July
July 2-5 Wild West Festival, nightly concerts, parade, fireworks, Hays, visithays.com.
July 5 Saucers and Aliens: UFO Day in Dimension G, Geneseo, geneseomuseum.com.
July 8-12 125th Kansas Wheat Festival, carnival, parade, live music, art & craft show, car show, Wellington, wellingtonkschamber.com.
July 9-13 “Crazy For You” presented by Music Theatre Wichita, Century II Concert Hall, Wichita, mtwichita.org.
July 16-19 Pretty Prairie Rodeo, Kansas’ largest night rodeo, dance nightly, pprodeo.com.
July 18-19, 25-26 Broadway RFD presents “The Music Man” under the stars at the bandshell in Swensson Park, a summer tradition since 1959, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
July 18-20 Amelia Earhart Festival, Atchison, visitatchison.com.
July 24-27 Kustom Kemps of America (KKOA) Leadsled Spectacular Car Show, Oakdale Park, Salina, kustomkempsofamerica.com.
July 25-27 147th Annual Nicodemus Homecoming Emancipation Celebration, nicodemushomecoming.org.
July 25-Aug. 3 Dodge City Days, Western parade, BBQ contest, concerts, bull riding, PRCA rodeo, longhorn cattle drive, Dodge City, visitdodgecity.org.
July 29-Aug. 1 Wild Bill Hickock PRCA Rodeo, Abilene, abilenekansas.org.
July 30-Aug. 3 Disney’s “Newsies” presented by Music Theatre Wichita, Century II Concert Hall, Wichita, mtwichita.org.
August
Aug. 2 Carrie’s Annual Birthday Celebration, Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence, littlehouseontheprairiemuseum.com.
Aug. 2 Safari Breakfast in the Zoo, Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina, rollinghillszoo.org.
Aug. 2 Smoky Valley Classic Car Show, Swensson Park, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
Aug. 8-9 42nd Annual Herzogfest, Victoria, visithays.com.
Aug. 20-24 “Something Rotten!” presented by Music Theatre Wichita, Century II Concert Hall, Wichita, mtwichita.org.
September
Sept. 3-7 “A Grand Night for Singing” exploration of the Rodgers & Hammerstein songbook presented by Music Theatre Wichita, Century II Concert Hall, Wichita, mtwichita.org.
Sept. 5-14 Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, kansasstatefair.com.
Sept. 7 International Festival, Dodge City, visitdodgecity.org.
Sept. 12-Nov. 2 Family Farm, Louisburg Cider Mill, louisburgcidermill.com.
Sept. 17-21 53rd Walnut Valley Festival, National Flat-Picking Championships, five stages of live music, food, craft and music vendors, Winfield, wvfest.com.
Sept. 19-21 Mountain Man Rendezvous, Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, Canton, maxwellwildliferefuge.com.
Sept. 20 56th Annual Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair, hillsboroartsandcraftsfair.org.
Sept. 20-21 Marion’s 47th Annual Art in the Park & Craft Show, marionks.net.
Sept. 20-22 Kansas Pro Rodeo Association Finals, Dodge City, visitdodgecity.org.
Sept. 26-27 52nd Annual Volga German Society Oktoberfest, Hays, visithays.com.
Sept. 27 Smoky Hill Street Fair, Smoky Hill Museum, Salina, visitsalina.org.
Sept. 27-28, Oct. 4-5 47th Annual Ciderfest, Louisburg Cider Mill, louisburgcidermill.com.
October
Oct. 1-31 Haunted Season, trolley tours and more, Atchison, visitatchison.com.
Oct. 3-4 Dalton Defender Days, Coffeyville, visitcoffeyville.com.
Oct. 3-5 Boom! Street Art & Mural Festival, Salina, boomsalina.art.
Oct. 3-Jan. 4, 2026 Ice Dinosaurs: The Lost World of the Alaskan Artic exhibit explores newly discovered arctic dinosaurs, Exploration Place, Wichita, exploration.org.
Oct. 4 Heritage Day, Dickinson County Historical Center, Abilene, abilenekansas.org.
Oct. 10-12 Hot Air Balloon Regatta including Oct. 11 Columbus Day Festival featuring car show, craft fair, tractor show, entertainment, columbusdayballoons.com.
Oct. 11 Oz Fest, Liberal, dorothyshouse.com.
Oct. 17-18 Svensk Hyllningsfest, Lindsborg, biennial festival to celebrate Swedish pioneers who settled the area, dancing, food, crafts, music, traditional smorgasbord, svenskhyllningsfest.org.
Oct. 17-25 Neewollah Festival (Halloween spelled backward), a local tradition since 1919, Independence, neewollah.com.
Oct. 22-25 Arkalalah, fall festival featuring parades, food, games, band contests, crafts, beer garden, downtown Arkansas City, visitarkcity.org.
November
Nov. 1-Dec. 31 Christmas Through the Ages, 250 trees in historic setting decorated with vintage ornaments, Kansas Territorial Capital Museum, Lecompton, lecomptonkansas.com.
Nov. 28-Dec. 20 Holiday Lights in the Museum, all-indoor light display, Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina, rollinghillszoo.org.
Nov 29 Home for the Holidays Festival & Parade, tree lighting, free train, horse drawn wagon and carriage rides, Trail of Lights, Santas Around the World, through Dec. 21, Great Bend, exploregreatbend.com.
Nov. 29-Dec. 31 Illuminations holiday light display, Botanica, Wichita, botanica.org.
December
Dec. 1 Parade of Lights, Dodge City, visitdodgecity.org.
Dec. 1-21 Free ice skating, Jack Kilby Square, Great Bend, exploregreatbend.com.
Dec. 5-6 Christmas Past Open House at Historic Fort Hays, Victorian Christmas experience, Hays, visithays.com.
Dec. 6 Christmas Artists’ Studio Open House and Snowflake Parade, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
Dec. 6 Five Places of Christmas, Carriage Factory Art Gallery, Kauffman Museum, Warkentin House, Newton, carriagefactoryartgallery.com.
Dec. 6-7 Cowboy Christmas at Old Abilene Town and Old-Fashioned Christmas at the Dickinson County Historical Society, Abilene, abilenekansas.org.
Dec. 7 25th Annual FrostFest Illuminated Parade, Hays, visithays.com.
Dec. 13 St. Lucia Festival during the day downtown and Heritage Christmas in the evening at the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
Dec. 13, 20 Old-Fashioned Christmas on the Prairie, Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, Canton, maxwellwildliferefuge.com.