From holiday cheer to winter events that will warm your bones, Wichita is home to a ton of big, exciting activities during the month of December. Catch an exciting holiday show, take the family on a Christmas lights tour or search the town to find Santa. Wichita is offering lots of family-friendly activities and Christmas experiences. Here’s a list of things to do in Wichita this month.

QUICK LIST

• Arts & Culture
• Comedy
• Consumer/Trade Shows
• Holiday Events
• Music/Live Entertainment
• New Year’s Eve
• Sports

Arts & Culture

• Museum Store Sunday at local museums – Dec. 1
• Wichita Choral Society presents Handel’s “Messiah” at Country Acres Baptist Church – Dec. 1
• A Very Special Crown Christmas at Crown Uptown Theatre – Dec. 4-7, 11-13, 15, 18-22
• First Friday Art Crawl – Dec. 6
• Bringing in the Greens at Great Plains Nature Center – Dec. 6
• Short & Suite Nutcracker Ballet at Wichita Center for the Performing Arts – Dec. 6-8
• Annual Holiday Wright Style Event at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen House Museum and Study Center – Dec. 7
• Once Upon a Time Series: “The Gingerbread Man” presented by Wichita Children’s Theatre and Dance Center at Century II – Dec. 7
• Wichita Symphony Orchestra presents “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert” at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 7-8
• Metropolitan Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” at Wichita Scottish Rite Center – Dec. 7-8
• Wichita Symphony Orchestra presents “Spirit of the Season” Free Family Holiday Concert at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 10
• Ballet Wichita presents “The Nutcracker” at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 13-15
• Music Theatre for Young People presents “Les Misérables” School Edition at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 13-15
• Wichita Grand Opera presents “All is Calm” at Wichita Center for the Performing Arts – Dec. 13-15
• “A Christmas Story” movie at Crown Uptown Theatre – Dec. 16
• American Theatre Guild presents “A Magical Cirque Christmas” at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 18
• 2019 Anniversary Film Series “White Christmas” at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 19
• Wild Weather – National Traveling Exhibit at Exploration Place – through Jan. 5, 2020

Comedy

• Steve Kramer at The Loony Bin – Dec. 5-7
• Greg Morton at The Loony Bin – Dec. 12-14
• Ismo at The Loony Bin – Dec. 18
• Will Marfori at The Loony Bin – Dec. 19-21
• “A Tuna Christmas” play at Roxy’s Downtown – through Dec. 22
• “Mystery at the Country Music Jamboree” comedy mystery dinner theater at Prairie Pines Playhouse – through Dec. 23
• Quinn Patterson at The Loony Bin – Dec. 26-28
• "Is Jack Frost Nipping at Your Hose ... or Christmas at the Firehouse" followed by a musical comedy revue at Mosley Street Melodrama – through Dec. 28

Consumer/Trade Shows

• Central Kansas Reptile Expo at Best Western Wichita North – Dec. 14-15
• Wichita Gun Show at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 28-29

Holiday Events

• 2019 Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Lights on the River at Wichita Boathouse – Dec. 1
• A Night with Santa at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 5
• Holiday Film Unclassic – “Elf” at Wichita Art Museum – Dec. 5, 12
• Old Cowtown Victorian Christmas at Old Cowtown Museum – Dec. 6-7, 13-14
• St. Nick 5Klick and Little Dasher Run at Sedgwick County Park – Dec. 7
• Breakfast with Santa at Old Cowtown Museum – Dec. 7, 14
• Friends of the Wichita Art Museum Holiday Open House at Wichita Art Museum – Dec. 8
• Supper with Santa at Botanica Wichita – Dec. 9-12
• Wreaths Across America at Veterans Memorial Park – Dec. 14
• Holidays in Old Town 2019 –  Saturdays through Dec. 14
• Small Business Saturday shopping experience – through Dec. 15
• Old Fashioned Christmas at Prairie Pines Christmas Tree Farm – through Dec. 15
• Carriage Rides in Old Town – through Dec. 20
• Christmas on the Prairie  at Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper – through Dec. 21
• A Country  Christmas – Holiday Lights and More at Fulton Valley Farms – through Dec. 22
• Holiday Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides in Bradley Fair – through Dec. 22
• Winter Art Mania 2019 at Wichita Art Museum – Dec. 26-28
• Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday at Field Station: Dinosaurs – through Dec. 31
• 2019 Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Lights on the River at Wichita Boathouse – Dec. 1
• Kansas in Miniature Holiday Show at Exploration Place – through Dec. 31
• Let it Snow! dome theater show at Exploration Place – through Dec. 31
• Illuminations at Botanica Wichita – through Jan. 4, 2020

Music/Live Entertainment

• 2019 Christmas Benefit Concert with Earnest Alexander featuring Craig Curry, East High Concert Choir and other local talent at Crown Uptown Theatre – Dec. 2
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – The Musical at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 4
• Chevelle at The Cotillion – Dec. 5
• A Patsy Cline Christmas with Kim Coslett at Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper – Dec. 5, 12, 19
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra presents “Christmas Eve & Other Stories” at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 6
• A Cowboy Christmas featuring the Prairie Rose Rangers at Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper – Dec. 6, 8, 13-14, 20-22
• A SmorgasChorus Christmas at SmorgasChorus – Dec. 7
• A Million Dollar Christmas at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 13
• Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules Tour at The Cotillion – Dec. 13
• The Bucky Family Country Christmas featuring the Bucky Fowler Band and Southern Charm at Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper – Dec. 15
• PJ Masks Saves the Day Live at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 16
• Adam Capps Live at Augustino Brewing – Dec. 19
• Bonnie x Clyde at WAVE – Dec. 20
• Michael Jackson Tribute Show at The Cotillion – Dec. 20
• Close to You: The Carpenters Christmas at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 21
• Jackson Taylor & The Sinners at The Cotillion – Dec. 21
• Mannheim Steamroller – Christmas 2019 Tour at Hartman Arena – Dec. 23
• Rock the Dome 2019 at Exploration Place – Dec. 28

New Year’s Eve

• GATSBY: A New Year’s Eve Soiree at Crown Uptown Theatre – Dec. 31
• Mark 100 at Mark Arts – Dec. 31
• Mosley’s Rockin’ & Ringin’ New Year’s Eve Spectacular at Mosley Street Melodrama – Dec. 31
• NYE 2020 – Logan Mize with Jill Martin at The Cotillion – Dec. 31
• NYE in the ICT – 2020 at Hyatt Regency Wichita – Dec. 31
• New Year’s Eve at the Wichita Marriott Hotel - Dec. 31

Sports

• Wichita State vs. Central Arkansas men’s basketball at Charles Koch Arena – Dec. 5
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Tulsa Oilers – Military Appreciation Night at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 7
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. KC Mavericks at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 8
• Wichita State vs. Oklahoma men’s basketball at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 14
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Utah Grizzlies at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 17
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Tulsa Oilers at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 20
• Wichita State vs. VCU men’s basketball at Charles Koch Arena – Dec. 21
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Utah Grizzlies – Meet Santa Night at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 21
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Allen American – Bring Your Receipt Night & Post Game Skate at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 22
• Wichita Wings soccer vs. Colorado Rumble at Hartman Arena – Dec. 28
• Wichita State vs. Abilene Christian men’s basketball at Charles Koch Arena – Dec. 29
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. KC Mavericks at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 30

If that’s not enough for you – be sure to check our ever-changing calendar of events where new events are added daily.