Looking for things to do in Wichita, KS for Christmas? November and December are filled with holiday events in Wichita, including Christmas concerts, holiday movies, festive bazaars and markets, visits with Santa, Christmas light tours, and even horse-drawn carriage rides.
Many of these events make for an affordable day out with the family, a date-night with your spouse, or an evening with friends.
This is a growing list of 2019 holiday events in the Wichita area. This page will be updated continually throughout the holidays as new information comes in. Be sure to scroll down to the day-by-day list of holiday activities!
Ongoing Christmas Attractions Wichita
Botanica Illuminations
Botanica, 701 Amidon St., Wichita
See the spectacular family-friendly light display that has become an annual tradition in Wichita! Botanica’s Illuminations also includes live music, hot beverages, and plenty of other holiday fun. From November 23 through December 31, 2018. (Closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.)
Let it Snow at the Dome
Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita
Opens Saturday, November 30. This fun family show in the Dome theater at Exploration Place will put you in the seasonal mood with holiday images and scenes set to favorite songs. No museum admission needed to do the Dome. Dome-only fees are $3 for kids ages 3 to 11, $5 for adults and $4 for seniors 65 and older.
Kansas in Miniature Holiday Show
Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita
Opens November 30
See the popular “Kansas in Miniature” display – an elaborate, animated miniature of a 1950s Kansas town – decked out with the sights and sounds of the holiday season – complete with a Christmas parade and nostalgic music. The display is included with Exploration Place admission; free for members.
Fulton Valley Farms A Country Christmas
Friday and Saturday evenings throughout the holiday season, enjoy the lights and visit with Santa and his reindeer on the farm in rural Kansas. A Country Christmas at Fulton Valley Farm is only $5 per person.
Prairie Pines Christmas
Experience an old-fashioned family Christmas tradition of going out to choose your tree, and enjoy other traditional holiday activities too at Prairie Pines Christmas Tree Farm.
North Pole Substation
1841 S. Glenn in Wichita
Visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the elves at the North Pole sub-station in Wichita. Decked out with a festive Christmas light display and run by the non-profit organization Claus, Inc., the North Pole Substation is at 1841 S. Glenn in Wichita.
The Arc’s Lights
2919 W. 2nd St. in Wichita, approach from Douglas and St. Paul St.
Drive through a tunnel of lights and over a million other lights on your drive through this all-volunteer Christmas light display. The Arc’s Lights are on nightly during the holiday season November 22 through December 28, 2018, with a requested $10 donation per carload on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. (Or you can pick up $8 tickets at QT.)
Looking for all the holiday fun in Wichita? Check out these pages!
Christmas Lights in Wichita
Where to See Santa in Wichita
Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides
Holiday Craft Shows, Local Vendor Markets, and Shopping Events
Free and Cheap Activities for Winter Break in Wichita
Wichita Holiday Shopping Guide
How to Make the Holidays Special When You Can’t Afford Big Presents
Wichita Christmas Tree Farms
Day by Day Holiday Christmas Events near Wichita KS
Carolyn,
Thanks for all you do to keep families informed of great ways to spend time together. I wanted to let you know about an awesome free, family event coming up:
Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School at 600 N. Greenwich Rd is having a Renaissance Christmas Pageant on Dec 6 & 7. This FREE Renaissance Christmas Pageant: Boar’s Head Festival will include music, dance, costumes, comedy, worship and family fun to start the Christmas season!
The entire community is invited to attend and help us celebrate the joy of Jesus’s birth!
The Facebook event is: https://facebook.com/events/741918932934401/?ti=icl
Thanks, Sarah! I will add it.
My husband and I thought it would be nice if tracked down and listed the best holiday decorated restaurants and bars and hotel lobbies. We just want to go out for a holiday drink to enjoy the decorations as we have no family in town.
That is a good idea! I know that Old Town was having a contest for the best holiday window display, so maybe some of those places (in Old Town) would be good ones to start with.
Please let us know if you find anything awesome!
This is a great list! So nice to have these all in one place. Can you add the location to the Journey to Bethlehem?
Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words. There’s a link (in the article above) to the Journey to Bethlehem event with all the information you need, but it’s at Rose Hill Christian Church, 314 N. Rose Hill Rd., Rose Hill, KS 67133
Don’t forget the Luminaries in Hyde Park in Hutchinson from 18th – 23rd & Main St – Monroe St Dec. 23rd
Thanks, Amber! I’ve added it. 🙂
Wichita Childrens Theatre doing Best Christmas Pagent Ever December 5 – 10. Also they are doing Gingerbread Man November 29th – December 16th.
Thanks for all you do!?
Thanks for sharing all of these great events!
Christmas vendor, craft, & bake sale 12/6/13 at Westview Baptist Church @ 1325 S. Meridian 6-10pm. Come for some holiday shopping, storytelling, family photos, & more.
http://Www.facebook.com/events/1424706314424357
The Old Cowtown Christmas Dec 6/7, 13/14.
The Collegiate Association of Parents (CAP) of Wichita Collegiate School is hosting its annual holiday market and poinsettia sale on Thursday, December 6 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will be held in the school’s multi-purpose room, which is located on the southwest corner of Wichita Collegiate School’s campus. Admission is free.