Hear from the organizers of two new summer festivals in Wichita
People’s Pride ICT and Wichita Forever Fest are launching without corporate underwriting or traditional ticket sales.
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Musicians play on through stormy weather at Flint Hills Counterpoint festival
The annual Flint Hills Counterpoint festival in Peabody, Kansas, celebrates music, art, and conservation.
How Fruhauf Uniforms outfits an Admiral
The family-owned Wichita company has supplied the Riverfest mascot’s finery since 1974.
With AlterNative Film Festival, Rodrick Pocowatchit brings new Indigenous voices to Wichita
Nobody knows how to curate a film festival like a longtime indie filmmaker. Screenings are free and run from November 7-9 at the Mid-America All-Indian Museum.
Review: Somewhere Fest stayed true to its mission but never quite took off
In its second year, the music festival and conference was “perfectly divisive” and occasionally thrilling.
A vision of Wichita as a ‘Somewhere’: Eclectic music and arts festival returns for second year
After debuting last year as Elsewhere Fest, the two-day festival and conference is back this weekend with a new name, fewer stages, same ambition.
In its 53rd year, the Wichita Jazz Festival adds a local history lesson
The 2025 festival, which takes place April 22-26, includes performances by April May Webb, Matt Wilson & Peter Erskine — plus an event celebrating Wichita jazz history.
Doc Sunback Film Festival to screen 25 short films this weekend, many of which have a Kansas connection
Here's a review roundup of seven shorts filmed in the Sunflower State or made by Kansas filmmakers.
A sense of possibility grounded in local creativity: reviewing the visual art at Elsewhere Fest
More than 50 artists contributed to the inaugural two-day music festival. If you missed it, a closing reception will take place this evening at 215 N. St. Francis St.