Everybody Sings ICT returns with 'September'
"Wichita's only one-day choir" returns September 21 with the Earth, Wind and Fire classic.
September 11, 2025Music
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Argentine trio, symphony musicians meet for a musical conversation across continents
The Wichita Symphony's first WSO Connect concert paired Baroque music with the South American musical genre chamamé in "a spirit of joyful experimentation and exchange," our critic writes.
July 16, 2025
A graceful goodbye for Symphony in the Flint Hills
The organization orchestrated its final pop-up party on the prairie this summer.
July 02, 2025
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.
June 17, 2025
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.
June 10, 2025
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.
April 16, 2025
Derby man has the kind of voice that turns heads — and chairs
Jaelen Johnston is back in Kansas in between appearances on NBC's "The Voice." He performs at the Rusty Nail on Friday.
April 15, 2025
Singing 'Ode to Joy' during days of disaster
The Wichita Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 this Saturday with a community chorus of more than 130 singers. For one chorus member, its famous anthem is a challenge to these discordant times.
April 07, 2025
Wayne Gottstine is 'back in the fight'
The longtime Kansas musician has tackled cancer head-on, and he's tentatively planning to play shows for Split Lip Rayfield’s 30th anniversary. But 18 years after losing bandmate Kirk Rundstrom to the disease, he knows nothing is guaranteed.
January 17, 2025