KMUW Community Calendar

All Ages
Support acts subject to change.
Wear your Cotillion merch and jump to the front of the GA line. A limited number of table reservations are available by calling 316-722-4201 or in person at The Cotillion. All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds unless a show is cancelled or postponed.

If you need help finding your confirmation email, please visit the Etix Order Lookup option.

That Arena Rock Show is the ultimate high energy tribute to “Classic” Rock N’ Roll. Performing legendary rock anthems that ruled the airwaves in the 70s and 80s. Including artists like: Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses to name a few.

This show will take you on a trip back in time, turning every sized venue into an arena for a night! Get your lighters out and your fist in the air. This rock show is more than just music – it’s an experience!

Tulipfest is Botanica’s biggest, boldest spring celebration—a month-long burst of blooms and beauty. Thousands of tulips paint the Gardens in every shade imaginable, pathways sparkle with seasonal magic, and every turn invites you to stop, smile, and snap a photo. This is spring at its absolute best.

Tulipfest Admission

Nonmembers: $15
Children (3–12): $10
Children under 3: Free

Members:

Monday-Thursday: FREE
Friday-Sunday: $12, Children (3-12) $10

Children ages 2 and under will develop a love of learning as they sing, dance, and enjoy simple stories. Caregivers will learn tips to encourage their child's early learning development.

Since 1939, the Historical Museum has been actively collecting and preserving artifacts central to telling our local history’s stories. These artifacts are acquired in a number of ways, including purchases from local thrift shops.

Thrift Finds in the Museum Collection features objects fortunately discovered by Museum staff at local thrift stores. These items, no longer of use to their original owner, can help us to tell the story of our community.

The newest additions in the series include a 1973 leisure suit from Henry's Department Store and a circa 1955 Toni Todd sundress, both found locally at Goodwill (21st & Amidon).

Some notable finds still on view include designs by Halston and Victor Costa, a Nehru jacket retailed by Henry’s department store, and a 1950s Shocker Lounge bowling shirt.

Produced by the Museum, this exhibition was made possible through funding from Stev Overstreet, Alice Smith, the family of Kenneth E Gerhardt, and Goodwill Industries of Kansas

Join us to learn about effective communication with healthcare professionals, having difficult conversations, and developing transition plans. Refreshments provided by WSU Tech. Call (316) 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Explore creativity with a mixed-media art session hosted by the Teen Advisory Board! Try new techniques and experiment with different materials. All supplies provided - bring your imagination! For ages 12-17.

Grab your boogie shoes and join library staff as we shake our sillies out, practice our dinosaur roars, and more during this hour of family-friendly music and dancing. For ages 4-11.

Join a classic high fantasy Dungeons & Dragons campaign! We'll choose a campaign setting and play it throughout the program season. New players welcome! Call (316) 350-3261 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Join a classic high fantasy Dungeons & Dragons campaign! We'll choose a campaign setting and play it throughout the program season. New players welcome! Register online or call (316) 261-8500. For ages 12-17.

April is National Poetry Month! Whether you are a seasoned writer or picking up a pen for the first time, this class offers a supportive space to experiment with language and imagery. Call (316) 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events to register.

Revolutsia is a growing collection of shops, small businesses, restaurants and bars made of stacked shipping containers! The space is super rad, for indoor and outdoor community gathering and create event engagement. Located at Central & Volutsia near Downtown Wichita.

Exclusively, just for the night, Haute Handmade Market will pop up with over a dozen makers featured outside each store front!

Add this stop on your First Friday art crawl and shop your favorite makers with a TOP-NOTCH artist line up in a laid back setting with music, food and drinks ... both indoors and outdoors!

Every First Friday

• Friday April 7th
• Friday May 5th
• Friday June 2nd
• Friday July 7th
• Friday Aug 4th
• Friday Sept 1st
• Friday Oct 6th
• Friday Nov 3rd
• Friday Dec 1st

First Friday Food Truck Rally, along with music by DJ O.G.P. Also10 of Wichita's finest food trucks. Free donations to enter the museum.
Fun night out with a friend.

This solo-exhibition will feature new paintings by artist, Mark Flickinger!

We hope you will join us for our opening reception on First Friday, April 3rd from 5:00pm – 8:00pm!

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

"Mark Flickinger has been weaving his narrative of the American landscape for over two decades. As an instructor at Cowley College since 2001, Mark has shared his passion for Art History, Painting, and Drawing with countless students, and took on the role of department chair in 2015.

Mark holds a Bachelor's degree in Painting and Drawing from Wichita State University and a Master's in Painting from Indiana University. His work has graced galleries nationwide, from Philadelphia to Chicago, and resides in both private and public collections across the globe.

For Mark, painting begins as a deep, immersive response to the world around him. He often finds himself lost in the light, air, and movement of a landscape, which he then captures through oil studies, watercolors, drawings, and photographs. The process continues in the studio, where these memories, combined with tangible elements like rock and plant samples, are transcribed onto canvas. His paintings are more than just depictions; they are explorations of memory, place, and the indescribable beauty that exists in the landscape—a beauty that, as Henry David Thoreau once noted, is only as much as we are prepared to appreciate."

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ON DISPLAY AT RSG APRIL 3rd – APRIL 25th, 2026

Join us for Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum’s First Friday exhibit opening of Why History Museums Collect Art.

This exhibition is part of the ongoing Lois Kay Walls visual art exhibition series produced by the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.

Art is not only for Art Museums. If a picture is worth a thousand words, it stands to reason that art can tell us a lot about the times and place where it was produced. Local history museums exist to explore time and place.

Featuring works from C.A. Seward, John Noble, Edmund Davison, Birger Sandzen, Bruce McGrew, and more!

This special exhibit is one of dozens on view throughout the Museum, located in Wichita’s original City Hall building, and open to the public during these extended hours.

Free Admission
Open to the Public
204 S Main Street; Wichita, KS 67203
3rd Floor- Lois Kay Walls Visual Arts Gallery