Seniors On The Go – Oct 7 @ 1:30 p.m. monthly meeting at Linwood Senior Center
SENIOR DAYS/COFFEE CONNECTIONS
Oct 5 – Mo
9 am – Coffee Connection: Curator of Mammals @ Sedgwick County Zoo – Free
Nov 2 – 9 am – Coffee Connection: Children’s Farms @ Sedgwick County Zoo – Free
Oct 8 – Th
10 am – Senior Thursday: @ Kansas Aviation Museum – Free
10 am – Empowered Seniors: Secrets to Smoother Family Dynamics @ Botanica – Free
Oct 15 – Th
9 am – Coffee with Curator: China Before Emperors @ Museum of World Treasures – $4+
THEATRE SHOWS/CONCERTS
Sep 18 to Oct 31
6 pm doors open Fr/Sa – Tickle Me Chucky @ Mosley Street Melodrama – $34.25 show only, $45.25 dinner/show
SOTG event – Oct 24 – 12 to 4 pm
Oct 1 Th
6 pm gates open – Riverfront Concert: Sunny War, folk-punk acoustic soul @ Exploration Place
Oct 3 Sa
7 pm – Ned LeDoux’s Bareback Jack Tour: Tribute to Chris LeDoux @ Wichita Union Stockyards – $30
Oct 4 Su
3 pm – Fate, Fury and Beethoven’s Fifth – Wichita Symphony Orchestra @ Century II Concert Hall – $29 +
3 pm – Delano Wind Ensemble @ District Church, 304 S Seneca St – donation
Oct 5 Mo
7:30 pm – Concert Chorale & Madrigal Singers – WSU, Wiedemann Hall – $7-$14
Oct 6 Tu
7 pm – Wind Ensemble Concert @ Friends U, Sebits Auditorium – $3
7:30 pm – Lucy Darling variety show @ Orpheum – ticket info later
7:30 pm – WU & Shocker Choirs @ WSU, Wiedemann Hall – $6-$12
Oct 8 Th
1:30 pm – Thursday Afternoon Music Club: Rob Tierney, Friends U professor – trombone @ Central Community Chapel, 6100 W Maple – Free
6 pm gates open – Riverfront Concert: Danielia Cotton, Gospel-fueled rock and soul @ Exploration Place
7:30 pm – One Night in Memphis rocking concert @ Orpheum – $39 to $70
Oct 9 Fr
7:30 pm – Mania the ABBA Tribute @ Orpheum – $35 to $114
7:30 pm – Opera Theater presents: Opera Scenes and Songs @ WSU, Wiedemann Hall – $11-$23
Oct 9 to 10 Fr/Sa
The Spirit Bride with Ballet Wichta @ Newman U, Performance Hall
Oct 11 Su
3 pm – Delano Chamber Chorus @ District Church, 304 S Seneca St – donation
Oct 15 Th
6 pm gates open – Riverfront Concert: The Hooten Haller, swampy Missouri stomp @ Exploration Place
7:30 pm – Symphony Orchestra @ WSU, Wiedemann Hall – $7-$14
Oct 20 Tu
7:30 pm – Symphony Orchestra Concert @ Friends U, Sebits Auditorium – $6
Oct 20 & Oct 25 Tu & Su
3 pm – Delano Jazz Orchestra @ District Church, 304 S Seneca St – donation
Oct 22 Th
6 pm gates open – Riverfront Concert: Bonnie Whitmore, roots rock @ Exploration Place
7 pm – Wichita Wurlitzer 100th Birthday Concert/Silent Film @ Century II Exhibition Hall – $29.50
Oct 24 Sa
7:30 pm – Defiance – Wichita Symphony Orchestra @ Century II Concert Hall – $29 +
Oct 25 Su
8 pm – Blue October world tour @ Orpheum – $54 to $105
Oct 27 Tu
7:30 pm – Campus Band & Concert Choir @ Friends U, Sebits Auditorium – $3
Oct 29 Th
6 pm gates open – Riverfront Concert: Steel Skarecrow, 90s country and red dirt @ Exploration Place
7 pm – Vienna Boys Choir @ Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception – $25
7:30 pm – Chamber Ensembles Concert @ Friends U, Sebits Auditorium – $3
Oct 29 to Nov 1 Th to Su
8 pm to 9:30 pm (10-29 to 10-31), 2 to 3:30 pm (11-1) – August Wilson’s Fences play @ Forum Theatre – $45
OTHER EVENTS
Oct 1 to 3
10 am to 6 pm – Holiday Galleria @ Century II Convention Center
Oct 2, 9, 16, 17, 24, 30
6:30 to 9 pm – Twilight Tales Flashlight Tours @ Museum of World Treasures – $15+
Oct 3 Sa
11 am to 2 pm – Indian Taco Dinner @ New Hope Christian Church, 1400 S George Washington Dr – $12
12 pm – Author Meet/Greet: B.P. Lindsey @ Derby Library – Free
Oct 9 Fr
6 to 9 pm – Wine and Art Mosey @ Old Cowtown Museum – $10 VIP, $50 (wine samples & bits)
Oct 9-10, 16-17, 23-24
BOOtanica fall festival @ Botanica Wichita – info coming soon
Oct 10 Sa
9 am – Coffee & Dirt: Speaker Todd Volkmann with animal Ambassador the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit – Free
1 to 3 pm – Adult Water Quality Field Trip – a day of outdoor learning and fun @ Great Plains Nature Center – Free (limited spots)
Oct 11, 17, 18, 25, 31
1 pm – Maple Grove Cemetery Walking Tour – $22
Oct 14 to Dec 20
6 to 9 pm – Wild Lights @ Sedgwick County Zoo – $14/members, $16/non-members (Wednesdays), $19/members, $21/non-members (other days)
Oct 17 Sa
4 to 7 pm – Art on the Trail – local artists, crafts, activities @ Great Plains Nature Center – Free
Oct 23 – Fr
1 to 3 pm – Spooky Spaghetti Murder Mystery Party, with costume contest @ Orchard Park SC – $8
7 to 8:30 pm – Spooky Stories for Grown-Ups – podcast recording of reading scary stories submitted by local writers @ Wizard’s Alley Geek Store & Gaming Tavern, 114 N St Francis Ave
Oct 24 Sa
10 am to 2 pm – Alzheimer’s Walk @ SSU, Rhatigan Student Center, 1845 Fairmount St
Oct 24 to 25 Sa/Su
9 am – McConnell Air Force Base Open House & Air Show – Free
2 to 8 pm – Hay, Hooves and Halloween @ Old Cowtown Museum – $2/members, $7/general admission
Oct 25 Su
12 pm – Wag-O-Ween spooky event for pups and people @ Central Park – Free
Oct 26 Mo
11 am to 1 pm – Monthly Gameshow: Spooky Singo @ Orchard Park SC
Oct 29 Th
2nd Annual Chili Cook Off and Bake Sale @ Downtown SC
Oct 30 Fr
10:15 am – Bees 102: James Carpenter, local beekeeper, of Carp’s Bees will present a learning experience @ Linwood SC – Free
6 to 8 pm – Halloween in the Galleries – paper chase with clues to solve the mystery – Free
Oct 31 Sa
10 am to 2 pm – Halloween Themed Beading @ Mid-America All-Indian Museum – $20
Oct 31 to Nov 1 Sa/Su
10 am (10-31), 11 am (11-1) – Kansas Comic Con @ Century II Expo Hall – $35.25
FOODIES/EATING WITH FRIENDS
Oct 2 Fr
9:30 am – First Friday Coffee with Downtown SC @ Big Biscuit, 106 S Hydraulic St
Oct 14 We
11 am – Linny Llama’s & Romeos with Linwood SC @ Passage to India, 6100 E 21st St N #180
Oct 15 Th
9 to 10:30 am – Egg-Cellent Breakfast Club with Orchard Park SC @ Delano Diner, 1220 W Douglas Ave
Oct 19 Mo
1 pm – Lunch Bunch Social Club with Downtown SC @ Wichita Brewing Co & Pizzeria, 901 W Douglas Ave
Oct 21 We
1 to 2:30 pm – Free Pie Day with Orchard Park SC @ Village Inn, 7020 W Central Ave
Oct 29 Th
11 am to 1 pm – Good Grub Lunch Club with Orchard Park SC @ N & J West Mediterranean Bar and Grill, 8448 W Central Ave
WICHITA AREA FESTIVALS
Oct 2 to 3
5 to 9 pm – Prost Wichita Octoberfest 2026 @ Prost, 134 N St Francis – $39.19
Oct 3 Sa
11 am to 11 pm – Nomar Fiesta @ Nomar International Market
Oct 2 to 4
Fr 6 to 10 pm, Sa 8 am to 10 pm, Su 10 am to 3 pm – Greater Andover Days – parade, concert, fireworks, more @ Andover Central Park – $2.50 button
Oct 3 to 4
Sa 3 to 9 pm, Su 9 am to 9 pm – Vietnamese Fall Festival @ All Saints Church, 3205 E Grand St – Free
Oct 8 Th
4 to 8 pm – DSC Fall Fest 2026 @ Derby Senior Center – Free
Oct 9 to 10 Fr/Sa
All day – ICT Bloktoberfest 2026 @ Naftzger Park – Free
Oct 10 Fr
9 am to 3 pm – St Peter’s Fall Bazaar @ St Peter’s Catholic School, 11010 Southwest Blvd – $3
Oct 17 Sa
5 – 9:30 pm – Wichita Asian Festival @ Century II Exhibition Hall – $6.50
Oct 23 to 25
Various times – Haysville Fall Festival @ Grand Ave, Haysville
Oct 24 Sa
11 am – Wichita Country Music & Arts Festival @ Wichita Foundation Amphitheater, 300 N McLean Blvd – Free
9 am – Fall Festival Parade @ Haysville – meet at Haysville SC 7:45 am to carpool there
