday Concerts

Christmas Concerts and Holiday Shows

We have so many holiday shows, Christmas pageants, concerts, and other holiday entertainment in Wichita, and it’s difficult to keep track of them all! Here’s where we’ll be posting new ones as we find them. In this list you’ll find productions from community theaters, concerts from local musical groups, student performances, Christmas movies on the […]

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Best Christmas Pageant Ever performed by Wichita Children's Theater and Dance Company

Wichita Children’s Theater and Dance Center will host their 37th annual production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in December again this year. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a funny and memorable story about an outrageous family of children who learn the Christmas story and help everyone to rediscover its true meaning. This will be […]

Stan Kenton Christmas concert at West Heights UMC

2021 stan kenton christmas brass west heights umc wichita ks

This December, the Stan Kenton Christmas Brass band will once again ring in the holiday season at West Heights United Methodist Church. The concert is free and open to the public!  This concert is another fun Wichita holiday tradition. It will be held this year on December 12, 2021.  That morning, the festivities will kick […]

Metropolitan Ballet Nutcracker performances in Wichita

Metropolitan Ballet Wichita Nutcracker performance Christmas 2021

The Metropolitan Ballet returns to Century II in 2021 for in-person performances of The Nutcracker Ballet. Tickets start at just $15 and all ages are welcome! Featuring a cast of local and area dancers, Metropolitan Ballet is honored to bring Guest Artists from Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alicia Mae Holloway and Dylan Santos, as the […]

Friends University Christmas Concert

Friends University holiday lighting ceremony

Friends University choirs will perform their Christmas Candlelight Concert in person this year.  The annual performance was held online last year. Prior to that, generations of students, faculty and audiences participated in the candlelight tradition on the Friends University’s campus. In 2021, however, the production will be moved to the more spacious Central Community Church […]

December Events at Crown Uptown Theatre

The Crown Uptown Theatre is a beautiful feature of Wichita. This theatre has been providing our community with entertainment since 1928, and it’s not stopping any time soon. The Crown Uptown has several affordable and fun events coming up that you can enjoy. To keep the entertainment available and to keep you safe, The Crown […]

Virtual winter dance celebration at Friends University

Student dancer practicing winter dance celebration performance while others in class look on

Friends University will present a virtual Winter Dance Celebration, a Friends University dance performance to usher in the holiday season.  Friends University Fine Arts has been hard at work on a line-up of new productions, shows and events. They chose to see the current restrictions on in-person events as an opportunity to do the arts […]

The Bethlehem Experience

the bethlehem experience - wichita ks

Experience the sights and sounds of Bethlehem, and enjoy some fun, hands-on activities with your family as you walk through our live, reenactment of the town marketplace. Then warm up indoors with cookies, hot chocolate and family photos before you enjoy an exciting, twenty minute stage production, highlighting the events leading up to the birth […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]