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Downtown Events August 2 - 8
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DOWNTOWN SPOTLIGHT

First Friday
First Friday
Friday, August 3   6:00pm

 

Location: Various Venues

Contact Phone: 316-263-0222

 

Launched in April 2009, 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. Map of participating venues

 

Mobile Map of Participating venues - choose "First Friday-August 3" under Categories 

 

Participating Venues:

Larkspur - Jazz
Johny Barleycorn's - Clay Hughes/Alex More
Oeno - Syncopation
Kirby's - The Wooden Wings/ Jonathan Feig/ Tom Page Trio

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SHOWS

Streakin' at Cabaret Oldtown
Streakin'
Thursday, August 2 - 4

 

Location: Cabaret Oldtown - 412 1/2 E. Douglas Ave

Contact Phone: 316-265-4400

Tickets: $19

 

Doors open at 7pm. A musical flashback to the 1970's. Rated R for brief, partial, male nudity. Starring Kyle Vespestad, Chhristi Moore, Maurice Simms, Alex Johnson, Dylan Lewis and Kylie Jo Smith. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8pm.

 

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http://www.mosleystreet.com/Show-Info.html
Dirty Square Dancing
Thursday, August 2 - 4

 

Location: Mosley Street Melodrama - 234 N. Mosley

Contact Phone: 316-263-0222

Ticket prices

 

Baby's dreams of becoming a great square dancer finally begin to come true when she is accepted into Max Von Max's famous Square Dance Camp! While Sissy, Baby's sister, focuses on the boys, Baby is working hard to keep up with Max's lessons. Little does she know that Max only agrees to take her so he can beat Johnny Palace and his partner, Penny, at the End of Camp Square Dance Off!

 

Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Sunday, August 5   2:00pm

 

Location: Orpheum Theater - 200 N. Broadway

Contact Phone: 316-263-0884

Tickets: $5 at the door, $4 for Seniors, Military & Students

 

When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Directed by Billy Wilder

 

Where To Park  

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Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde
August 8 - 12

Location: Century II - Concert Hall - 225 W. Douglas

Contact Phone: 316-265-3107

 

Nobody takes blonde sorority girl Elle Woods seriously - including her socially ambitious boy friend. When he dumps her to concentrate on someone more upwardly mobile, Elle rises with pink aplomb to the top ranks of Harvard law school, and learns who she really is. A brand new Broadway musical comedy, this is a very funny and terrifically empowering musical romp. More info

 

 

 

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CONCERTS

RIL Open Mic Night
Open Mic Night
Thursday, August 2   9:30pm

 

Location: Rock Island Live - 101 N. Rock Island

Contact Phone: (316) 303-9800

Cost: FREE

 

Do you wanna play music in front of people? Well, guess what... now you can! Sponsored by Damm Music Center, hosted by Dave Damm, Colby Aiken and Michael Peltzer. A full backline of instruments will be provided including Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Drums, Bass, and Keyboard. 21+ More info

 

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Annie Up
2012 KEYN Summer Concert Series at WaterWalk
Friday, August 3   6:00pm

Location: WaterWalk - 515 S. Main

 

Every summer thousands of concert goers descend upon Waterwalk for the annual 103.7 KEYN Summer Concert Series at Waterwalk. Pre-concert food and entertainment starts at 6:00pm. Concert starts at 8pm. Band for this week will be Annie Up. This year organizers are including an outdoor shopping area, called Market of Main, to the festivities which includes an art show. Sponsored by Capital Federal. More info

 

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RIL DJ Em Dee
DJ Em Dee
Friday, August 3   9:30pm

 

Location: Rock Island Live - 101 N. Rock Island

Contact Phone: (316) 303-9800

 

Friday Nights have taken on a new face at Rock Island Live.  This weekend we will be featuring DJ Em Dee on the decks throwing out some jams for you to get your dance on to.  $2.00 cover for guys, no cover for ladies and $2.00 well drinks for the ladies.  Come out and enjoy your weekend with Rock Island Live.

 

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RIL Concert
The Tits, False Flag, Pathos
Saturday, August 4   9:30pm

 

Location: Rock Island Live - 101 N. Rock Island

Contact Phone: (316) 303-9800

Cost: $5

 

Super reunion of the legendary Pathos, sonic crowd control device False Flag and high decibel deviants The Tits. More info

 

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Concerts at Mort's

 

Location: Mort's Martini & Cigar Bar - 923 E. 1st St. North

Contact Phone: 316-262-1785

 

Thursday, August 2

9:00pm - 1:00am   Rachelle Coba Band

 

Friday, August 3   

4:00pm - 7:00pm   Dos Partytos

9:00pm - 1:00am   Band of Oz

 

Saturday, August 4

9:00pm - 1:00am   Band of Oz

 

Sunday, August 5

4:00pm - 8:00pm   Sunshine the Bunny

 

Monday, August 6

Joe Worrel

 

Tuesday, August 7

Reggie Littleton Trio

 

Wednesday, August 8

Bobbi & Jagger

 

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Concerts at Mead's

 

Location: Mead's Corner - 430 E. Douglas

Contact Phone: 316-201-1900

 

Thursday, August 2   

7:00pm - 7:30pm   Micah Castillo

8:45pm - 9:30pm   Aksel Henderson

 

Friday, August 3

6:00pm - 8:30pm   Open Mic Night

9:00pm - 10:00   Brandon and Blake Ellis

 

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OTHER EVENTS

RC Trolley
Historic Wichita Trolley Tour
Friday, August 3   10:00am

Location: GoWichita - 515 S. Main
Contact Phone: 316-773-1931
Cost: $10 per person. Children under 5 ride free and must be accompanied by an adult

 

Step back in time to the days of cattle drivers, Wyatt Earp, Carrie Nation and the early aviation pioneers. The 1 1/2 hour narrated tour winds along the Arkansas River and throughout the Delano area into downtown, Midtown and Old Town to some of Wichita's most historic neighborhoods. Relax aboard our air-conditioned 1925-style trolley. Call for reservations

 

River City Trolley

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Old Town Farmer's Market
Saturday, August 4   7:00am

 

Location: 1st & Mosley

 

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.

 

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OTHER EVENT SOURCES

City Arts Events  

 

Location: 334 N. Mead

Phone: 316-462-2787


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Location: 223 S. Main

Phone: 316-267-1782

STAY IN THE LOOP!
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BELLA LUZ
Bella Luz

300 N. Mead Suite 105

Phone: 316-440-2590

 

Hours

 

Mon - Thur

10:00am - 9:00pm

 

Fri - Sat

10:00am - 11:00pm

 

Sunday 

12:00pm - 6:00pm

 

Located in Old Town Square, Bella Luz is in the heart of the entertainment, night life and eating establishments of Wichita. Bella Luz believes in kindling the creative spirit and the American dream by sharing the creative gifts of each of their featured artisans. Bella Luz strives to support the Wichita community by providing an outlet for local artists and to satisfy their customers with unique, handcrafted, mostly American made products. Bella Luz carries glass gifts including sculptures, paper weights and windchimes as well as art from glass artists. Pottery includes: Dinnerware/ bakeware, mugs, fountains as well as pottery artist pieces. Bella Luz also carries wall art, fashion jewelry, bath & body products and home accessories.They host artists each month for the Final Friday so make sure to stop by on your Final Friday route. Bella Luz continually adds new artists' work so stop in and pick up a gift for someone special or something for yourself.

 

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WENDY'S RESTAURANT
Wendy's

555 S. Broadway

Phone: 316-267-1979

 

When Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers restaurant, he created something new and different - high-quality food made with the freshest ingredients, served the way the customer wanted. Quality was so important to Dave that he put the phrase "Quality is our Recipe" on the logo. When other restaurants were using frozen beef and mass-producing food, Dave developed an innovative method to prepare fresh, made-to-order hamburgers. Today, that passion for quality remains their number one priority at every Wendy's restaurant around the world. Every day, Wendy's honors his legacy and continue to live through his values by using select, premium ingredients and serving food that's made fresh with every order.

 

The Wendy's Company is the world's third largest quick-service hamburger company. The Wendy's system includes more than 6,500 franchise and company restaurants in the U.S. and 27 other countries and U.S. territories worldwide.

 

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR WAMPO
WAMPO

WAMPO will be conducting a count of bicyclists and pedestrians in the region, and they need volunteers!

 

WAMPO 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Count Dates/Times

 

Saturday, September 8, Noon - 2pm

 

Wednesday, September 12, 5-7pm

 

Volunteers are needed to manually count bicyclists and pedestrians at several locations around the WAMPO region.

 

The data collected during these counts will be used to estimate the number of bicyclists, walkers, and runners in the greater Wichita area.  This type of data has never been collected before here, and it will be used to monitor the numbers of bicyclists and pedestrians in the region, track the locations where bicycling and pedestrian activity take place, and plan the locations of future bicycle and pedestrian investments. More info

 

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