Old Town Farmers Market Saturday, May 5 7am - Noon Location: First & Mosley Support local (within 150 miles) farms, ranches, dairies and nurseries and have a hoot of a time while you are doing it in our beautiful site in Old Town Wichita! The Old Town Farmers' Market (OTFM), a growers market, is an exciting and bountiful place to buy your fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, eggs and plants. When you shop at the OTFM, you get the freshest, most delicious foods available from the growers themselves! There are plentiful prepared foods, farm products turned into jams, salsas and honey, and hand-made crafts. Chef's demos and live local musicians make supporting local growers fun! Old Town Farmers Market |
Second Annual Young Historians Awards Program
Saturday, May 5 3:00pm
Location: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum - 204 S. Main
Contact Name: Eric Cale
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 316-265-9314
The Museum encourages area youth to examine our local history and invites you to attend a reception in the students' honor. Admission is free to the Museum for this event.
Wichita-Sedgwick Co. Historical Museum
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"Start Spreading the News" Wine Dinner
Saturday, May 5 3:00pm
Location: Oeno Wine Bar - 330 N. mead
Phone: 316-440-5000
Benefiting the American Cancer Society
$50 per person + tax and gratuity
Four course meal served with wine. Advanced Credit Card Reservations are required! Please call 316-440-5000 to make your reservations today!! More info
Oeno
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Ponder This Wednesday, May 9 8:00pm Location: Doc Howards Phone: 316-263-2244 Cover: $5 Poetry series open mic night. Acoustic music on the patio featuring local artists. Doc Howards |
Buddy Guy
Thursday, May 3 7:30pm
Location: Orpheum Theatre, 200 N. Broadway
Contact Phone: 316-755-7328
Tickets: $34.50 - $69.50
With his new album, Living Proof, Guy takes a hard look back at a remarkable life. At age 74, he's a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and a Rolling Stone ranked him in the top 30 of its "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." More info
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Buddy Guy
Orpheum
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First Friday Friday, May 4 6:00pm Location: Various Venues First Friday was created as an effort to heighten public awareness of the original music scene in Wichita, put money into the pockets of local original musicians, provide venue owners with hard evidence that original music is a viable way of drawing people to their places of business, assist bands in promotion with large scale blanket promotions, heighten the standard of quality original music in Wichita, help attract touring bands to Wichita, and to dedicate one night out of every month to honor the local music scene. Schedule: 7:30 Larkspur - Jazz 10:00 Kirby's Beer Store - Death Black Flowers, Bloody Knives 10:00 John Barleycorn's - Prairie Tide, Bellafonte & Rainbow Worm Factory 10:00 Rock Island Live - The Media Noche Trio FIrst Friday |
East Side/West Side Story
Location: Mosley Street Melodrama - 234 N. Mosley
Contact Phone: 316-263-0222
Ticket prices
Shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from April 6 - May 19. Doors open at 6:00pm. Dinner is served from 6:15 - 7:30pm. Show begins at 7:50pm. Followed by our "Super Duper 60's" Musical Comedy Revue More info
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Monky Business
Location: Cabret Oldtown - 412 1/2 E. Douglas
Contact Phone: 316-265-4400
Ticket price: $19
Shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until June 9. Show start at 8:00pm doors open at 7:00pm. An uproarious musical comedy More info
Cabaret Oldtown
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Save Me a Dance! Friday, May 4 8:00pm Saturday, May 5 8:00pm Sunday, May 6 2:00pm Location: Century II - Mary Jane Teall Theatre - 225 W. Douglas Contact Phone: 316-219-4TIX Tickets: $18 A musical story of love from childhood through life. Alice, a fun and imaginative ten-year-old, is befriended in an old cemetery by the spirit of a young girl. Together the two best friends share the wonders, pains, loves, losses and triumphs of Alice's long life. More info and buy tickets Find out ?2Park Century II |
WSU Contemporary Dance: The Italy Tour Saturday, May 5 7:30pm
Location: Orpheum Theatre, 200 N. Broadway Contact Phone: 316-755-7328 Tickets: $15 Adults, $7.50 Students & Children
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Born to Boogie Saturday, May 5 1 - 3pm Location: Century II - Concert Hall - 225 W. Douglas Contact Phone: 316-219-4TIX Tickets: $7.50 Raeann's Fancy Footwork Dance & Gymnastics 18th Annual Spring Recital - Born to Boogie. Come let dancers of all ages entertain you with their gymnastics, tap, jazz and clogging talents. More info Find out ?2Park Raeann's Fancy Footwork Century II |
In the Heights (National Broadway Tour) Tuesday, May 8 7:30pm Wednesday, May 9 7:30pm Thursday, May 10 7:30pm Location: Century II - Concert Hall - 225 W. Douglas Contact Phone: 316-219-4TIX Tickets: Starting at $29 This Tony Award-winning Best Musical, is a moving, funny and uplifting show about a community of hard-working immigrants trying to find their place - their home - in a new country. More info and buy tickets Theater League Century II |
Rock Island Live
Suede Lounge
America's Pub
Mort's Martini & Cigar Bar
Mead's Corner
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City Arts Events
Location: 334 N. Mead
Phone: 316-462-2787
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Location: 223 S. Main
Phone: 316-267-1782
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825 E. 2nd Street
Phone: 316-265-6080
The Ross Pumphouse has been in business since 1931. In addition to the gas pumps, the cozy little Conoco station is today known for its home cooked lunches and bar nightlife. The cooks at the Pumphouse make certain "comfort food" is on the menu each day including delicious hamburgers, philly cheesesteaks and homemade fries. Be sure to try the bread pudding .. just like mom used to make!
This Saturday celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Pumphouse...3 bands occupy the patio as Cold 43, 200 West, and Last Chance Casanova take the stage starting at 4pm. Enjoy $3 Mexican beers, margarita's, and tequilla shots all day long...This will be an epic day for live music fans in Wichita! Don't miss it!!
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR RIVERFEST
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Wichita Downtown Development Corporation is the Volunteer Sponsor for the Wichita River Festival (June 1-9) and we'd like you to partner with us in supporting this Wichita tradition by volunteering.
Don't have time to volunteer at Riverfest? You can still show your support by purchasing buttons for you, your family and friends to attend this great event! More info
Riverfest
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LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET INVOLVED?
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Looking for a way to get involved with your community and volunteer but not sure how? Email [email protected] to get more info and find out what events could use volunteers and how you could help.
Downtown Wichita
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506 E. Douglas
Phone: 316-684-1361
The Frame Guild specializes in frame restoration and conservation, as well as needlework and French detail matting. Their reputation in the field is based on professional excellence, reliability, and outstanding customer service. They also provide a wide choice of quality frames. Whether you are an experienced art collector, are wanting to to preserve your family memorabilia, or are looking to embellish your environment with customized frames and artistic handwork, you are a valued customer to The Frame Guild. Stop in and see how well the right frame enhances a work of art, or a memento. Website
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