July
July 5-7,10-14 “Disney’s Frozen,” Music Theatre Wichita, mtwichita.org.
July 9-13 124th Kansas Wheat Festival, Wellington, wellingtonkschamber.com.
July 17-20 87th Annual Pretty Prairie PRCA Rodeo, Kansas’ largest night rodeo, dance nightly, pprodeo.com.
July 19-20, 26-27 Broadway RFD presents Theatre Under the Stars, “Curtain,” Kansas’ longest-running outdoor theater, Swensson Park Bandshell, Lindsborg, 8:30 p.m., visitlindsborg.com.
July 20 Lost Trail Days, Louisburg Cider Mill, Louisburg, louisburgcidermill.com.
July 25-28 Kustom Kemps of America (KKOA) Leadsled Spectacular Car Show, Salina, Oakdale Park, kustomkempsofamerica.com.
July 25-28 146th Annual Nicodemus Emancipation Celebration and Homecoming, GCCDks.com.
July 25-Aug. 4 Dodge City Days, parades, PRCA rodeo, BBQ contest, longhorn cattle drive (Aug. 3), concerts, Dodge City, visitdodgecity.org.
July 30-Aug. 2 Wild Bill Hickok PRCA Rodeo, Abilene, AbileneKansas.org.
July 31-Aug. 4 “Matilda,” Music Theatre Wichita, mtwichita.org.
August
Aug. 3 Smoky Valley Classic Car Show, Swensson Park, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
Aug. 3 Carrie’s Annual Birthday Celebration, Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence, littlehouseontheprairiemuseum.com.
Aug. 8-10 7th annual Lovegrass Music Festival, Wilson Lake and State Park, lovegrassmusicfestival.com
Aug. 9-10 41st Annual Herzogfest, Victoria, theherzogfest.com.
Aug. 10 Party in the Park, Great Bend, ExploreGreatBend.com.
Aug. 11-17 17th annual Interstate Fair and Rodeo in Coffeyville, visitcoffeyville.com.
Aug. 17 Lost Trail Days, Louisburg Cider Mill, Louisburg, louisburgcidermill.com.
Aug 17-18 Seward County PRCA Rodeo, parade, Liberal, visitliberal.com.
Aug. 21-25 “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” Music Theatre Wichita, mtwichita.org.
Aug. 30-31 Chisholm Trail Days at Old Abilene Town, Abilene, AbileneKansas.org.
Aug. 31 Fall Wildflower Tour, 9:30 a.m., Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, maxwellwildliferefuge.com, reserve by email at maxwellwildliferefuge@gmail.com.
September
Sept. 6-15 Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, Kansas State Fairgrounds, kansasstatefair.com.
Sept. 8 International Festival, Dodge City, visitdodgecity.org.
Sept. 13-14 17th Annual KAN-OKLA 100-Mile Highway Sale, Independence, indkschamber.org.
Sept. 13-Nov. 3 Family Farm, Louisburg Cider Mill, Louisburg, louisburgcidermill.com.
Sept. 21 Hillsboro Arts & Crafts Fair, large gathering of craft and food vendors, downtown Hillsboro, hillsboroartsandcraftsfair.org.
Sept. 21-22 46th annual Marion Art in the Park, check Facebook for updates.
Sept. 18-22 52nd Walnut Valley Festival, National Flat-Picking Championships, five stages of live music, food, craft and music vendors at the fairgrounds in Winfield, wvfest.com.
Sept. 20 Brew at the Zoo, Sunset Zoo, Manhattan, sunsetzoo.com.
Sept. 20-22 Drone Light Festival, Exploration Place, Wichita, exploration.org.
Sept. 28-29, Oct. 5-6 46th Ciderfest Weekend, Louisburg Cider Mill, Louisburg, louisburgcidermill.com.
October
Oct. 4-5 Dalton Defender Days, historic downtown Coffeyville, visitcoffeyville.com.
Oct. 4-5 Hutch Fest, downtown Hutch, hutchrec.com/hutchfest.
Oct. 5 Dickinson County Heritage Center’s Heritage Day, Abilene, AbileneKansas.org.
Oct. 10-11, 17-19 Haunted History Tours, historic downtown Coffeyville. Tickets at visitcoffeyville.com.
Oct. 12 Wellington Fall Festival, wellingtonkschamber.com.
Oct. 12 Pumpkin PaZOOla and Rolling Hills Zoo’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, half-price admission for kids plus a trip to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out one free pumpkin to take home (while supplies last), Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina, rollinghillszoo.org.
Oct. 18-26 Neewollah Festival, Independence, neewollah.com.
Oct. 19 International Lineman’s Rodeo, Agricultural Hall of Fame, free, Bonner Springs, bonnersprings.org/visit.
Oct. 22-26 Arkalalah, Downtown Arkansas City, VisitArkCity.org.
November
Nov. 9 Starry, Starry Night in Lindsborg, with Kansas Cosmosphere, visitlindsborg.com.
Nov. 30 Home For the Holidays Festival & Parade, free hot dogs, hot chocolate, Santas Around the World and Trail of Lights Openings, Great Bend, ExploreGreatBend,com.
December
Dec. 1-31 Santas Around the World, free ice skating, Trail of Lights, Great Bend, ExploreGreatBend.com.
Dec. 7 Artists’ Studio Christmas Open House and Snowflake Parade, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
Dec. 7- 8 Cowtown Christmas in Abilene, AbileneKansas.org.
Dec. 8-9, 15-17, 22-23 Brown Mansion Candlelight tours. Tickets at coffeyvillehistory.com.
Dec. 14 St. Lucia Festival during the day and Heritage Christmas at the Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum in the evening, Lindsborg, visitlindsborg.com.
Dec. 14- 21 Old-Fashioned Christmas, tram tours, hot cocoa, storytelling, Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, maxwellwildliferefuge.com, reserve by email at maxwellwildliferefuge@gmail.com.